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Paolo Stringara
Personal information
Date of birth	22 September 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Orbetello, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	South Korea (coach)
Youth career
	Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1983	Siena
1983–1984	Rende
1984–1986	Siena
1986–1990	Bologna
1990–1991	Inter Milan
1991–1992	Avellino
1992–1993	Bologna
1994–1995	Aosta
1995–1996	Iperzola
Total
Managerial career
1995–1996	Iperzola
1996–1998	Livorno
1998–1999	Modena
1999–2000	Viterbese
2000–2001	L'Aquila
2001–2002	Pistoiese
2003	Spezia
2005	Torino
2006	Perugia
2007	Lucchese
2008–2009	Taranto
2009–2010	Cavese
2010	Cosenza
2011–2012	Foggia
2012	Barletta
2015	Grosseto
2015–2016	United States (coach)
2021–2022	Pro Livorno
2023–2024	South Korea (coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paolo Stringara (born 22 September 1962) is an Italian football coach and a former professional player, He is currently assistant coach of South Korea.

Playing career

Stringara started his career in the youth ranks of Inter Milan, then making his professional debut in 1980 with Siena. In 1986 he joined Bologna, with whom he played in Serie C1, Serie B and Serie A, including captaining the Rossoblu during the 1989–90 season.

He returned at Inter in 1990, being part of the Nerazzurri squad that won the 1990–91 UEFA Cup. He left Inter for Avellino the following season, and then returned to Bologna a year later.

He retired in 1996 after a season as player-manager of amateurs Iperzola.

Coaching career

After working as player-manager of Iperzola, Stringara took over at Serie C2 club Livorno in 1996, guiding them to Serie C1 at his first season in charge. Following a number of Serie C experiences, he was offered his first Serie B job in 2001 at Pistoiese. In 2005 he had a short-lived experience in charge of Torino, being in charge for a few days before the club went bankrupt and then being refounded by Urbano Cairo.

After more Serie C jobs, the last of which in 2015 at Grosseto, Stringara accepted an offer from friend and former teammate Jürgen Klinsmann to work alongside him in charge of the United States national soccer team.^[1]

On 16 November 2021, Stringara returned into management as the new head coach of Serie D amateurs Pro Livorno.^[2] He was dismissed on 17 March 2022, leaving Pro Livorno dead last in the league table.^[3]