Eusebio Di Francesco Biography

Eusebio Di Francesco, born 8 September 1969 in

, is an Italian former footballer who is working as a football coach. At the moment, he is working as the head coach of the Hellas Verona club, currently playing in the Italian Serie A. Di Francesco began playing football with the Tuscan clubs Empoli and Lucchese. He joined Piacenza Calcio in 1995, where he was able to play more regularly in Serie A.

The Italian signed with AS Roma in 1997, where he won the national league in 2001. Following that achievement, Di Francesco went back to Piacenza Calcio in 2001. Subsequently, he ended his career at AC Ancona and

. It was in 1998 that Di Francesco played his debut for the Italian national team. Altogether, he played 12 international matches for the Squadra Azzura, for which he scored one goal.

In 2008, Di Francesco embarked on his coaching career at SS Lanciano. Afterwards, he went on to coach Pescara Calcio and US Lecce. The Italian was named coach of US Sassuolo on 19 June 2012. He became champion in his first season with Sassuolo, promoting the club to Serie A.

However, Di Francesco was sacked in January 2014 after a series of disappointing results. He was appointed coach of Sassuolo again on 3 March 2014. Di Francesco was successful in keeping the club in Serie A and in June was rewarded with a new contract.

He replaced Luciano Spalletti as coach of AS Roma on 14 June 2017, where he had won the scudetto as a player in 2001. As a player, Di Francesco played four seasons for the Giallorossi between 1997 and 2001. He was fired on 7 March 2019.

He was appointed coach of Sampdoria at the start of the 2019/20 season, but following a disastrous season start, he was dismissed on 7 October 2019. He was given another chance in Serie A on 3 August 2020, at Cagliari Calcio. On 22 February 2021, he was sacked for disappointing results.

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Since June 2021, Di Francesco is working as the new head coach of the Serie A club Hellas Verona, where he joined signing a two-year contract.

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Eusebio Di Francesco Bio

• Full Name: Eusebio Di Francesco

• Nickname: N/A

• Profession: Professional Football Coach

Eusebio Di Francesco Physical Stats

• Weight: 74 Kg

• Height: 1.78 m

• Eye Color: Light Blue

• Hair Color: Blonde

Eusebio Di Francesco Football Information

• Position: Midfielder

• Jersey Number: 11

• Professional Debut: 1987

Eusebio Di Francesco Date of Birth and Personal Info

• Date of Birth: 8 September 1969

• Birth Place: Pescara, Italy

• Zodiac Sign: Virgo

• Nationality: Italian

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Eusebio Di Francesco Early Life

When he was 15 years old he joined the

youth team, alongside Nicola Caccia. He debuted in

when he was 18 years old wearing the shirt of the Tuscan team in the 1987-1988 season, making only one appearance, when he replaced Luigino Pasciullo in the away defeat against Juventus on 31 January 1988.

The team was relegated and the following year Di Francesco played 34 matches. A second relegation brought Empoli and Di Francesco to Serie C1, where he had 33 games in the first season and the same number in the second, scoring 1 and 2 goals respectively.

In the following season, he transferred to

, in Serie B, where he played 4 seasons as a starter and scored 12 goals, including seven in the 1994-95 Serie B. He joined Piacenza in the top flight and played two seasons with them, scoring 5 goals in 67 games and securing as many salvations.

At the beginning of the 1997-1998 season, he transferred to Roma, where he achieved the best result of his career by winning the 2000-2001 Serie A as a substitute player, playing 168 games and scoring 14 goals. While at Roma he also participated in the UEFA Cup and was summoned to the national team.

In the summer of 2001, he moved back to

to spend another two seasons there until 2003, playing 61 games and scoring 12 goals. He went to Ancona the following season and in January 2004 to Perugia, the club where he retired in 2005.

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Italian National Team

He was initially called up to the national team in the summer of 1997 by Cesare Maldini for the Tournament of France, to which he withdrew to play in Piacenza's play-off against Cagliari. He started in the Azzurri the following year, on 5 September 1998, during the administration of Dino Zoff, during the qualifying match for the 2000 European Championship against Wales.

