Marco Baroni

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marco Baroni

| image = Marco Baroni 2015.jpg

| caption = Baroni in 2015

| full_name = Marco Baroni{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/707/files/allegati/712/cu_163.pdf |title=Comunicato Ufficiale N. 163 |trans-title=Official Press Release No. 163 |publisher=Lega Serie A |page=6 |date=12 March 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2020 |language=Italian}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Florence, Italy

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Torino (head coach)

| youthyears1 = 1973–1981| youthclubs1 = Fiorentina

| years1 = 1981–1982 | clubs1 = Fiorentina | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1982–1983 | clubs2 = Monza | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1983–1985 | clubs3 = Padova | caps3 = 67 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1985–1986 | clubs4 = Udinese | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1986–1987 | clubs5 = Roma | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1987–1989 | clubs6 = Lecce | caps6 = 68 | goals6 = 5

| years7 = 1989–1991 | clubs7 = Napoli | caps7 = 54 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 1991–1993 | clubs8 = Bologna | caps8 = 49 | goals8 = 3

| years9 = 1993–1994 | clubs9 = Poggibonsi | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 3

| years10 = 1994–1995 | clubs10 = Ancona | caps10 = 29 | goals10 = 3

| years11 = 1995–1998 | clubs11 = Hellas Verona | caps11 = 87 | goals11 = 9

| years12 = 1998–2000 | clubs12 = Rondinella | caps12 = 50 | goals12 = 5

| totalcaps = 489 | totalgoals = 32

| nationalyears1 = 1985–1990 | nationalteam1 = Italy U21

| nationalcaps1 = 16 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs1 = Rondinella

| manageryears2 = 2001 | managerclubs2 = Montevarchi

| manageryears3 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs3 = Carrarese

| manageryears4 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs4 = Südtirol

| manageryears5 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs5 = Ancona

| manageryears6 = 2009 | managerclubs6 = Siena

| manageryears7 = 2010 | managerclubs7 = Cremonese

| manageryears8 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs8 = Virtus Lanciano

| manageryears9 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs9 = Pescara

| manageryears10 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs10 = Novara

| manageryears11 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs11 = Benevento

| manageryears12 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs12 = Frosinone

| manageryears13 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs13 = Cremonese

| manageryears14 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs14 = Reggina

| manageryears15 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs15 = Lecce

| manageryears16 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs16 = Hellas Verona

| manageryears17 = 2024–2025 | managerclubs17 = Lazio

| manageryears18 = 2025– | managerclubs18 = Torino

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Marco Baroni (born 11 September 1963) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently the head coach of {{Italian football updater|Torino}} club Torino.

Playing career

Baroni started his career with Fiorentina, and reached his football peaks during his time at Napoli, where he played his first seasons as a Serie A regular, winning an Italian championship title (scoring the title-clinching goal on the last day of the season against Lazio{{cite magazine |last= Barreca|first= Vincenzo|date= 22 August 1999|language= it|title= Gli scudetti dimenticati. Napoli 1989-90| trans-title= The forgotten scudettos. Napoli 1989-90|magazine= Calcio 2000|publisher= Action Group S.r.l.|pages= 134–136}}) and a Supercoppa Italiana title in 1990. He left Napoli in 1991 to join Bologna, and then left the club due to its financial issues; after a short spell at Serie C2 club Poggibonsi, he then joined Serie B side Ancona, and moved to Verona in 1996, where he enjoyed his last appearances in the Italian top flight. He retired in 2000 after two seasons with hometown Serie C2 club Rondinella.

Coaching career

After his retired from playing football, Baroni was immediately appointed head coach of Rondinella in 2000, and then served with a handful of other Serie C2 clubs such as Montevarchi, Carrarese and Südtirol. In 2007, he was appointed as new head coach of Serie C1 club Ancona, but failed to complete his season with the biancorossi, and later accepted a youth coach offer from Serie A club Siena. During the 2008–09 season, Baroni guided the Siena Primavera (under-19) team to the Campionato Nazionale Primavera final, which they eventually lost to Palermo.

