Massimo Morales

{{short description|Italian football manager (born 1964)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Massimo Morales

| image = Massimo Morales.jpg

| caption = Morales in 2013

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1964|4|20}}

| birth_place = Caserta, Italy

| currentclub =

| position =

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Casertana

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| manageryears1 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs1 = King Faisal Babes

| manageryears2 = 1999

| managerclubs2 = De Graafschap

| manageryears3 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs3 = Potenza

| manageryears4 = 2001

| managerclubs4 = Bellinzona

| manageryears5 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs5 = Rondinella

| manageryears6 = 2002

| managerclubs6 = Varese

| manageryears7 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs7 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| manageryears8 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs8 = Waldhof Mannheim

| manageryears9 = 2008–2009

| managerclubs9 = 1. FK Příbram

| manageryears10 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs10 = Budapest Honvéd

| manageryears11 = 2013

| managerclubs11 = Stuttgarter Kickers

| manageryears12 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs12 = Daytona SC

| manageryears13 = 2022

| managerclubs13 = Brescia Women

}}

Massimo Morales (born 20 April 1964) is an Italian football manager.

Coaching career

Morales was born in Caserta. He managed 1. FK Příbram from March 2008, and led the Czech team to 2nd place in Czech 2. Liga, thus ensuring promotion back to the national top flight. On 5 May 2009 1. FK Příbram owner Jaroslav Starka and the Italian coach mutually decided to part ways because the club was delaying the payment of the salaries.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fkpribram.cz/clanky/Massimo-Morales-u-tymu-konci.1001/ |title=Massimo Morales u týmu končí |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235313/http://www.fkpribram.cz/clanky/Massimo-Morales-u-tymu-konci.1001/ |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} On 29 October 2009, he was named as the new head coach of Budapest Honvéd, replacing Tibor Sisa. In season 2010, after Újpest FC defeated his team, he resigned.

He later worked for the staff of English team Watford.

In 2019 he was named head coach of Daytona SC.

He successively served as head coach of Brescia Women from June{{cite web |url=https://www.bresciacalciofemminile.it/massimo-morales-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-bcf/ |publisher=Brescia Calcio Femminile |language=it |date=19 June 2022 |title=MASSIMO MORALES È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL BCF}} to September 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.bresciacalciofemminile.it/comunicato-ufficiale-massimo-morales-non-e-piu-lallenatore-del-brescia/ |publisher=Brescia Calcio Femminile |language=it |date=10 September 2022 |title=COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: MASSIMO MORALES NON È PIÙ L’ALLENATORE DEL BRESCIA}}

Career

Coaching career history{{cite news |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/massimo-morales-muz-ktery-tahne-pribram-do-ligy-f5v-/fot_dsouteze.asp?c=A080523_081046_fot_dsouteze_rou |publisher=iDNES.cz |language=cs |title=Massimo Morales: muž, který táhne Příbram do ligy |access-date=5 August 2008}}{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/08/05/slavia.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |title=Slavia, antipasto italiano|date=5 August 2008 |access-date=5 August 2008}}

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!Club !! Period !! Role

ESV München1991Youth team coach (18-year old)
FC Bayern Munich1992–1994Youth team coach (16-year old)
FC Bayern Munich1994–1995Giovanni Trapattoni's assistant coach
King Faisal Babes1995–1996Head coach
A.C. Milan1996–1998Scout
Ghana national football team1998–1999Assistant coach
De Graafschap1999Head coach
F.C. Potenza2000–2001Head coach (Serie D)
AC Bellinzona2001Head coach (Nationalliga B)
Rondinella Calcio2001–2002Head coach (Serie C2)
A.S. Varese 19102002Head coach (Serie C1)
Fortuna Düsseldorf2003–2004Head coach
SV Waldhof Mannheim2005–2006Head coach
1. FK Příbram2008–2009Head coach
Budapest Honvéd2009–2010Head coach
SV Stuttgarter Kickers2013Head coach
Daytona SC2019–Head coach

References