Gennaro Monaco

Gennaro Monaco
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-01-05) January 5, 1968 (age 56)[1]
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Napoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Ischia 66 (3)
1988–1990 Empoli 52 (0)
1990–1993 Casertana 82 (1)
1993–1996 Ischia 71 (0)
1996–1998 Juve Stabia 65 (2)
1998–1999 Catania 29 (2)
1999–2001 Acireale 37 (0)
2001–2004 Catania 20 (0)
2004–2005 Acireale 0 (0)
2005 Taranto 7 (0)
2005 Ferentino 22 (0)
2006–2009 Quarto 25 (1)
Total 476 (9)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Pianura (Youth)
2011–2012 Palmese
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gennaro Monaco (born January 5, 1968) is an Italian association football: he is former manager of Palmese[2] and former player.

Career

Playing career

Monaco began to play football in his city, within the Napoli youth team. On the season 1986-1987 the chairman of Ischia, Roberto Fiore, bought him at the age of 18. With 34 appearances and 3 goals is one of the main contributors to the second place on the table and the promotion, first time for the club, in Serie C1. Two season later he went to play in Serie B for Empoli, that was just relegated from Serie A. In Tuscany didn't go well and the team lost the final match against Brescia on penalties and was relegated to Serie C1. On the season 1990-1991 he moved to Casertana, the team won the Serie C1 but the year later they were relegated. He played 136 games between 1993 and 1998 in Serie C1 for Ischia and Juve Stabia before he joined Catania in Serie C2, where he was named captain, won the league at the end of the season. After one and half year with Acireale, he came back to Catania in Serie C1 then Serie B. He started the game at Stadio San Paolo for the first time against his Napoli under the manager Toshack.

Coaching career

After having retired as a footballer, Monaco worked as a manager for the youth team of Pianura.[3]

On the season 2011-2012 he has been manager of Palmese in Eccellenza Campania.

Honours

Player

Casertana
Catania

References

  1. ^ "Gennaro Monaco". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ "sport.ilmediano.it – Pagina non trovata". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Gennaro Monaco: "Catania, sei sempre nel mio cuore e potrei tornare"". tuttomercatoweb (in Italian). 21 May 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2012.[permanent dead link‍]