Corrado Di Taranto is the new general manager of Cesena. The new Juventus manager has signed a contract that will bind him to the club until June 30, 2026. Graduated in Economics and Business Management, he held the position of General Secretary of ChievoVerona from 1999 to 2007, before moving to Parma as Operations Director for eight seasons. In 2015 he was CEO of the Bottagisio Sport Center, a center of excellence for youth sports, while in 2020 he became General Manager of ChievoVerona. After holding the role of General Manager of Trento in 2022/23, last season he held the same managerial role at Spal.
Hosting the event was board member Massimo Agostini: “It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the entire club, I introduce Corrado Di Taranto as the new general manager of Cesena FC. The choice of the new manager was desired and shared by the entire club to complete the management team and represents a step forward in our growth path. The manager brings with him a wealth of important experience, and his appointment reflects the club’s desire to structure itself adequately for a Serie B championship that will be difficult. On behalf of myself and the entire club, we welcome the manager and wish him the best of luck in his job.”
“It is a source of pride to be here in Cesena and represent this club – he said -. I enthusiastically accepted the call of the owners and all of its members. I found employees and collaborators with important human and professional qualities and for my part it will be a pleasure to work with them. This year will be important for us because it will be a year of consolidation in a difficult category; I am sure that my professionalism and my skills will make the club, which achieved an incredible result last year, take a leap forward. For my part there must be mutual respect in relationships; I thank you because even today’s presence is synonymous with great enthusiasm from a city that is responding greatly to a category that represents a point of arrival but also of departure for Cesena. I thank the fans who are signing up en masse for season tickets and are placing their trust in the club, for my part I can’t wait to work with them”.
“It is true that there was a courtship – he continues -. The American ownership wants to tie itself even more to the territory and I will be the link between America and Romagna. The company asked me very simply to grow the structure and give my contribution. I have had contact with the ownership and all the components of the company; I have seen the passion and enthusiasm that they put into this project and it was the starting point for accepting. The ownership is very present with all the components here in Cesena. We are a newly promoted team and – as director Artico said – a newly promoted team must consolidate itself in a difficult category like Serie B which includes important and prestigious teams. Then if there is something more I am the first to be happy. The company has given a precise budget both to the sports director and to myself. In reference to the sports part, if there are opportunities the director will be given an extra opportunity. We must strengthen the communications and marketing department because the category requires it”.
“I start from the assumption that the job of the sports director is not only to buy and sell players, but also to follow a corporate line and respect a budget. For my part, my job is to know the territory and the people. There are many valid colleagues here and I appreciated them for their availability and passion – he added -. We are in a different category compared to a year ago and we have to raise the level, while maintaining our origins. My role is to coordinate a structure that is already very valid and I will ask for greater commitment from everyone because it is the category that requires it”.
Knowledge of the territory means understanding what new opportunities there may be for the club. There are many things that are going well, but some need to be improved, such as the enhancement of the structures, starting for example with the club headquarters. I am satisfied at the end of the season if the entire structure grows with me, in such a way as to have made a consolidation path. This means that all the components will have a more specific role to have greater personal growth. In recent days I have received many phone calls and many attestations of how good it is to be in Cesena and in Romagna – he concluded -. I was lucky enough to have contacts with Marco Valentini who helped me with my integration and testifies to what it means to be from Romagna: the availability, the fact of being united for a goal and being united for the club that wants to consolidate itself in a higher category. You can perceive the passion of the fans who want to participate in the club’s successes. Unity is already half the result”.
