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2026-08-03
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Enzo Maresca (born 10 February 1980) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. Maresca began his professional career as a midfielder with West Bromwich Albion in 1998. He joined Juventus in 2000 and won Serie A in 2002, and went on loan to Bologna and Piacenza. After a brief stint with Fiorentina, Maresca joined Sevilla in 2005 and won the Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España and UEFA Super Cup once each, and the UEFA Cup twice. Maresca played for Olympiacos, Málaga and Sampdoria between 2009 and 2014 before signing with Palermo, where he won the Serie B title. He joined Hellas Verona in 2016 and retired in 2017. he represented Italy at youth level, including the Italy under-21 team, but was never capped at senior level. Maresca began his coaching career as an assistant with Ascoli in 2017. In 2020, he joined Manchester City EDS, winning Premier League 2 in 2021. He began his senior coaching career with Parma in 2021, but was fired that same year and returned to Manchester City as an assistant in 2022. Maresca joined Leicester City as head coach in 2023 and won the EFL Championship in 2024. He signed with Chelsea that same year, where he won the UEFA Conference League and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025, but departed in 2026.
Career
- 1980Born
- 1995Joined Italy national under-15 football team
- 1995Joined Italy national under-16 football team
- 1998Joined West Bromwich Albion F.C.
- 1998Joined Italy national under-17 football team
- 1998Joined Italy national under-19 football team
- 1998Joined Italy national under-18 football team
- 1999Joined Italy national under-20 football team
- 2000Joined Juventus FC
- 2000Joined Bologna F.C. 1909
- 2000Joined Italy national under-21 football team
- 2002Joined Piacenza Calcio
- 2004Joined ACF Fiorentina
- 2005Joined Sevilla FC
- 2009Joined Olympiacos F.C.
- 2011Joined Málaga CF
- 2012Joined U.C. Sampdoria
- 2014Joined Palermo F.C.
- 2016Joined Hellas Verona FC
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Pontecagnano Faiano
- •Citizenship: Italy
- •Known as: association football player, association football coach
- •Sport: association football
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