Fabrizio Lorieri

Fabrizio Lorieri
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-02-11) 11 February 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Massa, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1986 Internazionale 0 (0)
1981–1982 → Sangiovannese (loan) 33 (0)
1982–1983 → Prato (loan) 19 (0)
1984–1985 → Piacenza (loan) 34 (0)
1986–1989 Torino 71 (0)
1989–1993 Ascoli 141 (0)
1993–1995 Roma 22 (0)
1995–1999 Lecce 140 (0)
1999–2000 Salernitana 29 (0)
2000–2002 Genoa 66 (0)
2002–2003 Spezia 8 (0)
2004 Cappiano Cuoiopelli 5 (0)
Managerial career
2023 Spezia (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabrizio Lorieri (born 11 February 1964 in Massa) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player who played as a goalkeeper, currently in charge as goalkeeping coach of Spezia.

Playing career

Lorieri spent 11 seasons in the Serie A for 4 different teams (though he never played for his first team, Internazionale), in 7 of those seasons he was the first-choice goalkeeper for his team, playing 192 games in the top-flight division overall.

Managerial career

After his retirement he worked alongside former head coach Luigi Cagni as his assistant at Catanzaro, Empoli and Parma. In 2007 he obtained his UEFA Pro licence at the Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, his dissertation covering the subject of goalkeeping psychology in football.[1]

In 2010 he joined Lecce, a former club of his as a player, as a goalkeeping coach.[2] In 2013, after leaving Lecce, he was hired by Sassuolo as a goalkeeping coach, filling in the role until 2019.[2]

In 2019 he was called by Eusebio Di Francesco to work alongside him at Cagliari as his goalkeeping coach.[3]

In June 2022, he was named Luca Gotti's assistant at Serie A club Spezia.[2] Following the dismissal of Gotti in February 2023, Lorieri was then appointed caretaker coach of Spezia for the upcoming league game against Juventus.[2][3] He was successively confirmed as a goalkeeping coach following the appointment of Leonardo Semplici as the new first team head coach.

Coaching statistics

As of match played 15 February 2023
Team Nat. From To Record Ref.
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Spezia (caretaker) Italy 15 February 2023 23 February 2023 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00 [4]
Career totals 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 000.00 —

References

  1. ^ "Il portiere e la sua psicologia" (in Italian). FIGC Settore Tecnico. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Chi è Fabrizio Lorieri: il tecnico che guiderà lo Spezia contro la Juventus" (in Italian). Goal.com. 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Da preparatore dei portieri alla panchina. Lo Spezia scopre Lorieri" (in Italian). Spezia1906.com. 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Spezia Calcio: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 February 2023.


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