On 29 October 2009, Siena appointed Baroni as new head coach in order to replace dismissed boss Marco Giampaolo.{{cite news|url=http://www.acsiena.it/comunicatidetail.php3?id=7987 |language=it |publisher=AC Siena |accessdate=29 October 2009 |date=29 October 2009 |title=Esonerato Giampaolo, squadra a Baroni |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103023015/http://www.acsiena.it/comunicatidetail.php3?id=7987 |archive-date=3 November 2009 }} His reign as first team coach however lasted only three weeks, as he was stripped of his managerial duties on 23 November following a home defeat to Atalanta, with Alberto Malesani being appointed at his place,{{cite news |url=http://www.acsiena.it/comunicatidetail.php3?id=8099|language=it |publisher=AC Siena |accessdate=23 November 2009 |date=23 November 2009 |title=Raggiunto l'accordo con Alberto Malesani}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} and Baroni being re-appointed back at his previous role of under-19 team coach.{{cite news |url=http://www.acsiena.it/newsdetail.php3?id=8103|language=it |publisher=AC Siena |accessdate=23 November 2009 |date=23 November 2009 |title=Baroni torna alla Primavera}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

In June 2010, he was announced as new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Cremonese.{{cite news |url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=214263 |language=it |publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb |accessdate=22 June 2010 |date=22 November 2010 |title=UFFICIALE: Cremonese, Baroni nuovo allenatore}}

In July 2011, he was appointed as youth team coach for Juventus. He left the role in July 2013 to become new head coach of Serie B club Virtus Lanciano.{{ cite news |language=it |accessdate=6 July 2013 |date=1 July 2013 |url=http://www.virtuslanciano.it/news/1861_marco-baroni-nuovo-allenatore-della-virtus-lanciano.html |title=Marco Baroni nuovo allenatore della Virtus Lanciano: Trovato l'accordo con il tecnico toscano |trans-title=Marco Baroni new Virtus Lanciano head coach: agreement completed with the Tuscan technician |publisher=SS Virtus Lanciano 1924}} After an impressive start and a less successful end of season with the club ending in tenth place, Baroni and Virtus Lanciano mutually parted ways.{{cite news |url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/ufficiale-lanciano-rescisso-consensualmente-il-contratto-di-baroni-564240 |publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb |language=it |accessdate=13 June 2014 |date=13 June 2014 |title=UFFICIALE: Lanciano, rescisso consensualmente il contratto di Baroni }} He was successively named new head coach of another Serie B team, Pescara, for the 2014–15 season.{{ cite news|url=http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/7469-2014-06-28-09-45-23.html |language=it |accessdate=19 July 2014 |publisher=Delfino Pescara 1936 |date=28 June 2014 |title=Marco Baroni è l'allenatore del Pescara |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118141838/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/7469-2014-06-28-09-45-23.html |archive-date=18 November 2015 }} After a lacklustre season, with Pescara in ninth place and one point out of the promotion playoff zone, Baroni was sacked on 16 May 2015 with one game remaining, being replaced by youth coach Massimo Oddo.{{ cite news|url=http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/8330-comunicato-stampa-baroni-sollevato-dallincarico.html |language=it |access-date=23 May 2015 |publisher=Pescara Calcio |date=16 May 2015 |title=Comunicato Stampa: Baroni sollevato dall'incarico |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094632/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/8330-comunicato-stampa-baroni-sollevato-dallincarico.html |archive-date=18 May 2015 }}

On 23 June, Baroni became the head coach of Novara.{{cite web|url=http://www.novaracalcio.com/portal/IT/handle/?page=media_ufficiostampa_notizie&vn=6657|title=UFFICIALE: MARCO BARONI E' IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL NOVARA|date=23 June 2015|accessdate=19 September 2015|publisher=Novara Calcio|language=it}} He guided the club to a promotion playoff spot, but was not confirmed by the club for the new season and was successively appointed as new head coach of freshly-promoted Serie B club Benevento. In his first season in charge, he led Benevento to fourth place in the regular season and to ultimately win the promotion playoffs after winning a two-legged final against Carpi, thus bringing the Campanian club to Serie A for its first time ever. He was confirmed as Benevento head coach for the 2017–18 Serie A season. He was sacked on 23 October 2017.{{cite web| url = https://www.football-italia.net/111757/official-benevento-appoint-de-zerbi| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171024043009/https://www.football-italia.net/111757/official-benevento-appoint-de-zerbi| archive-date = 2017-10-24| title = Official: Benevento appoint De Zerbi {{!}} Football Italia}}

On 19 December 2018, Baroni was appointed the head coach of Frosinone.{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/132238/official-frosinone-appoint-baroni|title=Official: Frosinone appoint Baroni|publisher=Football Italia|date=19 December 2018}} After Frosinone was relegated from the 2018–19 Serie A season, Baroni's contract was terminated by mutual consent on 2 June 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/138836/official-baroni-leave-frosinone|title=Official: Baroni to leave Frosinone|publisher=Football Italia|date=2 June 2019}}

On 8 October 2019, he was appointed head coach of Serie B club Cremonese.{{cite press release|publisher=Cremonese|url=https://www.uscremonese.it/baroni-nuovo-allenatore-della-cremonese/|title=BARONI NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA CREMONESE|date=8 October 2019|language=it}} In January 2020, he was however sacked due to poor results.

