Roberto Baronio

Born in Manerbio, Baronio is a youth product of his hometown club Brescia. He made his Serie A debut in 1995, against Bari. In 1996, he was bought by Lazio, and loaned out to Vicenza. He did not become a regular at Vicenza and returned to Lazio, who once again sent him on loan to gain experience. This time he was sent south to Reggina where, along with Andrea Pirlo, he was a key protagonist in their Serie A survival. In 2000, he was awarded the title of Serie A Young Footballer of the Year. Following his spell in Calabria, Baronio was sent to Fiorentina, and continued to develop, firmly considered one of Italy's brightest young talents; yet, he was unable to find a place in the Lazio squad, which at the time was achieving notable success both domestically and internationally. In 2002, Baronio was sent to Perugia, where he had a poor year in a side which was relegated to Serie B. Baronio then headed to Chievo and Udinese where he became a regular and began to show signs of becoming the elite footballer many expected. This culminated in a return to Lazio, as well as a debut with Marcello Lippi's Azzurri in 2005. Baronio failed however, to seal a place in the national team, missing the World Cup and he also failed to establish himself as a regular at Lazio, with Cristian Ledesma filling the void left by Fabio Liverani. Offered a loan spell in La Liga with Levante, Baronio instead refused and opted to try and force his way into the Lazio side. He never managed to achieve this,…

Baronio first represented Italy with the under-17 and under-18 sides (now called under-18 and under-19 due to name change of the UEFA tournament in 2001, to reflect the age limit at the end of season instead of the age limit as the start of season) . In 1997, he was part of Under-23 side that won the Mediterranean Games and also won the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship with the Under-21 team led by Marco Tardelli; later that year, he also took part at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2005, Baronio was called up by the Italy national team manager at the time, Marcello Lippi. He made his senior debut in a summer tournament in the USA against Ecuador on 11 June, in what remains his only Azzurri appearance to date.

After receiving his coaching badges in 2015, he was named as the Italy U-18 head coach, as well as Paolo Vanoli's assistant to the Italy U-19. He was successively promoted as head of the Italy U-19 team in August 2016. He left the national team in 2017, and subsequently was named in charge of the Under-19 team of his former club Brescia. He left Brescia in July 2018 to become the new Under-19 youth coach of Napoli. On 20 January 2020, Napoli sacked Baronio 5 consecutive defeats between league and cup. In August 2020, Baronio was hired as a part of newly appointed Juventus head coach Andrea Pirlo's backroom staff. His role was defined as technical collaborator. He successively joined Pirlo on his following coaching stints at Fatih Karagümrük, Sampdoria and United FC (Dubai).

Vicenza

Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 1997 Lazio

Supercoppa Italiana: 1998, 2000, 2009 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1998–99 Fiorentina

Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 2001 Italy U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2000 Italy U23

Mediterranean Games: 1997 Individual

Serie A Young Footballer of the Year: 2000