He scored his only goal in the Azzurri shirt on 16 December of the same year against an All-Stars selection, during a friendly match celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Federation. He was called up 16 times between 1997 and 2000 and made 13 appearances.

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Right after his retirement, he joined Roma as team manager on 29 July 2005 and left the position on 31 July 2006. He moved to the position of sporting director of Val di Sangro on 1 August 2007; he stepped down the following 15 December after the sacking of coach Danilo Pierini.

He was named technical director in the youth sector of Pescara on 18 September 2009, replacing Cetteo Di Mascio.

In his first coaching job after retirement, Di Francesco was appointed coach of Lanciano on 23 June 2008; and on 27 January 2009, he was dismissed and replaced by Dino Pagliari.

Pescara

Starting from 12 January 2010, he replaced the dismissed Antonello Cuccureddu and he became the new coach of the first team of Pescara getting the promotion to Serie B after the play-off. In the following season, he led the team to 13th place, having long competed with other contenders for the play-off.

He terminated his contract with the team on 22 June 2011 with a year to spare, after having accepted the proposal of

who wanted him to coach the team. He was replaced in Pescara by Zdenek Zeman.

Lecce

He became the coach of Lecce on 24 June 2011. After the 4-2 defeat against Napoli, with his team last in the standings with 8 points and 9 defeats in 13 matches, he was dismissed from Lecce and substituted by Serse Cosmi.

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Sassuolo

He became head coach of Sassuolo on 19 June 2012. The team was crowned winter champions at the end of the first half of the season with 48 points. After the 1-0 home win against Livorno on 18 May 2013, Sassuolo conquered the Serie B title, winning the first historic promotion to the top Italian league.

He was dismissed on 28 January 2014 after the 3-1 defeat against Livorno, only to be brought back the following 3 March to take the place of his successor Alberto Malesani, under whom Sassuolo had lost 5 games out of 5.

Sassuolo managed to mathematically save themselves from relegation with a day in advance, scoring 34 points in 38 games. Sassuolo's sixth-place finish in the 2015-2016 season earned the club qualification for the 2016-2017 UEFA Europa League preliminary rounds.

He guided the team through the Europa League preliminaries the following season, qualifying for the group stage of the competition. Despite many injuries, in the league, he was able to lead the Emilian team to twelfth place.

Roma

After terminating his contract with Sassuolo by mutual consent, he joined

on 12 June 2017, signing a two-year deal. In his first match in charge of AS Roma, he was able to secure a 0-1 away win against Atalanta on 20 August 2017. Six days later, he suffered his first defeat on the bench of Roma, when he lost 1-3 at home against Luciano Spalletti’s Inter Milan.

It was during the 2017-18 season that Di Francesco debuted in the Champions League. His team was drawn in Group C alongside Atletico Madrid, Chelsea and Qarabağ FK. To everyone’s surprise, Roma finished the group in the first place and made it to the knockout round. After defeating Shakhtar Donetsk on away goals rule, they had to face Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

In the first leg match at Camp Nou, they suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat, with Edin Dzeko scoring the only goal of Roma in that match. In the second leg match, AS Roma defeated Ernesto Valverde’s Barca 3-0 with goals from Edin Dzeko, Daniele De Rossi and Konstantinos Manolas, and they were advanced to the semifinal on away goal rule.

Francesco finished his first season in charge of Roma in third place and made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League 34 years after the last time, following a historic comeback in the quarter-finals against Barcelona.

Roma was then knocked out by Liverpool despite winning 4-2 in the semi-final second leg, which was not enough to overturn the 5-2 victory in the first leg. He extended his contract with the capital club until 2020 on 18 June 2018. On 7 March 2019, following the 3-0 defeat in the capital derby and the elimination in the Champions League round of 16 by Porto, he was sacked.