On 15 December 2020, he was appointed head coach of newly promoted Serie B club Reggina.{{cite web|url=https://www.reggina1914.it/notizie/marco-baroni-e-il-nuovo-allenatore/|title=MARCO BARONI È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE|trans-title=MARCO BARONI IS THE NEW HEAD COACH|publisher=Reggina Calcio|language=it|date=15 December 2020|accessdate=16 December 2020}} After guiding Reggina to safety, he left the Calabrians to accept an offer from Serie B promotion hopefuls Lecce for the 2021–22 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/96801820166/conduzione-tecnica-affidata-a-mister-baroni|title=CONDUZIONE TECNICA AFFIDATA A MISTER BARONI|work=U.S. Lecce |publisher=U.S. Lecce|language=it|date=31 May 2021}} Lecce was promoted to Serie A at the end of the season, and the contract with Baroni was renewed for the 2022–23 season. After the season, Baroni wanted a longer extension to his contract and could not agree with the club.{{cite web|publisher=Lecce|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/478718365190/onorata-la-nostra-maglia|title=ONORATA LA NOSTRA MAGLIA|date=6 May 2022|access-date=28 June 2022|language=it}}{{cite web|publisher=Lecce|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/49221635590/rinnovato-il-rapporto-contrattuale-con-mister-baroni|title=RINNOVATO IL RAPPORTO CONTRATTUALE CON MISTER BARONI|date=19 May 2022|access-date=28 June 2022|language=it}}{{Cite web |last=contract |first=Marco Baroni will leave Lecce at the end of the month after failing to agree an extension to his |title=Coach Baroni leaves Lecce after Serie A survival |url=https://www.beinsports.com/en-mena/football/serie-a/articles/coach-baroni-leaves-lecce-after-serie-a-survival-2023-06-20 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=beIN SPORTS |language=en-mena}} As a result, he left the Salentini and was appointed as manager of Hellas Verona on 1 July 2023.{{cite web |url=https://onefootball.com/de/news/marco-baroni-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-dellhellas-verona-37771726 |title=Marco Baroni è il nuovo allenatore dell'Hellas Verona |publisher=OneFootball |language=it |date=1 July 2023 }}

On 11 June 2024, Baroni was announced as the new head coach of Lazio, joining the club on a two-year contract.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=MARCO BARONI NUOVO RESPONSABILE DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA|url=https://www.sslazio.it/it/news/comunicati/marco-baroni-nuovo-responsabile-della-prima-squadra |access-date=2024-06-11 |publisher=SS Lazio |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=Official: Baroni Takes Over as New Lazio Head Coach |url=https://thelaziali.com/2024/06/11/official-baroni-takes-over-lazio/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Laziali |language=en}} Due to the club's strong showing in the first few months of his tenure, Corriere dello Sport reported that President Claudio Lotito had prepared a new contract for him in December 2024, aiming to push back the deadline until 2027, with an option to 2028.{{Cite web |last=Sakr |first=Michel |date=2024-12-10 |title=Marco Baroni Set to Sign New & Improved Lazio Contract - The Figures Revealed |url=https://thelaziali.com/2024/12/10/marco-baroni-set-to-sign-new-improved-lazio-contract-the-figures-revealed/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Laziali |language=en}} However, Lazio subsequently failed to qualify for any European competition for the following season, and Baroni left the club on 2 June 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.sslazio.it/it/news/comunicati/comunicato-ufficialeaefdh |title=Comunicato ufficiale |date=2 June 2025 |publisher=SS Lazio |access-date=2 June 2025 |language=it}}{{cite web |url=https://football-italia.net/baroni-hot-favourite-torino-job-after-lazio/ |title= Baroni the big favourite for Torino job after leaving Lazio |first=Alfredo |last=Pedullà |work=Football Italia |date=2 June 2025 |access-date=2 June 2025}}

Baroni was appointed as manager of Torino on 5 June 2025, replacing Paolo Vanoli.{{cite web |url=https://football-italia.net/official-torino-sack-vanoli-and-hire-baroni/ |title=Official: Torino sack Vanoli and hire Baroni |date=5 June 2025 |work=Football Italia |first=Lorenzo |last=Bettoni |access-date=5 June 2025}}

