Giovanni Cusatis

Italian footballer and coach
Giovanni Cusatis
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Cusatis
Date of birth (1967-02-01) 1 February 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Position(s) midfielder
Team information
Current team
Alcione (head coach)
Youth career
Pro Lissone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Pro Lissone
1986–1987 Solbiatese
1987–1988 Pavia
1988–1989 Teramo 32 (2)
1989–1991 Casarano
1991–1992 Siracusa 31 (3)
1992–1994 Novara 27+ (0+)
1994–1998 Legnano 96 (1)
1998–2000 Oggiono
2000–2001 Pro Lissone
Managerial career
2005–2006 Como (technique coach)
2006–2007 Caronnese
2008–2009 Legnano (assistant)
2009–2011 Pro Patria (assistant)
2011–2002 Pro Patria
2012–2013 Alessandria
2013–2014[1] Watford (assistant)
2014–2015[2] Catania (assistant)
2015[3] Carpi (technique coach)
2016–2017 Fano
2017–2018 Milano City
2018–2019 Levadiakos (assistant)
2020 Legnano
2021– Alcione
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Cusatis (born 1 February 1967) is a retired Italian football player, now a coach, currently in charge of Serie D Group A club Alcione.

Playing career

Cusatis began playing football in Pro Lissone, in Lombardia regional leagues; he spent almost all of his career in Serie C1 and C2.

He played both as a center midfielder and winger.

Coaching career

In 2005, he entered Giacomo Gattuso's staff; then he trained Caronnese and later joined Attilio Lombardo at Legnano.

In 2011–12 he had been hired by Pro Patria as head coach: the team, which had to recuperate an 11 points-deduction due to financial irregularities, ended the tournament at a remarkable 7th place (could have been the winner if it wasn't for the amends).[4]

In 2012–13 season he signed for Alessandria, in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[5]

On 18 December 2013, Cusatis was confirmed as one of Giuseppe Sannino's new assistant coaches at Watford.[6]

In 2021, Cusatis took over at Alcione in the Serie D league; with them, he ended the club's 2022–23 Serie D campaign in second place, and then won the resulting playoff tournament; the club however was not admitted to Serie C in the end due to stadium regulations.

References

  1. ^ Watford name Giuseppe Sannino as new manager‚ telegraph.co.uk, 18 December 2013
  2. ^ CUSATIS E TROISE contenti dell’esperienza catanese nonostante l’epilogo‚ tuttocalciocatania.com, 30 December 2014
  3. ^ Carpi, Sannino porta l'ex Alessandria Cusatis‚ tuttosport.com, 1 October 2015
  4. ^ "Giovanni Cusatis lascia la Pro Patria". 28 May 2012.
  5. ^ "UFFICIALE: Alessandria, Cusatis allenatore e Menegatti diesse - Tutto Lega Pro". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  6. ^ Smith, Frank (18 December 2013). "Watford confirm the appointment of Giuseppe Sannino as head coach". Watford Observer. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

Bibliography

  • Almanacco illustrato del Calcio, editions 1990-1999, Modena, Panini.

External links

  • Giovanni Cusatis coach profile at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  • Giovanni Cusatis coach profile at Soccerway
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