Francesco Modesto
{{Short description|Italian football manager (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Francesco Modesto
| image =
| height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Crotone, Italy
| currentclub = Atalanta Under-23 (manager)
| clubnumber =
| position = Wing-back, winger
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Cosenza
| years1 = 1999–2001
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| clubs1 = Cosenza
| years2 = 2001
| caps2 = 18
| goals2 = 0
| clubs2 = → Vibonese (loan)
| years3 = 2001–2002
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| clubs3 = Venezia
| years4 = 2001–2002
| caps4 = 30
| goals4 = 0
| clubs4 = → Cosenza (loan)
| years5 = 2002–2005
| caps5 = 13
| goals5 = 0
| clubs5 = Palermo
| years6 = 2004–2005
| caps6 = 60
| goals6 = 3
| clubs6 = → Ascoli (loan)
| years7 = 2005–2008
| caps7 = 104
| goals7 = 4
| clubs7 = Reggina
| years8 = 2008–2011
| caps8 = 26
| goals8 = 0
| clubs8 = Genoa
| years9 = 2010
| caps9 = 13
| goals9 = 0
| clubs9 = → Bologna (loan)
| years10 = 2011–2013
| caps10 = 40
| goals10 = 4
| clubs10 = Parma
| years11 = 2012–2013
| caps11 = 19
| goals11 = 0
| clubs11 = → Pescara (loan)
| years12 = 2013–2014
| caps12 = 9
| goals12 = 0
| clubs12 = Padova
| years13 = 2014–2016
| caps13 = 24
| goals13 = 1
| clubs13 = Crotone
| years14 = 2016–2017
| caps14 = 14
| goals14 = 2
| clubs14 = Rende
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2002
| nationalteam1 = Italy U20
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs1 = Rende
| manageryears2 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs2 = Cesena
| manageryears3 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs3 = Pro Vercelli
| manageryears4 = 2021
| managerclubs4 = Crotone
| manageryears5 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs5 = Crotone
| manageryears6 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs6 = Vicenza
| manageryears7 = 2023–
| managerclubs7 = Atalanta Under-23
}}
Francesco Modesto (born 16 February 1982) is an Italian football coach and a former player, currently in charge as manager of Atalanta Under-23.
As a player, he was a wing-back or winger on the left flank.
Playing career
=Cosenza=
Modesto started his career at home region club Cosenza.
=Palermo=
In 2001–02 season, Modesto was signed by Venezia and loaned back to Cosenza. In August 2002, After Venezia owner Maurizio Zamparini purchased Palermo, he followed teammate travelled to the Sicily side.
In January 2004 Modesto was signed by Ascoli in a temporary deal.{{cite web|url=http://palermocalcio.it/it/0304/news/scheda.php?id=1047|title=MODESTO IN PRESTITO ALL'ASCOLI|date=27 January 2004|access-date=10 April 2017|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|language=it}} The loan was renewed in summer 2004.
=Reggina=
In summer 2005 Modesto was signed by Reggina in a co-ownership deal for €400,000 fee.U.S. Città di Palermo S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2006, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian) In June 2006 Reggina signed him outright for an additional €500,000 fee.{{cite web|url=http://palermocalcio.it/it/0506/news/scheda.php?id=5443|title=Ceduti Gasbarroni e Modesto, riscattato Budan, alle buste Bovo, Virga e Raimondi|date=20 June 2006|access-date=10 April 2017|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|language=it}}
=Genoa=
On 2 July 2008, Modesto was signed by Genoa for €5 million fee.Reggina Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2009, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian) On the same day, Genoa also signed Giandomenico Mesto, with Gleison Santos moved to opposite direction.