Sampdoria

Following his dismissal from Roma, he was named as the new coach of

on 22 June 2019 and signed a three-year contract. The next 7 October, when the team was in the last place in the table due to only three points collected in seven matches (obtained against Torino), he terminated his contract with the club.

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Cagliari

He was officially appointed as manager of Cagliari on 3 August 2020, signing a contract until June 2022. Despite having signed a contract renewal until 2023 a few weeks earlier, he was fired on 22 February 2021 because of the poor performance he had delivered so far at the helm of his team, getting only three wins in 23 matches and with a 16-game winless streak.

Verona

He was appointed the new coach of

on 7 June 2021 signing a two-year deal after terminating his contract with the Sardinians. In his debut on 14 August, he defeated Catanzaro (3-0) in the 32nd round of the Coppa Italia. He debuted in Serie A on 21 August but lost 2-3 against his former club Sassuolo.

Style of Play

Eusebio Di Francesco, who arrived in Cagliari with the idea of a 4-3-3, showed that he was not afraid of change. His early days with the club were difficult, especially due to Joao Pedro's failure to adapt to the outside role. To match Joao Pedro's unquestionable qualities, and without altering his own game plan too much, Di Francesco decided on a 4-2-3-1 initially.

While at first things were good, but later in the season, the team experienced a drop in their performances. The 4-2-3-1 saw a few breaks featuring a 3-5-1-1, which was used more in the course of the game (Di Francesco often changes tactical set-up during the course of matches). Later on, he was playing with 4-3-2-1 and after some new signings, Cagliari played with 3-4-2-1.

Reception

While during his playing days, Di Francesco was able to establish himself as one of the best midfielders of his generation and even got called up to the Italian national team, on his coaching career he has not yet been able to prove himself among the best. However, his performance on the bench of AS Roma where he took them to the quarterfinals of the

was very good.

Eusebio Di Francesco outside Football

Eusebio Di Francesco has also worked as a manager of a beach resort in Pescara among many football activities that he has done during his life.

According to Eusebio himself, his biggest regret is the fact that he dropped out of school in eighth grade.

Eusebio Di Francesco Personal Life

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Family, Children and Relationships

Di Francesco is married to his wife Sandra, who has spent a lifetime following her husband, always in the front row of his fans, except when she crosses paths with Federico, Eusebio Di Francesco's son and a player of great talent.

The other children of the couple are Mattia, a student of Motor Sciences, and Luca, the youngest of the three.

Not much is known about the coach's private life: he is a shy person who does not like the spotlight or the paparazzi's cameras. In Rome, he was often seen with his wife in the streets of the city or at dinner at Checco dello Scapicollo, a well-known Roman pizzeria.

Philanthropy

He has always participated in many charitable works during his career. While at AS Roma, he was one of the active supporters of the Roma Cares foundation.

Legal Issues

There aren’t any reports of legal issues or disputes regarding the famous Italian football coach in the English or Italian press at the time of writing this article.

Eusebio Di Francesco Career Statistics

In this section of Eusebio Di Francesco biography, we will take a deeper look into his career stats, both as an international and club player.

Club

In a 19-years long career as a footballer, Eusebio Di Francesco took part in a total of 567 matches for many Italian teams and scored 52 goals. He is most famous for his time as a player in the AS Roma team.

International

On 5 September 1998, he made his Italian national team debut in the 0-2 away win against Wales in the Euro 2000 qualifiers. He scored his only goal for

in the match against World Stars. His last match for Italy was on 26 April 2000 against Portugal. In total, he has 13 matches for Italy.

Managerial

He has a win ratio of 39.26 percent with 170 wins, 103 draws and 160 defeats in a total of 433 matches that he has managed his team as of 27 August 2021.

Eusebio Di Francesco Honors

As a player, the only trophy of his career was the Serie A title he managed to win while he was playing for AS Roma in the 2000-01 season.

During the 2012-13 season, while he was coaching

, he managed to win the Serie B and thus the promotion to Serie A with his team.

On individual level, Di Francesco has won Panchina d'argento in 2013 and the Enzo Bearzot Award award in 2018.

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