Fabio Liverani

Fabio Liverani

Liverani in October 2009.
Personal information
Full name Fabio Liverani
Date of birth (1976-04-29) 29 April 1976
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Central Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1995 Palermo
1995–1996 Napoli
1996 Cagliari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Nocerina 2 (0)
1997–2000 Viterbese 104 (18)
2000–2001 Perugia 32 (3)
2001–2006 Lazio 126 (6)
2006–2008 Fiorentina 64 (1)
2008–2011 Palermo 66 (0)
2011 Lugano 0 (0)
Total 394 (28)
National team
2001–2006 Italy 3 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2013 Genoa (youth)
2013 Genoa
2014–2015 Leyton Orient

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Fabio Liverani (born 29 April 1976) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder. He was most recently the manager of English club Leyton Orient.

Club career

Fabio Liverani was born in Rome, Italy in 1976 to a Somali mother and an Italian father making him an Italo-Somalo.[1] He made his professional footballing debut with Viterbese of Serie C2 in 1996–97. However, it was not until his transfer to Perugia over the 2000–01 season that he showed his full potential.

Liverani with Fiorentina.

From 2001 to 2006, Liverani played for Lazio in Italy's Serie A. Despite a string of lacklustre performances by the club, he earned a call-up to the national team during the pre-World Cup stage held on 2 and 3 May. However, he was not re-called for the FIFA World Cup.

The 2006 season saw Liverani move to Fiorentina. He played a total of two seasons with the team, being instrumental in the Viola's successful 2007–2008 Serie A campaign, which ended with Fiorentina securing fourth place in the League's final standings. This ensured the club a spot in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 2008-09. Fiorentina and Liverani parted company the following season.

In May 2008, Liverani signed a three-year contract with Palermo, being also appointed team captain. A highly influential player in Palermo's squad, he controlled the midfield, picking up the most completed passes by any player in the Serie A 2008–2009 season. Liverani was forced to miss the first three months of the 2009–10 season due to a serious injury that he had sustained on May, and broke back into the first team only on November, then being replaced as permanent team captain by Fabrizio Miccoli. In his first game as a regular, against Chievo, the first game of new head coach Delio Rossi in charge of the team, Liverani went on to be sent off during the game.

On 30 August 2011, he moved to Lugano, signing a two-year contract. Liverani never played a single game for the Swiss, and rescinded his contract by mutual consent later on November.[2]

International career

In 2001, Liverani became the first black Italian footballer (Somali descent) to play internationally with the senior Italian national team,[3] making his debut with the Azzurri in a friendly match against South Africa under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni.[1]

On 16 August 2006, he was again summoned to start for the Italian national team in a friendly against Croatia by the team's new coach, former Italian international Roberto Donadoni.

Managerial career

Following his retirement, Liverani was offered a position as youth coach at Genoa, in charge of the Allievi Regionali B squad, which he formally accepted on 15 November 2011.[4]

Genoa

On 7 June 2013, Genoa president Enrico Preziosi announced the appointment of Fabio Liverani as new first team manager in place of Davide Ballardini.[5]

On 29 September 2013, Genoa decided to sack Liverani after one win in his seven games in charge.[6]

Leyton Orient

On 8 December 2014, Liverani was appointed as manager of League One team, Leyton Orient on a two-and-a-half year contract replacing Mauro Milanese who returned to his role as Sporting Director after 8 matches in charge.[7] Following their relegation to League Two, Liverani left the club in May 2015.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 May 2015
Team Nat From To Competition Record
G W D L Win % GF GA GD
Genoa Italy 7 June 2013[5] 29 September 2013[6] Serie A 6 1 1 4 16.67 5 10  –5
Coppa Italia 1 0 1 0 00.00 2 2 0
Total 7 1 2 4 14.29 7 12  –5
Leyton Orient England 8 December 2014 13 May 2015 League 27 8 6 13 29.63 35 40 -5
FA Cup 0 0 0 0 !— 0 0 0
Football League Cup 0 0 0 0 !— 0 0 0
Other[9] 0 0 0 0 !— 0 0 0
Total 27 8 6 13 29.63 35 40 -5
Career totals League 33 9 7 17 27.27 40 50  –10
Domestic Cup 1 0 1 0 00.00 2 2 0
Other 0 0 0 0 !— 0 0 0
Total 34 9 8 17 26.47 42 52  –10

Honours

Lazio

References

  1. 1 2 "Trapattoni colora l' Italia, chiamato Liverani" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 21 April 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Liverani-Lugano: è finita" [Liverani-Lugano: it's over] (in Italian). Ticino News. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Liverani is first black player to win Italy cap". The Guardian. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Liverani è già in campo: "Sono rossoblù, era ora"" [Liverani already on the pitch: "I am a rossoblù finally"] (in Italian). Il Secolo XIX. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Genoa, Preziosi: "Ho scelto Liverani, sicuro delle sue qualità"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Official: Genoa recall Gasperini". Football Italia. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "NEWS: Fabio Liverani joins as manager". Leyton Orient F.C. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Leyton Orient: Boss Fabio Liverani departs by mutual consent". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Includes Johnstone's Paint Trophy and Football League play-offs.
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