Gianni Di Marzio

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Gianni Di Marzio

| image = Gianni Di marzio (cropped).JPG

| caption = Di Marzio in 2009

| fullname = Giovanni Di Marzio

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1940|1|8}}

| birth_place = Naples, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|1|22|1940|1|8}}

| death_place = Padova, Italy

| position =

| years1 = 1963–1964

| clubs1 = Juve Stabia

| manageryears1 = 1968–1969

| managerclubs1 = Internapoli (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1969–1971

| managerclubs2 = Napoli (youth)

| manageryears3 = 1971–1972

| managerclubs3 = Nocerina

| manageryears4 = 1972–1973

| managerclubs4 = Juve Stabia

| manageryears5 = 1973–1974

| managerclubs5 = Brindisi

| manageryears6 = 1974–1977

| managerclubs6 = Catanzaro

| manageryears7 = 1977–1979

| managerclubs7 = Napoli

| manageryears8 = 1979–1980

| managerclubs8 = Genoa

| manageryears9 = 1980–1982

| managerclubs9 = Lecce

| manageryears10 = 1982–1983

| managerclubs10 = Catania

| manageryears11 = 1984–1985

| managerclubs11 = Padova

| manageryears12 = 1987–1988

| managerclubs12 = Cosenza

| manageryears13 = 1988–1989

| managerclubs13 = Catanzaro

| manageryears14 = 1989–1990

| managerclubs14 = Cosenza

| manageryears15 = 1991–1992

| managerclubs15 = Palermo

| manageryears16 = 1996–1998

| managerclubs16 = Venezia (director of sports)

| manageryears17 = 2001–2006

| managerclubs17 = Juventus (scout)

| manageryears18 = 2011–2016

| managerclubs18 = Queens Park Rangers (scout)

}}

Giovanni "Gianni" Di Marzio (8 January 1940 – 22 January 2022) was an Italian professional football manager.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Career

After leaving his footballer career for an injury, Di Marzio debuted as a manager in 1968 in Serie C. He had his breakout as the coach of Catanzaro, where after his second season in charge, led the team to an unexpected promotion to Serie A in 1976. The team then finished 15th in only their second ever Serie A campaign and were automatically relegated. Di Marzio had shown enough to earn a move to Napoli for the following season.

With Napoli, Di Marzio was a Coppa Italia finalist in 1978, losing the trophy against Inter Milan. In 1983 he brought Catania in Serie A, and in 1988 Cosenza in Serie B. He retired from management after failing to rescue Palermo from relegation in 1992.{{cite news|url=https://gds.it/articoli/cronaca/2022/01/22/e-morto-gianni-di-marzio-ex-allenatore-di-catania-e-palermo-scopri-maradona-5ea61d08-dcba-4519-905f-28583d612274/ |title=È morto Gianni Di Marzio, ex allenatore di Catania e Palermo: portò Maradona in Italia|date=22 January 2022|work=Giornale di Sicilia|language=it|access-date=22 January 2022}}

Di Marzio successively took on a career as a football pundit and manager, working as Maurizio Zamparini's collaborator during his periods at Venezia and Palermo, as well as transfer consultant and scout at Queens Park Rangers.

Managerial statistics

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Nat !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|League Record !colspan="5"\|Cup Record !colspan="5"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
G	W	D	L	Win % !G	W	D	L	Win % !G	W	D	L	Win %
align=left\|U.S. Catanzaro 1929{{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109211246/http://www.webalice.it/stasin/catanzaro.html\|title=Catanzaro Season Summaries\|website=webalice.it\|accessdate=2 May 2022\|url=http://www.webalice.it/stasin/catanzaro.html\|archive-date=9 November 2012}}{{cite web\|url=http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_societa/2017/43/\|title=Club Managers\|website=calcio-seriea.it\|accessdate=11 May 2022}} \|{{flagu\|Italy}} \|align=left\|1 July 1974 \|align=left\|30 June 1977 {{WDL\|106\|36\|39\|31}} {{WDL\|12\|2\|4\|6}} {{WDL\|119\|38\|43\|38}}
align=left\|U.S. Catanzaro 1929 \|{{flagu\|Italy}} \|align=left\|1 July 1988 \|align=left\|30 June 1989 {{WDL\|31\|7\|14\|10}} {{WDL\|0\|0\|0\|0}} {{WDL\|31\|7\|14\|10}}
colspan="4"\|Total {{WDLtot\|137\|43\|53\|41}} {{WDLtot\|12\|2\|4\|6}} {{WDLtot\|150\|45\|57\|48}}

Personal life

Di Marzio's son, Gianluca, is a renowned Italian football journalist and pundit, working with Sky Italia.

Death

He died in Padua on 22 January 2022, at the age of 82.{{cite news|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/22-01-2022/calcio-morto-gianni-marzio-alleno-napoli-catanzaro-4301037482771.shtml|title=È morto Gianni di Marzio: scoprì Maradona e allenò Napoli e Catanzaro|date=22 January 2022|work=Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|access-date=22 January 2022}}