In January 2010, the Genoa winger was officially sent on loan to Bologna.{{cite web|url=http://www.bolognafc.it/it/news/pagine/8092/Francesco-Modesto-al-Bologna.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100123022043/http://www.bolognafc.it/it/news/pagine/8092/Francesco-Modesto-al-Bologna.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-01-23|title=Francesco Modesto al Bologna|date=2010|publisher=Bologna F.C. 1909|language=it}}
=Parma=
On 3 January 2011, the full registration rights of Modesto and Genoa-owned 50% registration rights of Raffaele Palladino were exchanged with Parma-owned 50% registration rights of Luca Antonelli and Alberto Paloschi. Genoa also paid Parma €5.85M in cash.Genoa CFC S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2011, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian) Modesto signed a contract until 2014 and became a regular as a left-back in Pasquale Marino's 4–3–3 formation,{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it//2011/febbraio/03/Colpo_Chevanton_Parma_contestato_ga_10_110203022.shtml|title=Colpo Chevanton Parma contestato|date=3 February 2011|access-date=10 April 2017|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|publisher=RCS MediaGroup|language=it}} or as a left winger in his 3–4–1–2 formation.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it//2011/febbraio/21/Parma_non_vincere_Marino_rischia_ga_10_110221047.shtml|title=Il Parma non sa vincere Marino rischia grosso|date=21 February 2011|access-date=10 April 2017|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|publisher=RCS MediaGroup|language=it}}
Modesto signed on loan to Serie A newcomers for the 2012–13 season, Pescara, on the final day of the 2012 summer transfer window.{{cite web |url=http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/5739-speciale-calciomercato-chiusura.html |title=Speciale calciomercato: chiusura |trans-title=Transfer special: closing |work=Delfino Pescara 1936 |date=31 August 2012 |access-date=4 September 2012 |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502013539/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/5739-speciale-calciomercato-chiusura.html |archive-date=2 May 2014 }}
=Padova=
In summer 2013, Modesto was sold to Padova for €250,000, with Bruno Leonardo Vicente moved to the opposite direction for an undisclosed fee. He was successively released from his Padova contract due to bankruptcy.
=Crotone=
On 29 August 2014, Modesto was signed by Crotone on a two-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.fccrotone.it/news/crotone-colpo-modesto/|title=Crotone, colpo Modesto|date=29 August 2014|access-date=10 April 2017|publisher=F.C. Crotone|language=it}}
=Rende=
In October 2016, Modesto remained in his native Calabria region for Serie D club Rende.{{cite web|url=http://asdssrende.it/prima-squadra/2016_10_04/rende-ciccio-modesto-si-allena-con-la-prima-squadra_1514|title=Rende, Ciccio Modesto si allena con la prima squadra|date=4 October 2016|access-date=10 April 2017|publisher=S.S. Rende|language=it}}
Coaching career
Modesto started his coaching career in 2017 as a youth coach for Rende, then being promoted as head coach for the club's 2018–19 Serie C season, where he guided the small Calabrian club to a historic participation to the promotion playoffs.
He left Rende in June 2019 to become Cesena's new manager, again in Serie C. Cesena dismissed him on 27 January 2020, following one draw and three losses in four games prior to that.{{cite press release|publisher=-Cesena|url=https://calciocesena.com/it/news/2020/1/27/esonerato-il-tecnico-francesco-modesto|title=ESONERATO IL TECNICO FRANCESCO MODESTO|date=27 January 2020|language=it}}
On 17 August 2020, he was hired by Serie C club Pro Vercelli.{{cite web|publisher=Pro Vercelli|url=http://www.fcprovercelli.it/ufficiale-francesco-modesto-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-pro-vercelli|title=UFFICIALE: Francesco Modesto è il nuovo allenatore della Pro Vercelli|date=17 August 2020|language=it|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818015457/http://www.fcprovercelli.it/ufficiale-francesco-modesto-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-pro-vercelli|url-status=dead}} He guided Pro Vercelli to third place in the Group A, then competing in the promotion playoffs.
