Giuseppe Iachini

Iachini was born in Ascoli Piceno. He started his playing career at Ascoli and made his Serie A and professional debut at the age of 17 during the 1981–82 season. He played for Ascoli until 1987, when he signed for Verona. In 1989, Iachini left Verona, moved to Fiorentina, and played five seasons with the viola, four in Serie A. From 1994 to 1996, he played for Palermo of Serie B. After a single Serie B season with Ravenna, in 1997, Iachini transferred to Venezia, where he played for three years, two of them in Serie A. He retired in 2001, after a Serie C1 season with Alessandria. As a player, he represented the Italy Olympic side at the 1988 Summer Olympics at international level, where they finished in fourth place.

Venezia

Iachini started his coaching career in October 2001, when he was called to coach Venezia of Serie A, despite not having a coaching license yet. Assisted by "official" head coach Alfredo Magni, Iachini left his position as assistant coach at Piacenza to join Venezia, despite the Italian football regulation laws and was successively disqualified for six months because of that. Ultimately, Venezia were relegated to Serie B.

Cesena

In the 2002–03 season, Iachini coached Cesena of Serie C1, leading his team to a spot in the promotion playoffs.

Vicenza

In the 2003–04 season, Iachini moved to Vicenza, in Serie B, where he managed a team composed mostly of youngsters and led them to a mid-table place.

Piacenza

He coached Piacenza, another Serie B club, from 2004–05 to 2006–07 with good results, including a notable fourth place, only behind Juventus, Napoli and Genoa, in his latest season with the biancorossi.

Chievo Verona: promotion to Serie A

He was announced in June 2007 as the new Chievo Verona boss for their 2007–08 Serie B campaign and successfully led the Gialloblu to become league champions and promptly mark their return in the top flight. On 4 November 2008, following an unimpressive start in the 2008–09 Serie A campaign, and two days after a 3–0 loss to Palermo, Iachini was dismissed from his coaching post by the club management.

Brescia: promotion to Serie A

On 4 October 2009, he was appointed new head…

Playing

Ascoli Serie B: 1985–86 Mitropa Cup: 1986–87 Fiorentina Serie B: 1993–94

Managerial

ChievoVerona Serie B: 2007–08 Palermo Serie B: 2013–14 Individual Panchina d'Argento: 2007–08