Rolando Maran

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rolando Maran

| image = Rolando Maran.JPG

| caption = Maran with Chievo in 2015

| full_name = Rolando Maran{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/74/files/allegati/79/cu40.pdf |title=Comunicato Ufficiale N. 40 |trans-title=Official Press Release No. 40 |publisher=Lega Serie A |page=4 |date=21 September 2015 |access-date=6 December 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Trento, Italy

| height =

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1983–1986 | clubs1 = Benacense Riva | caps1 = 87 | goals1 = 7

| years2 = 1986–1995 | clubs2 = Chievo | caps2 = 280 | goals2 = 11

| years3 = 1995 | clubs3 = Valdagno | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1995–1996 | clubs4 = Carrarese | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1996–1997 | clubs5 = Fano | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 2

| totalcaps = 428 | totalgoals = 20

| manageryears1 = 2002–2005 | managerclubs1 = Cittadella

| manageryears2 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs2 = Brescia

| manageryears3 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs3 = Bari

| manageryears4 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs4 = Triestina

| manageryears5 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs5 = Vicenza

| manageryears6 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs6 = Vicenza

| manageryears7 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs7 = Varese

| manageryears8 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs8 = Catania

| manageryears9 = 2014 | managerclubs9 = Catania

| manageryears10 = 2014–2018 | managerclubs10 = Chievo

| manageryears11 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs11 = Cagliari

| manageryears12 = 2020 | managerclubs12 = Genoa

| manageryears13 = 2022 | managerclubs13 = Pisa

| manageryears14 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs14 = Brescia

}}

Rolando Maran (born 14 July 1963) is an Italian football manager.

His playing career as a defender was spent mostly with Chievo. He then managed several Serie B clubs, and after losing the promotion play-off final with Varese in 2012, had his first Serie A job with Catania.

Maran led Catania to a best-ever 8th place in his first season. Also in the top flight, he had four seasons in charge of Chievo before leading Cagliari from 2018 to 2020.

Playing career

Maran played for Benacense Riva, Chievo, Valdagno, Carrarese and Fano. He spent nine years at Chievo from 1986 to 1995.[http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/calciatore?p_p_id=BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2&_BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC_idPersona=6300 Lega Serie A profile]

Coaching career

= Serie B =

After retiring as a player in 1997, Maran started his coaching career in 1997 at his former side Chievo as a coach, he joined Brescia as a youth coach in 1998 and stayed there for two years before becoming the youth coach at Cittadella in 2000. Two years later, he became that club's first-team manager.

Maran became manager of newly relegated Serie B club Brescia on 5 July 2005 on a one-year contract.{{cite news |title=Maran: "Un sogno che si realizza"|trans-title=Maran: "A dream that came true"|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadra/Brescia/ |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=5 July 2005 |language=it}} The following 5 March, with the team in 5th, he was replaced by Zdenek Zeman.{{cite news |title=Zeman ricomincia da Brescia|trans-title=Zeman starts again at Brescia |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/Primo_Piano/2006/03_Marzo/05/brescia%20zeman.shtml |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=5 March 2006 |language=it}}

He joined Serie B club Bari in 2006, where he was sacked and replaced by Giuseppe Materazzi in February 2007 with the team in 13th.{{cite news |title=Bari: Materazzi nuovo tecnico|trans-title=Bari: Materazzi new manager|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/Primo_Piano/2007/02_Febbraio/26/MATERAZZI.shtml |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=26 February 2007 |language=it}}

Maran joined Triestina in June 2007,{{cite news |last1=Seu |first1=Christian |title=UFFICIALE: Triestina, Maran nuovo allenatore|trans-title=OFFICIAL: Triestina, Maran new manager |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/ufficiale-triestina-maran-nuovo-allenatore-62616 |access-date=20 February 2020 |publisher=Tutto Mercato Web |date=13 June 2007 |language=it}} and two years later he joined fellow Serie B side Vicenza. He helped them avoid relegation. On 15 June 2010, his contract was extended for a further two years, but he was dismissed just under a year later.

