Salvatore Sullo

Salvatore Sullo
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-10-23) 23 October 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Puteolana 21 (1)
1991–1992 Avellino 0 (0)
1992 → Turris (loan) 19 (0)
1992–1993 Avellino 0 (0)
1993–1995 Turris 54 (7)
1995–1997 Pescara 64 (7)
1997–1999 Reggiana 50 (7)
1999–2001 Pescara 66 (8)
2001–2007 Messina 138 (26)
2007 Avellino 7 (0)
2007–2008 Martina 17 (0)
2008–2009 Turris 23 (2)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Padova
2021 ACR Messina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvatore "Sasà" Sullo (born 23 October 1971) is an Italian football coach and a former midfielder.

He was mainly known for having been the captain of Messina from 2001 to 2007 as part of the squad that gained two promotions, which led the team from Serie C1 to Serie A.

Playing career

In 2005, Sullo was forced to temporarily quit football because of a B-cell lymphoma, but fully recovered and returned playing within eight months' time.[1]

Sullo left Messina in January 2007 to join Avellino of Serie C1, with his number 41 shirt being retired in commemoration of his services for the club. He was also awarded an honorary Messina citizenship by the local government.[1] After having won promotion playoffs with Avellino in 2007, he joined Martina, another Serie C1 team, during the summer market.[2]

Coaching career

After retirement, he joined Gian Piero Ventura's staff as his assistant at Bari in 2009. He then followed Ventura as his assistant also at Torino from 2011 to 2016, the Italy national team in 2016 and 2017, and also on his short stint at Chievo in 2018.

On 19 June 2019 he took on his first head coaching role, being appointed at the helm of Padova for the club's 2019–20 Serie C campaign.[3] On 20 January 2020 he was dismissed by the club following 3 consecutive losses.[4]

After a year without a job, Sullo returned into management as the new head coach of newly promoted Serie C club ACR Messina for the 2021–22 season. He was sacked on 11 October 2021 due to poor results.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Salvatore Sullo: "Così ho battuto il cancro"" (in Italian). Tiscali Sport. 1 December 2005. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
  2. ^ "UFFICIALE: colpo del Martina, preso Sullo" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Padova, Salvatore Sullo è il nuovo allenatore biancoscudato" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport - Stadio. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Sollevato dall'incarico mister Salvatore Sullo" (Press release) (in Italian). Padova. 20 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Serie C, il Messina esonera l'allenatore Sullo: pronto Eziolino Capuano" (in Italian). SKY Sports Italia. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
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