Gianluca Conte

Gianluca Conte
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-05-28) 28 May 1972
Place of birth Lecce, Italy
Club information
Current team
 Chelsea (Assistant Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Lecce 9 (0)
Teams managed
2007–2009 Bari (Assistant)
2010–2011 Siena (Assistant)
2011–2014 Juventus (Assistant)
2014–2016 Italy (Assistant)
2016– Chelsea (Assistant)

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


Gianluca Conte (Italian pronunciation: [ j aa n - L EW - k uh ˈkonte]; born May 28, 1972) is an Italian professional football assistant Manager and analyser and former player. He is currently an analyser and assistant manager for English club Chelsea under his brother Antonio Conte.

Playing as a defender, Conte began his career at local club U.S. Lecce. Conte played from the bench and didn't manager to break into the first team. Later he studied the University of Foggia, in sport science, and followed his brother into a managerial role.[1] His managerial career started in 2007, assisting his brother to lead Bari to the 2008–09 Serie B title, and Siena to promotion from the same division two years later. He then arrived at Juventus in 2011. Winning three consecutive Serie A titles as an assistant manager, he then followed his brother again in taking charge of the Italian national team in 2014 until the UEFA Euro 2016 campaign.[2]

Club career

Conte began his career with the youth team of his hometown club U.S. Lecce. Conte made 9 appearances for the Salentini in their maiden campaign in the Serie A. Failing to crack the first team Conte finished his career to pursue sport science.

Honours

Manager

Bari
Siena
Juventus

References

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