Vincenzo Torrente

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Vincenzo Torrente

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|2|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cetara, Salerno, Italy

| currentclub =

| position = Centre-back

| years1 = 1982–1985 | caps1 = 9 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Nocerina

| years2 = 1985–2000 | caps2 = 412 | goals2 = 5 | clubs2 = Genoa

| years3 = 2000–2001 | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Alessandria

| manageryears1 = 2002 | managerclubs1 = Genoa (caretaker)

| manageryears2 = 2009–2011 | managerclubs2 = Gubbio

| manageryears3 = 2011–2013 | managerclubs3 = Bari

| manageryears4 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs4 = Cremonese

| manageryears5 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs5 = Salernitana

| manageryears6 = 2017 | managerclubs6 = Vicenza

| manageryears7 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs7 = Sicula Leonzio

| manageryears8 = 2019–2022 | managerclubs8 = Gubbio

| manageryears9 = 2022–2024 | managerclubs9 = Padova

| manageryears10 = 2025 | managerclubs10 = Trapani

}}

Vincenzo Torrente (born 12 February 1966) is an Italian football coach and former player,.

Playing career

After starting his career at minor league club Nocerina, Torrente joined Genoa at the age of 19. A centre-back, he quickly became a mainstay for the club, spending 15 consecutive seasons with the Rossoblu at both Serie A and Serie B levels, also playing at the European level during the Osvaldo Bagnoli period in the early 1990s. He left Genoa in 2000 after collecting more than 400 games with the club to join Alessandria, where he ended his career in 2011 at the age of 35.

Coaching career

After retirement, Torrente became a coach and promptly returned to Genoa, heading the Allievi Nazionali (under-17 youth squad). Later in 2002, he was appointed as caretaker coach together with Rino Lavezzini in what turned out to be a troublesome season that ultimately ended in relegation (then annulled due to the so-called Caso Catania) for the club. He then returned to working as a youth coach for Genoa until 2009, when his former boss Luigi Simoni offered him a head coaching post at Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Gubbio. Under his two-year tenure, Gubbio achieved a surprising feat of two consecutive promotions, thus reaching Serie B in June 2011 as league champions. In June 2011, he left Gubbio to become the new head coach at Bari, again at the Serie B level.{{cite news |url=http://www.asbari.it/societa/archivio-news/3460-as-bari-torrente-un-anno-di-contratto.html |language=it |publisher=A.S. Bari |access-date=16 June 2011 |date=9 June 2011 |title=As Bari - Torrente: un anno di contratto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109222027/http://www.asbari.it/societa/archivio-news/3460-as-bari-torrente-un-anno-di-contratto.html |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

On 13 December 2018, he signed with Serie C club Sicula Leonzio.{{cite web|publisher=Sicula Leonzio|url=http://siculaleonzio.it/vincenzo-torrente-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-sicula-leonzio/|title=Vincenzo Torrente è il nuovo allenatore della Sicula Leonzio|trans-title=Vincenzo Torrente is the new coach of Sicula Leonzio|date=13 December 2018|language=it}} He left Sicula Leonzio at the end of the 2018–19 season.

On 16 October 2019, he returned to the club he had the most success with, Gubbio, now in the Serie C.{{cite press release|publisher=Gubbio|url=https://www.asgubbio1910.net/benvenuto-mister-torrente/|title=BENVENUTO MISTER TORRENTE|date=16 October 2019|language=it}} After three positive seasons in charge of Gubbio, on 17 June 2022 the club terminated Torrente's contract.{{cite web |language=it-IT |date=17 June 2022 |accessdate=18 June 2022 |url=https://www.asgubbio1910.net/2022/06/17/esonerato-il-tecnico-torrente-il-comunicato-della-societa/|publisher=A.S. Gubbio 1910 |title=Esonerato il tecnico Torrente: il comunicato della società}}

On 13 December 2022, Torrente was hired as the new head coach of Serie C club Padova.{{cite web |language=it-IT |date=13 December 2022 |accessdate=13 December 2022 |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-c/ufficiale-padova-raggiunto-l-accordo-con-torrente-e-lui-il-nuovo-mister-biancoscudato-1767550|publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb |title=Padova, raggiunto l’accordo con Torrente. È lui il nuovo mister biancoscudato}} He was dismissed on 8 April 2024 after failing to win automatic promotion with his club for two consecutive seasons, with Massimo Oddo being appointed to replace him for the playoff phase.{{cite web |url=https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/padova/padova_clacio_esonerato_vincenzo_torrente_massimo_nuovo_allenatore_play_off-8043849.html |publisher=Il Gazzettino |language=it |date=8 April 2024 |accessdate=9 April 2024 |title=Padova, esonerato mister Torrente, Massimo Oddo è il nuovo nuovo allenatore per i play off}}

On 30 January 2025, Torrente was hired as the new head coach of Serie C club Trapani.{{cite web |url=https://trapanicalcio.com/comunicati-stampa/vincenzo-torrente-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-trapani/ |publisher=FC Trapani 1905 |date=30 January 2025 |accessdate=3 February 2025 |title=Vincenzo Torrente è il nuovo allenatore del Trapani |language=it}} He was dismissed two months later, on 30 March 2025, following a string of six consecutive losses.{{cite web |url=https://trapanicalcio.com/comunicati-stampa/esonerato-mister-vincenzo-torrente-2/ |publisher=FC Trapani 1905 |date=30 March 2025 |accessdate=2 April 2025 |title=Esonerato mister Vincenzo Torrente |language=it}}