Gianni Di Marzio

Gianni Di Marzio

Di Marzio in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Di Marzio
Date of birth	(1940-01-08)8 January 1940
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Date of death	22 January 2022(2022-01-22) (aged 82)
Place of death	Padova, Italy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1964	Juve Stabia
Managerial career
1968–1969	Internapoli (assistant)
1969–1971	Napoli (youth)
1971–1972	Nocerina
1972–1973	Juve Stabia
1973–1974	Brindisi
1974–1977	Catanzaro
1977–1979	Napoli
1979–1980	Genoa
1980–1982	Lecce
1982–1983	Catania
1984–1985	Padova
1987–1988	Cosenza
1988–1989	Catanzaro
1989–1990	Cosenza
1991–1992	Palermo
1996–1998	Venezia (director of sports)
2001–2006	Juventus (scout)
2011–2016	Queens Park Rangers (scout)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni "Gianni" Di Marzio (8 January 1940 – 22 January 2022) was an Italian professional football manager.^{[citation needed]}

After leaving his footballer career for an injury, Di Marzio debuted as a manager in 1968 in Serie C.^[1] 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.^[1][2] 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.^[2]

With Napoli, Di Marzio was a Coppa Italia finalist in 1978, losing the trophy against Inter Milan.^[1] In 1983 he brought Catania in Serie A, and in 1988 Cosenza in Serie B.^[1] He retired from management after failing to rescue Palermo from relegation in 1992.^[3]

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.^[3]

Team	Nat	From	To	League Record					Cup Record					Total
				G	W	D	L	Win %	G	W	D	L	Win %	G	W	D	L	Win %
U.S. Catanzaro 1929[2][4]	Italy	1 July 1974	30 June 1977	106	36	39	31	033.96	12	2	4	6	016.67	119	38	43	38	031.93
U.S. Catanzaro 1929[2][4]	Italy	1 July 1988	30 June 1989	31	7	14	10	022.58	0	0	0	0	!—	31	7	14	10	022.58
Total				137	43	53	41	031.39	12	2	4	6	016.67	150	45	57	48	030.00

Di Marzio's son, Gianluca, is a renowned Italian football journalist and pundit, working with Sky Italia.^[3][1]

He died in Padua on 22 January 2022, at the age of 82.^[1]