Personal life

His son Riccardo Baroni is a professional footballer.{{cite web|publisher=Fiorentina.it|url=http://www.fiorentina.it/baroni-chiesa-ha-davanti-una-carriera-da-top-mio-figlio-riccardo/|title=Baroni: "Chiesa ha davanti una carriera da top. Mio figlio Riccardo…"|date=4 February 2017|language=it}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2" \|Team ! rowspan="2" \|From ! rowspan="2" \|To ! colspan="8" \|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
Rondinella \|22 June 2000 \|16 May 2001 {{WDL\|38\|12\|13\|13\|for=51\|against=43\|diff=yes}}
Montevarchi \|16 May 2001 \|20 November 2001 {{WDL\|16\|4\|4\|8\|for=16\|against=20\|diff=yes}}
Carrarese \|7 August 2003 \|26 April 2004 {{WDL\|36\|7\|10\|19\|for=25\|against=52\|diff=yes}}
Südtirol \|31 May 2005 \|30 June 2006 {{WDL\|46\|17\|19\|10\|for=55\|against=44\|diff=yes}}
Ancona \|21 December 2006 \|19 March 2007 {{WDL\|10\|1\|2\|7\|for=6\|against=16\|diff=yes}}
Siena \|29 October 2009 \|23 November 2009 {{WDL\|4\|1\|1\|2\|for=5\|against=7\|diff=yes}}
Cremonese \|23 June 2010 \|25 October 2010 {{WDL\|13\|5\|4\|4\|for=15\|against=15\|diff=yes}}
Virtus Lanciano \|1 July 2013 \|13 June 2014 {{WDL\|43\|15\|15\|13\|for=44\|against=47\|diff=yes}}
Pescara \|28 June 2014 \|16 May 2015 {{WDL\|44\|16\|14\|14\|for=68\|against=57\|diff=yes}}
Novara \|23 June 2015 \|10 June 2016 {{WDL\|47\|21\|10\|16\|for=69\|against=47\|diff=yes}}
Benevento \|29 June 2016 \|23 October 2017 {{WDL\|58\|21\|15\|22\|for=63\|against=70\|diff=yes}}
Frosinone \|19 December 2018 \|2 June 2019 {{WDL\|22\|4\|5\|13\|for=18\|against=34\|diff=yes}}
Cremonese \|8 October 2019 \|8 January 2020 {{WDL\|12\|3\|5\|4\|for=8\|against=11\|diff=yes}}
Reggina \|15 December 2020 \|31 May 2021 {{WDL\|26\|10\|10\|6\|for=31\|against=27\|diff=yes}}
Lecce \|31 May 2021 \|30 June 2023 {{WDL\|80\|29\|26\|25\|for=100\|against=84\|diff=yes}}
Hellas Verona \|1 July 2023 \|10 June 2024 {{WDL\|40\|10\|11\|19\|for=41\|against=54\|diff=yes}}
Lazio \|11 June 2024 \|2 June 2025 {{WDL\|52\|27\|13\|12\|for=87\|against=62\|diff=yes}}
Torino \|5 June 2025 \|Present {{WDL\|0\|0\|0\|0\|for=0\|against=0\|diff=yes}}
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|587\|203\|177\|207\|for=702\|against=690\|diff=yes}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2" |Team

! rowspan="2" |From

! rowspan="2" |To

! colspan="8" |Record

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

Rondinella

|22 June 2000

|16 May 2001

Montevarchi

|16 May 2001

|20 November 2001

Carrarese

|7 August 2003

|26 April 2004

Südtirol

|31 May 2005

|30 June 2006

Ancona

|21 December 2006

|19 March 2007

Siena

|29 October 2009

|23 November 2009

Cremonese

|23 June 2010

|25 October 2010

Virtus Lanciano

|1 July 2013

|13 June 2014

Pescara

|28 June 2014

|16 May 2015

Novara

|23 June 2015

|10 June 2016

Benevento

|29 June 2016

|23 October 2017

Frosinone

|19 December 2018

|2 June 2019

Cremonese

|8 October 2019

|8 January 2020

Reggina

|15 December 2020

|31 May 2021

Lecce

|31 May 2021

|30 June 2023

Hellas Verona

|1 July 2023

|10 June 2024

Lazio

|11 June 2024

|2 June 2025

Torino

|5 June 2025

|Present

colspan="3"|Total

Honours

=Player=

Napoli

Rondinella

Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti: 1998–99

Italy U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1986

=Manager=

Lecce

Serie B: 2021–22

Individual

Serie A Coach of the Month: October 2024{{cite press release|url=https://www.legaseriea.it/en/media/serie-a/marco-baroni-philadelphia-coach-of-the-month-for-october|publisher=Serie A |access-date=5 November 2024 |date=4 November 2024 |title=Marco Baroni Philadelphia Coach of the Month for October}}