Maurizio Sarri

Sarri's first club as manager was U.S.D. Stia 1925, whom he started coaching in 1990 in Seconda Categoria.

In the following year he was appointed manager of fellow league team U.S. Faellese, and took the club up to the Promozione.

Sarri subsequently worked for U.S.D. Cavriglia and U.S. Antella, taking both sides to the Eccellenza.

Maurizio Sarri (born 10 January 1959) is an Italian professional football manager.

Sarri did not play football professionally, taking part as an amateur centre back and coach while working as a banker.

In 1990, aged 30, he transitioned into coaching, following the same schedule he adhered to for his entire work life.

After gaining employment with minor side Tegoleto, he decided to quit his job to devote himself exclusively to his coaching career.

In 1998 he was named manager of fellow league team A.C. Valdema, but was fired the following January.

He took over U.S.D. Tegoleto in the same division in September 1999.

In 2000, Sarri signed for Sansovino in Eccellenza, and achieved promotion to Serie D with the side in his first season; he would remain two further seasons in charge of the club, reaching the play-offs in his last season.

His successes with Sansovino caused Serie C2 side Sangiovannese to sign him in 2003, where he remained for two seasons and took the club to Serie C1 in his first campaign.

In 2005, he had his first Serie B job at Pescara.

On 18 June 2005, Sarri resigned from Sangiovannese, and was appointed manager of Serie B side Pescara on 9 July.

After avoiding relegation, he left the club on 30 June 2006 and was appointed at the helm of fellow second division side Arezzo on 1 November, in the place of the sacked Antonio Conte.

On 13 March 2007, he was relieved from his duties, and Conte returned to the post.

On 18 July 2007 Sarri joined Avellino in the second tier, but resigned on 23 August after severe altercations with the club's board.

On 31 December he replaced fired Davide Pellegrini at the helm of Hellas Verona, but was himself sacked the following 28 February after winning only one point during his six matches in charge.

On 23 September 2008, Sarri was named Perugia manager in the place of Giovanni Pagliari.

Sacked on 15 February of the following year, he only returned to coaching duties on 24 March 2010 with Grosseto.

On 6 July of that year Sarri was appointed manager of Alessandria in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and reached the promotion play-offs, being knocked out in the semifinals by Salernitana.

Sarri resigned from Alessandria on 24 June 2011, and on 6 July 2011, he was appointed at the helm of Sorrento.

He coached the club through the first months of the season until the mid-season break, playing an attractive, slick brand of attacking football.

Despite the club's being in sixth place, he was dismissed on 13 December.

On 25 June 2012, Tuscan Serie B club Empoli hired Sarri as their new coach.

In his first season, he led the club to fourth place and the playoff final, before losing to local rivals Livorno.

The following season, Sarri guided Empoli to second place in the final table and direct promotion to Serie A after six years away.

In 2014, Sarri won promotion to Serie A with Empoli, and after preserving their place in the top flight he was hired by Napoli.

In the 2014–15 Serie A, Empoli avoided relegation by coming 15th.

On 11 June 2015, Sarri left Empoli and signed for the club of his city of birth, Napoli, replacing Rafael Benítez, who left after missing out on a UEFA Champions League place.

In his first season, Sarri brought in Elseid Hysaj, Pepe Reina, and Allan.

The trio would go on to be first-team stalwarts for the following campaign, as Napoli finished runners-up to Juventus.

He won several individual awards while managing the Naples-based club; after finishing as league runners-up in 2017–18, Sarri moved to English club Chelsea, where he won the UEFA Europa League in his only season with the club.

He returned to Italy to coach Juventus in 2019, with whom he went on to win the Serie A title in his first season, becoming the oldest manager to ever win the Serie A.

Son of a Tuscan worker (his father Amerigo, a former professional cyclist, worked as a crane operator at Italsider in Bagnoli, a district of Naples), Sarri was raised in Castro (province of Bergamo) and then in Faella (municipality of Castelfranco Piandiscò, in the province of Arezzo), where he divided his time as an amateur footballer and banker for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in Tuscany.

His work as a banker saw him travel Europe, working in London, Zürich and Luxembourg.

A centre back, he completed his schooling in Figline Valdarno, having David Ermini as his deskmate.

Sarri played only at an amateur level, in Figline's local team, having failed trials with Torino and Fiorentina.

At the age of 19, Montevarchi was close to signing Sarri but Figline asked for a compensation of 50 million lire, and the deal eventually collapsed.

He later refused a move to Pontedera, and subsequently retired with Figline after struggling with injuries.

Sarri used to work in the bank in the morning, and trained and played in games in the afternoon and evening.