Fabio Pecchia

Fabio Pecchia
Pecchia in 2011
Personal information
Full name Fabio Pecchia[1]
Date of birth (1973-08-24) 24 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Formia, Italy
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Parma (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Avellino 4 (0)
1993–1997 Napoli 125 (15)
1997–1998 Juventus 21 (1)
1998–1999 Sampdoria 26 (1)
1999–2001 Torino 22 (1)
2000–2001Napoli (loan) 27 (6)
2001–2006 Bologna 33 (5)
2002–2003Como (loan) 27 (6)
2004–2005Siena (loan) 59 (7)
2006–2007 Ascoli 23 (2)
2007 Foggia 6 (0)
2007–2008 Frosinone 14 (4)
2008–2009 Foggia 26 (1)
Total 466 (51)
International career
1993–1996 Italy U21 11 (0)
1996 Italy Olympic 3 (0)
Managerial career
2011 Gubbio
2012–2013 Latina
2016–2018 Hellas Verona
2018–2019 Avispa Fukuoka
2019–2020 Juventus U23
2021–2022 Cremonese
2022– Parma
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1996 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabio Pecchia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfaːbjo ˈpekkja]; born 24 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is head coach of Serie A club Parma.

Throughout his playing career as a midfielder, he was also known as "l'avvocato" ("the lawyer," in Italian), as he obtained a law degree through the University of Naples.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 156" [Official Press Release No. 156] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 6 February 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Gubbio, il nuovo allenatore è Fabio Pecchia l'"avvocato"" (in Italian). Umbria 24. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. ^ Stefano Bedeschi (24 August 2013). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Fabio PECCHIA" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 11 May 2015.