Beppe Sannino

UEFA Pro Licence Head Coach

35Years on the bench

6Countries

6League titles

ASerie A · Championship

Italian football manager. UEFA Pro Licence.

Thirty-five years on the bench across Italy, England, Greece, Hungary, Libya and Switzerland. A pragmatic, demanding coach with strong man-management, Sannino built his career on promotions won with underdog squads and on top-flight experience in Serie A and the English Championship — adapting the system to the players, never the other way around.

Highlights

Serie A head coach with Siena, Palermo, Chievo Verona and Carpi. Kept newly promoted Siena up in 2011/12 and reached the Coppa Italia semi-finals.

Watford, 2013/14. Club record: six consecutive home wins without conceding a goal. Left in September 2014 with the team second in the Championship.

Paulo Dybala. Handed the 18-year-old his Serie A debut at Palermo, September 2012.

Six league titles. Serie D — Südtirol ’00 · Serie C2 — Lecco ’07, Pergocrema ’08, Varese ’09 · Serie C1 — Varese ’10 · 1. Liga — FC Paradiso ’23. Then play-offs in Varese’s first Serie B season.

Panchina d’Oro (Golden Bench), Serie C1 2010 · Panchina d’Argento and Top 11 Best Coach, Serie B 2011.

Abroad. Top flight in Greece and Hungary · CAF Champions League with Al-Ittihad Tripoli · group winners and Best Coach award, FC Paradiso (SUI) 2022/23.