In October 2011, Maran joined struggling Varese, replacing Benito Carbone as head coach.{{cite news |title=Il Varese esonera Carbone Arriva subito Maran |trans-title=Varese sack Carbone Maran arrives immediately|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/SerieB/2011-10-01/varese-esonera-carbone-803116684322.shtml |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=1 October 2011 |language=it}} He led them to the playoffs; however they lost out on promotion to Serie A to Sampdoria, 4–2 on aggregate.{{cite news |title=La Samp espugna Varese e riconquista la A, purgatorio finito|trans-title=Samp defeat Varese and reconquer A, purgatory over|url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/2012/06/09/serie_b_finale_playoff_varese_sampdoria_ritorno.html |access-date=20 February 2020 |publisher=Sky Sport |date=9 June 2012 |language=it}}

= Serie A years =

On 11 June 2012, Maran joined Serie A club Catania.{{cite news |title=UFFICIALE: Maran è il nuovo tecnico del Catania|trans-title=OFFICIAL: Maran is the new Catania manager |url=https://www.itasportpress.it/catania-news/ufficiale-maran-a-il-nuovo-tecnico-del-catania/ |access-date=20 February 2020 |publisher=ITA Sport Press |date=11 June 2012 |language=it}} He took them to 8th place in a record-breaking season where they accrued 56 points from 38 matches. The season also saw Catania take a record number of home wins in one season, its record number of victories overall in a single top flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season.

Maran was dismissed on 20 October 2013 after a 1–2 loss to Cagliari that left Catania in the relegation zone, and replaced by Luigi De Canio.{{cite news|url=http://www.ilcalciocatania.it/article.php?id=29444 |publisher=Calcio Catania |title=Rolando Maran sollevato dall’incarico. Luigi De Canio è il nuovo allenatore della prima squadra |language=it |trans-title=Rolando Maran dismissed from managerial role. Luigi De Canio is the new first team head coach |access-date=20 October 2013 |date=20 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025203700/http://www.ilcalciocatania.it/article.php?id=29444 |archive-date=25 October 2013 }} He returned on 15 January, before being sacked for the second time later on 6 April, after five defeats in a row and with the team bottom of the league.{{cite news |title=Serie A: Catania sack coach Rolando Maran for second time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26923511 |access-date=20 February 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 April 2014}}

On 19 October 2014, Maran was named new head coach of former club Chievo, replacing Eugenio Corini.{{ cite news |url=http://www.chievoverona.it/it/news/comunicato-ufficiale-rolando-maran-%C3%A8-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-prima-squadra |publisher=AC ChievoVerona |title=Comunicato ufficiale: Rolando Maran è il nuovo allenatore della Prima squadra |language=it |date=19 October 2014 |access-date=19 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023035024/http://www.chievoverona.it/it/news/comunicato-ufficiale-rolando-maran-%C3%A8-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-prima-squadra |archive-date=23 October 2014 }} He was sacked on 29 April 2018, weeks before the end of his contract; the team was on the brink of the relegation zone having taken 11 points from the last 21 games.{{cite news |title=Official: Chievo sack Maran |url=https://www.football-italia.net/120640/official-chievo-sack-maran |access-date=20 February 2020 |date=29 April 2018}}

On 7 June 2018, Maran was appointed manager of Cagliari on a two-year contract.{{cite news |title=Official: Cagliari appoint Maran |url=https://www.football-italia.net/122592/official-cagliari-appoint-maran |access-date=20 February 2020 |publisher=Football Italia |date=7 June 2018}} His side won seven of their first 12 games to challenge for a Champions League place in November; the only time the Sardinians had started so well was when they won the league for the only time in 1969–70.{{cite news |last1=Bandini |first1=Nicky |title=Radja Nainggolan and Cagliari are living the high life in dazzling style |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/nov/11/radja-nainggolan-cagliari-europe-serie-a |access-date=4 March 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=11 November 2019}} This form did not continue into the second half of the season, and on 3 March 2020, he was fired by Cagliari after a run of 12 consecutive games without a league win.{{cite web|publisher=Cagliari Calcio|url=https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/news/ultimissime/19650/comunicato-della-societa-maran-sollevato-dal-suo-incarico|title=Comunicato della Società|date=3 March 2020|language=it|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303114239/https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/news/ultimissime/19650/comunicato-della-societa-maran-sollevato-dal-suo-incarico|archive-date=3 March 2020|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/150762/official-maran-sacked-cagliari|title=Official: Maran sacked by Cagliari|publisher=Football Italia|date=3 March 2020}}

