Among the many names that have been circulating in recent days, as a possible sporting director, Mauro Meluso it is one of the most recurring. The former Lazio is in orbit De Laurentiis since he was Napoli’s sporting director last season, before being replaced a few days ago by Manna.
Meluso is 59 years old and is a native of Cosenza. Before being sporting director Meluso was also a footballer. He begins his parable in 1982 in Lazio, where he collected some appearances in Serie A at a very young age. He then played another season in Serie A at Cremonese, before continuing his career mainly in Serie C, between Salernitana, Messina and Monopolies, where he remained for 3 seasons. A parenthesis, in the middle, in Serie B, at Foggia.
Then the arrival in Fermo, where he regained the C2 series, before ending his career in 1996 with Monterotondo.
Start your career from ds in 1999, right at Foggia. The beginning of his career is quite a lot complicated. The team sinks to C2, also due to failed corporate management. The following year he became general manager, but the team missed the play-offs due to the immediate recovery.
In 2003 he was in Teramo, while in 2004 he moved to Ternana, where, also thanks to his purchases, the team obtained a unexpected eighth place in B.
In 2007 he arrived in Padua, in C1, where after two troubled years he was sacked. After a move to Frosinone, from 2011 to 2013, he arrived in Cosenza, the his city.
After a complicated first year in C, the second year in Calabria goes better, especially in terms of level personal for the director. Meluso catches promising young players of the caliber of Fiordilino, Arrighini and La Mantia, but the team doesn’t even make it to the playoffs. Thanks to his excellent work, however, in 2016, the call came from the Lecce.
The sporting director from Cosenza once again finds himself in Serie C. After stopping in the playoffs in the first year, the Salento players arrive in Serie B in 2018, thanks to a great job by the director. Armellino, Tabanelli and. arrive in Puglia They catch, former acquaintance from Bari. The following year he consolidated the backbone of the team and brought it to Lecce Petriccioneanother former Bari player, and Falco, with the team that conquered the title on the first try top flight.
Then in 2020, after a great championship for the Giallorossi, the team was relegated to the last day. The good work done, however, earned him the call from Spicewhich thus remains in Serie A. Brings it to Liguria Pobega it is green. Thanks to his foresight the team achieves historic salvation in Serie A. In May 2021, he terminates his contract.
Last July, however, the call came from Naples, the first great team of his career. The Campania season, however, is going very badly. The Neapolitans fall from the championship they just won to tenth placewith the sporting director saying goodbye after a complicated year.
Now who knows he might not be able to relaunch himself from Bariin a disappointed square and wound, but who really wants to start again. Maybe just from one expert director like Meluso.
