Sporting Directors - Italian Serie A

One of the most behind-the-scenes, yet most vital, positions within a football club, the sporting director. In this piece we will take a look at the Italian Serie A, and go through each club's sporting directors.

 

Federico Cherubini (Italy), Juventus

Piero Ausilio (Italy), Internazionale

Cristiano Giuntoli (Italy), Napoli

Frederic Massara (Italy), AC Milan

Tiago Pinto (Portugal), AS Roma

Gabriele Zamagna (Italy), Atalanta

Igli Tare (Albania), Lazio

Daniele Trade (Italy), Fiorentina

Giovanni Rossi (Italy), Sassuolo

Davide Vagnati (Italy), Torino

Riccardo Bigon (Italy), Bologna

Stefano Capozucca (Italy), Cagliari

Daniele Faggiano (Italy), Sampdoria

Tony D'Amico (Italy), Hellas Verona

Pierpaolo Marino (Italy), Udinese

N/A at the moment, Genoa

Pietro Accardi (Italy), Empoli

Riccardo Pecan (Italy), Spezia

Mattia Collauto (Italy), Venezia

Angelo Mariano Fabiani (Italy), Salernitana

There are the 20, or rather 19 given Genoa are still on the pursuit of one, sporting directors across Serie A. The job titles for some of these individuals are not specifically "sporting director", some are technical directors but perform the duties of this role for their club. With 19 of 20 Serie A clubs with an individual in this role, it shows the footballing culture that the Italian top flight has, it is not only those on the field that impact the club. 17 of the 19 sporting directors are of Italian origin, with the other 2; Tiago Pinto being from Portugal, Igli Tare from Albania. These two non-Italian directors are also both based in the same city (Rome) at rival clubs (Roma and Lazio). Seeing the importance Italian clubs place on the behind-the-scenes management of the sporting side of their club is great to see, and no doubt that it will have a fantaastic impact on Italian football in the years to come.