Marco Pezzaiuoli

Marco Pezzaiuoli (born 16 November 1968) is a German professional football manager works as the technical director for Süper Lig club Galatasaray.

Marco Pezzaiuoli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-11-16) 16 November 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Mannheim, West Germany
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	SV 98 Schwetzingen
	VfR Mannheim
Managerial career
2002	Karlsruher SC (caretaker)
2004–2005	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (assistant coach)
2006	Eintracht Trier
2007–2008	Germany U16
2008–2009	Germany U17
2009–2010	Germany U15
2009–2010	Germany U18
2011	TSG Hoffenheim
2014	Cerezo Osaka
2016	Zhuhai Suoka
2014–2017	Guangzhou Evergrande (director of youth development)
2017–2020	Eintracht Frankfurt (technical director)
2021–2022	Bengaluru
2022–	Galatasaray (technical director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Karlsruher SC

Pezzaiuoli had two stints as interim head coach of Karlsruher SC. The first stint happened after Joachim Löw resigned on 20 April 2000.^[1] Stefan Kuntz eventually took over the next season.^[2] Pezzaiuoli's second stint as interim head coach happened after Kunz was sacked on 25 September 2002.^[3] Lorenz-Günther Köstner was hired on 1 October 2002.^[4] He went to coach different teams with in the German Football Association^[5] and was an assistant coach for Suwon Samsung Bluewings^[6] in South Korea after leaving Karlsruhe.

Eintracht Trier

Pezzaiuoli was hired by Oberliga outfit Eintracht Trier on 20 September 2006 and given a contract to the end of the season.^[7] Pezzaiuoli lost his first match in charge 6–5 to EGC Wirges.^[8] Pezzaiuoli was sacked after five matches on 30 October 2006; losing three matches.^[9] His final match was a 2–1 loss to Eintracht Bad Kreuznach.^[8]

TSG Hoffenheim

On 2 January 2011, Pezzaiuoli became new head coach of TSG Hoffenheim.^[10] The club announced on 12 April 2011 that he would leave at the end of the season, recently having won only one out of eight games.^[11] Holger Stanislawski replaced Pezzaiuoli on 17 May 2011;^[12] three days after his final match.^[13]

Cerezo Osaka

On 16 June 2014, Cerezo Osaka named Pezzaiuoli as their head coach replacing Ranko Popović, but he was relieved of his duties on 8 September after failing to register a single win in the J. League. His team did manage a Japanese Emperor's Cup win against Kataller Toyama by 1–0 and a second leg quarter-final win away at Kawasaki Frontale in the J. League Cup. His team lost that tie on aggregate and, as had been rumoured for more than a week Pezzaiuoli was on his way home.^[14]

Bengaluru FC

On 12 February 2021, Pezzaiuoli was appointed as the head coach of Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC on a three-year performance-based contract.^[15]

The first game (unofficial) of Pezzaiuoli with Bengaluru was against FC Goa on 7 April 2021. Cleiton Silva's strike ensured of first win for Pezzaiuoli at Bengaluru FC.^[16] His first official game was against Nepal Army Club at 2021 AFC Cup preliminary round 1 against whom they won by 5–0 margin.

On 8 June 2022, Bengaluru FC announced the departure of Pezzaiuoli.^[17]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 January 2022

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Karlsruher SC	20 April 2000[1]	30 June 2000[2]	7	2	2	3	028.57	[18]
Karlsruher SC	25 September 2002[3]	1 October 2002[4]	1	0	1	0	000.00	[19]
Eintracht Trier	20 September 2006[7]	30 October 2006[9]	5	2	0	3	040.00	[8]
TSG Hoffenheim	2 January 2011[10]	17 May 2011[12]	18	5	3	10	027.78	[20]
Cerezo Osaka	16 June 2014	8 September 2014	9	0	4	5	000.00	[21]
Bengaluru	12 February 2021	8 June 2022	19	7	5	7	036.84	[22]
Total			59	17	16	26	028.81	—