On 9 June 2021, Modesto was announced as the new head coach of his hometown club Crotone in the Serie B league.{{cite web|url=https://www.fccrotone.it/in-evidenza/un-crotonese-alla-guida-dei-rossoblu-bentornato-a-casa-modesto/|title=Un crotonese alla guida dei rossoblù: bentornato a casa Modesto!|publisher=F.C. Crotone|language=it|date=9 June 2021}} He was dismissed on 29 October 2021 following a negative start to the 2021–22 Serie B season, leaving Crotone deep in relegation zone after ten games.{{cite web|url=https://www.fccrotone.it/news/modesto-sollevato-dallincarico-marino-e-il-nuovo-allenatore/|title=Modesto sollevato dall’incarico, Marino è il nuovo allenatore|publisher=F.C. Crotone|language=it|date=29 October 2021}} He returned to Crotone on 10 December 2021, after the team only gained one point in seven games under his replacement, Pasquale Marino.{{cite web|publisher=Crotone|url=https://www.fccrotone.it/news/marino-sollevato-dallincarico-modesto-torna-in-panchina/|title=Marino sollevato dall’incarico: Modesto torna in panchina|date=10 December 2021|language=it}} He was dismissed from his job once again on 29 May 2022, after having failed to save Crotone from relegation to Serie C.{{cite web|publisher=Crotone|url=https://www.fccrotone.it/news/modesto-sollevato-dallincarico/|title=Modesto sollevato dall’incarico|date=29 May 2022|language=it}}
On 8 November 2022, Modesto was hired as the new head coach of Serie C club Vicenza.{{cite web |language=it |date=8 November 2022 |accessdate=8 November 2022 |url=https://lrvicenza.net/francesco-modesto-nuovo-allenatore-responsabile-della-prima-squadra/ |title=FRANCESCO MODESTO NUOVO ALLENATORE RESPONSABILE DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA |publisher=LR Vicenza }} On 16 March 2023 he was dismissed, after failing to improve the team results.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-c/ufficiale-vicenza-arriva-l-esonero-di-modesto-vesterby-thomassen-il-nuovo-tecnico-1805028 |language=it |date=16 March 2023 |accessdate=16 March 2023 |title=Vicenza, arriva l'esonero di Modesto. Vesterby Thomassen il nuovo tecnico |publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb}}
On 6 August 2023, Modesto was announced as the inaugural head coach of Atalanta Under-23 after the club was admitted to join Serie C.{{cite web |url=https://www.atalanta.it/news/lo-staff-dellunder-23/ |publisher=Atalanta BC |language=it |date=6 August 2023 |accessdate=8 August 2023 |title=LO STAFF DELL’UNDER 23}}
Personal life
Francesco Modesto had a son, Michelangelo Modesto, born in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://asdssrende.it/prima-squadra/2017_02_19/il-rende-calcio-da-il-benvenuto-al-piccolo-michelangelo-modesto_1638|title=Il Rende calcio dà il benvenuto al piccolo Michelangelo Modesto|date=19 February 2017|access-date=10 April 2017|publisher=S.S. Rende|language=it}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|13 December 2011}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|League !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2"|Cosenza
|rowspan="2"|Serie B |0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2000–01
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vibonese (loan)
|18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cosenza (loan)
|Serie B |30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2"|Palermo
|rowspan="2"|Serie B |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2003–04
|1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2"|Ascoli (loan)
|rowspan="2"|Serie B |19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2004–05
|41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |
| rowspan="3"|Reggina
|rowspan="3"|Serie A |37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2006–07
|35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
| 2007–08
|32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Genoa
|rowspan="3"|Serie A |14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2009–10
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2010–11
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bologna (loan)
|Serie A |13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2"|Parma
|rowspan="2"|Serie A |15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2011–12
|25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| Pescara (loan)
|Serie A |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!303 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 332 | 11 |
Managerial statistics
{{updated|match played 5 February 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | ||||
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % |
| align=left|Rende
|{{flagicon|ITA}} |align=left|6 July 2018 |align=left|5 June 2019 {{WDL|39|14|7|18}} | ||||
| align=left|Cesena
|{{flagicon|ITA}} |align=left|6 June 2019 |align=left|27 January 2020 {{WDL|27|9|8|10}} | ||||
| align=left|Pro Vercelli
|{{flagicon|ITA}} |align=left|17 August 2020 |align=left|28 May 2021 {{WDL|41|19|12|10}} | ||||
| align=left|Crotone
|{{flagicon|ITA}} |align=left|9 June 2021 |align=left|29 October 2021 {{WDL|11|1|5|5}} | ||||
| align=left|Crotone
|{{flagicon|ITA}} |align=left|10 December 2021 |align=left|30 June 2022 {{WDL|22|3|9|10}} | ||||
| align=left|Vicenza
|{{flagicon|ITA}} |align=left|8 November 2022 |align=left|16 March 2023 {{WDL|17|8|4|5}} | ||||
| colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|157|54|45|58}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{TuttoCalciatori|Modesto_Francesco}}
- {{in lang|it}} [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2455 National Squad Statistics] at FIGC.it
{{Serie C managers}}
{{L.R. Vicenza managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Modesto, Francesco}}
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:AS Reggina 1914 players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Cosenza Calcio 1914 players
Category:US Vibonese Calcio players
Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
Category:Bologna FC 1909 players
Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players
Category:Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Category:Calcio Padova players
Category:Italian football managers
Category:FC Pro Vercelli 1892 managers
Category:Footballers from Calabria
Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Crotone