Cristiano Bacci

Cristiano Bacci (born 6 July 1975) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Greek Super League club Panserraikos.

Cristiano Bacci

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-07-06) 6 July 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Viareggio, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Panserraikos (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	Viareggio	3	(0)
1992–1993	Roma	0	(0)
1993–1994	Lucchese	0	(0)
1994–1995	Sangiovannese	15	(0)
1995–1998	Olbia	67	(1)
1998–1999	Pontedera	31	(2)
1999–2000	Sanremese	26	(2)
2000–2001	Montevarchi	17	(0)
2001–2002	Pro Vercelli	8	(0)
2002–2003	Valenzana	24	(4)
2003–2005	Legnano	30	(1)
2005–2007	Biellese	46	(1)
2007–2008	Virtus Entella	40	(4)
Total		307	(15)
Managerial career
2010–2011	Virtus Entella
2011–2012	Derthona
2013–2015	Folgore Caratese
2015–2016	Olhanense
2017–2019	PAOK (assistant)
2019–2021	Al-Hilal (assistant)
2021–2023	PAOK (assistant)
2023–2024	Udinese (assistant)
2024–2025	Boavista
2025	Moreirense
2025–	Panserraikos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Bacci has played for Roma and for various Serie C2 and Serie D teams, such as Viareggio, Olbia, Sanremese, Pro Vercelli, Legnano, Biellese and Virtus Entella.

Managerial career

After his retirement, Bacci became the manager of his last club Virtus Entella juniores and he won the Campionato Juniores Nazionali. He became the coach of the first team in the 2010–11 season in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Group A until the 30th game, being dismissed after the 2–0 defeat by Pro Patria^[1][2] and replaced by Luca Prina.^[3]

From 5 December 2011 until the end of the season, Bacci was the new coach of Derthona, then Folgore Caratese in the Serie D until the summer of 2015. In February 2016, he took over Portuguese club Olhanense, but was sacked on 1 November 2017.

Bacci was subsequently an assistant coach of Răzvan Lucescu at PAOK and Al Hilal, and was part of Gabriele Cioffi's staff at Udinese in the 2023–24 season. On 20 June 2024, he was appointed as the new manager of Boavista, in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.^[4]