After the salvation achieved on the last day thanks to the success against Roma, which condemned Frosinone, theEmpoli starts again from Roberto D’Aversa. Davide Nicola has in fact chosen to say goodbye to the Tuscan club’s bench to join Cagliari, with president Corsi not being caught unprepared. The former Lecce coach was in fact one step away from accepting the bench of Cesena in Serie B, but the inclusion of the blue club was decisive.
Empoli, D’Aversa’s appointment is official
The official announcement was made byEmpoli via an official press release on its website: “Empoli Football Club announces that it has entrusted the technical guidance of the first team to Roberto D’Aversa. The coach has signed a contract until June 30, 2026. In addition to mister D’Aversa, Salvatore Sullo will join the technical staff of the first team, in the role of assistant coach, Marco Piccioni, technical assistant, Luigi Turci, goalkeeping coach, Danilo Massi and Riccardo Ragnacci, athletic trainers”.
D’Aversa thus restarts after his dismissal with Lecce last season, culminating in the unpleasant episode of the head-to-head with Henry after the home defeat against Verona.
Empoli, D’Aversa’s career
In introducing the new coach, theEmpoli He also gave a summary of his successes achieved in his previous experiences on the bench: “Roberto D’Aversa is an Italian coach born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 12 August 1975. Raised in the youth sector of Milan, as a footballer he has almost 500 games in the professionals, wearing the shirts of Prato, Casarano, Monza, Cosenza, Pescara, Sampdoria, Ternana, Siena, Messina, Treviso, Mantova, Gallipoli, Triestina and finally Virtus Lanciano. After finishing his career as a footballer with the Abruzzo team in the summer of 2013, he became responsible for the technical area of the Rossoneri team and then a year later signed the contract as coach of the Frentana company. After an initial salvation in Serie B, in December 2016 he was called by Parma, in Lega Pro, where he won, after the playoffs, promotion to Serie B. Confirmed on the ducal bench also in the following season, he made the double leap, bringing Parma back to Serie A. He remained at the technical helm of the Emilians for another two seasons, obtaining a fourteenth place in his debut as a coach in Serie A and an eleventh place in the following season. After closing his experience with Parma in 2021, he coached, always in Serie A, first Sampdoria and in the last season Lecce”.
