Giovanni Galeone
Italian footballer and manager
Giovanni Galeone (25 January 1941 – 2 November 2025) was an Italian football manager and player.
Playing career
Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth, and played as a midfielder for eight different teams between 1957 and 1966. That summer, he moved to Udinese, where he played for the rest of his career.
Managerial career
Galeone started his coaching career at the age of 34 for Serie D team Pordenone, in 1975–76, securing eleventh place in the league in his debut season. His first coaching experience in a professional league came in the 1978–79 season for Cremonese in Serie C1, but ended soon with his dismissal.
After a few other experiences, including three fairly successful seasons at SPAL in Serie C1, in 1986–87, Galeone signed for Serie B team Pescara. In his first season at the club, he led the team to the Serie B championship title, which also meant a promotion to Serie A. The following season, under his management, Pescara managed not to be relegated from Serie A for the first time in the club's history. He left Pescara in 1989, when Pescara was relegated to Serie B, but returned to the club a year later and secured another promotion to Serie A in 1991–92.
Galeone then served as head coach for Udinese Calcio in 1994–95, obtaining a Serie A promotion, Perugia in 1995–96, where he obtained his fourth and final Serie A promotion, and Napoli in 1997–98. He returned to Pescara for the third time in 1999, managing the team for two seasons.
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