On 26 August 2020, Maran signed a two-year contract with Genoa.{{cite web|url=https://m.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/ufficiale-genoa-scelto-il-nuovo-tecnico-maran-ha-firmato-per-due-anni-1425102|access-date=26 August 2020|publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb |language=it |title=UFFICIALE: Genoa, scelto il nuovo tecnico. Maran ha firmato per due anni}} On 21 December 2020, Maran was sacked.{{Cite news|publisher=Football Italia|title=Official: Genoa sack Maran|url=https://www.football-italia.net/163827/official-genoa-sack-maran|date=21 December 2020|access-date=21 December 2020}}

= Back to Serie B: Pisa and Brescia =

On 23 June 2022, Serie B club Pisa announced to have hired Maran as their new head coach.{{Cite web|title=COMUNICATO SOCIETARIO (23 GIUGNO 2022)|url=https://pisachannel.tv/comunicato-societario-23-giugno-2022/|date=23 June 2022|access-date=23 June 2022 |language=it |publisher=Pisa S.C.}} He was however sacked on 19 September 2022, leaving Pisa at the bottom of the league table after six games.{{cite web |url=https://pisasportingclub.com/comunicato-societario-5/ |publisher=Pisa S.C. |language=Italian |accessdate=19 September 2022 |date=19 September 2022 |title=Comunicato Societario}}

On 14 November 2023, Maran was hired by Brescia as their new head coach for the ongoing season.{{cite web |language=it |date=14 November 2023 |accessdate=14 November 2023 |publisher=Brescia Calcio |url=https://bresciacalcio.it/rolando-maran-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-brescia/ |title=ROLANDO MARAN È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL BRESCIA}} He was dismissed on 9 December 2024, following a 1–2 loss against Catanzaro.{{cite web |language=it |date=9 December 2024 |accessdate=9 December 2024 |publisher=Brescia Calcio |url=https://bresciacalcio.it/comunicato-ufficiale-3/ |title=Comunicato ufficiale}}

Managerial statistics

class=wikitable style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Nat !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}}
align="left" \|Cittadella \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|1 July 2002 \|align=left\|3 July 2005 {{WDL\|131\|49\|43\|39\|for=157\|against=133\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Brescia \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|4 July 2005 \|align=left\|5 March 2006 {{WDL\|36\|15\|14\|7\|for=51\|against=33\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Bari \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|7 June 2006 \|align=left\|25 February 2007 {{WDL\|25\|7\|8\|10\|for=21\|against=23\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Triestina \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|13 June 2007 \|align=left\|15 June 2009 {{WDL\|89\|31\|25\|33\|for=111\|against=117\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Vicenza \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|16 June 2009 \|align=left\|28 March 2010 {{WDL\|33\|9\|12\|12\|for=33\|against=33\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Vicenza \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|15 April 2010 \|align=left\|6 June 2011 {{WDL\|52\|20\|12\|20\|for=53\|against=61\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Varese \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|1 October 2011 \|align=left\|11 June 2012 {{WDL\|39\|20\|9\|10\|for=60\|against=40\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Catania \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|11 June 2012 \|align=left\|20 October 2013 {{WDL\|50\|18\|14\|18\|for=61\|against=64\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Catania \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|16 January 2014 \|align=left\|6 April 2014 {{WDL\|13\|1\|4\|8\|for=11\|against=23\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Chievo \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|19 October 2014 \|align=left\|29 April 2018 {{WDL\|148\|44\|41\|63\|for=149\|against=196\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Cagliari \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|7 June 2018 \|align=left\|3 March 2020 {{WDL\|69\|22\|19\|28\|for=86\|against=104\|diff=yes}}
align="left"\|Genoa \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|26 August 2020 \|align=left\|21 December 2020 {{WDL\|15\|3\|4\|8\|for=17\|against=28\|diff=yes}}
align="left"\|Pisa \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|23 June 2022 \|align=left\|19 September 2022 {{WDL\|7\|0\|2\|5\|for=8\|against=15\|diff=yes}}
align="left" \|Brescia \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} \|align=left\|14 November 2023 \|align=left\|Present {{WDL\|32\|12\|11\|9\|for=43\|against=37\|diff=yes}}
colspan=4 \| Career total {{WDLtot\|739\|251\|218\|270\|for=861\|against=907\|diff=yes}}

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|Nat

!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}}