Domenico Botticella

Domenico Botticella (born 2 March 1976) is an Italian football coach and former player, who used to play as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeping coach of Casertana.

Domenico Botticella

Personal information
Full name	Domenico Botticella
Date of birth	(1976-03-02) 2 March 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Casertana (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1995–1997	Foggia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2000	Foggia	34	(0)
1997–1998	→ Chieti (loan)	11	(0)
2000–2005	Salernitana	73	(0)
2005–2006	Manfredonia	1	(0)
2006–2007	Catanzaro	33	(0)
2007–2008	Paganese	34	(0)
2008–2009	Sorrento	15	(0)
2009	Arezzo	7	(0)
2010–2011	Cavese	2	(0)
2011–2013	Foggia	10	(0)
2013	Canosa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 2005

Playing career

Botticella played in Serie B with Salernitana between 2000 and 2005. In his last season, he competed for a starting spot with Marco Ambrosio and Alex Brunner.

He also played for Foggia in Serie C1 and Serie C2.

Before joining Paganese, he played for Manfredonia of Serie C1 and Catanzaro of Serie C2.

On 28 July 2011, he joined Foggia on a free transfer after being released by Cavese.^[1]

In 2013 Botticella joined Apulian Prima Categoria amateur club Canosa.^[2]

Coaching career

After retirement, Botticella embarked on a career as a goalkeeping coach, working alongside his former boss Delio Rossi in a number of clubs such as Levski Sofia, Palermo and Ascoli.

On 29 December 2022, he was hired as the new goalkeeping coach of Serie D club Casertana following the appointment of Vincenzo Cangelosi, former Zdeněk Zeman right-hand man, as new head coach.^[3][4]