Enzo Maresca
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Maresca, as manager of Leicester City, holding the 2023–24 EFL Championship trophy | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enzo Maresca | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | AC Milan | ||
| 1994–1998 | Cagliari | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | West Bromwich Albion | 47 | (5) |
| 2000–2004 | Juventus | 37 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | → Bologna (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Piacenza (loan) | 31 | (9) |
| 2004–2005 | Fiorentina | 25 | (5) |
| 2005–2009 | Sevilla | 96 | (13) |
| 2009–2010 | Olympiacos | 24 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Málaga | 39 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Sampdoria | 17 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Palermo | 47 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Hellas Verona | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 394 | (49) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Italy U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 1995 | Italy U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 1998 | Italy U17 | 1 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Italy U18 | 12 | (4) |
| 1999–2000 | Italy U20 | 11 | (6) |
| 2000–2002 | Italy U21 | 15 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | Parma | ||
| 2023–2024 | Leicester City | ||
| 2024– | Chelsea | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Enzo Maresca (born 10 February 1980) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea.
After starting out at West Bromwich Albion in 1998, he went on to play for several clubs in his country, including Juventus, who loaned him twice for the duration of his contract and with whom he won the league title in 2002. After being released in 2004, he went to play one season with Fiorentina. He then resumed his career in La Liga with Sevilla (where he remained for four years) and Málaga, appearing in 134 games and scoring 17 goals in the competition after winning five major titles with Sevilla. In between his two spells in Spain, he also spent one year in Greece with Olympiacos. In 2012, he returned to Italy, where he played until his retirement in 2017, totalling 140 appearances and 17 goals in Serie A.
Maresca represented Italy at youth level, including the Italy under-21 team, but was never capped at senior level.
Upon his retirement, Maresca served as an assistant manager at Ascoli under Fulvio Fiorin for the 2017–18 Serie B season, and subsequently served as manager of the Manchester City U23 side, leading the team to the 2020–21 Premier League 2 title. He began his professional managerial career with Italian Serie B side Parma in 2021, but was sacked later that year. He then returned to English side Manchester City in 2022, serving as an assistant manager under manager Pep Guardiola. He later managed Leicester City during 2023–24 season, leading the club to the EFL Championship, and earning promotion to the Premier League. The following season, he joined Chelsea, leading them to the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League title, his first trophy as a manager, also finishing fourth in the league and qualifying for the Champions League.