Английская Википедия:Davide Nicola

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Davide Nicola (born 5 March 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Шаблон:Italian football updater club Empoli.

Club career

Nicola was born in Luserna San Giovanni.

During his time with Genoa, he was noted for kissing a policewoman on the sideline after a goal. He also helped the club to lift the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup.

In the Serie B 2005–06 playoffs, he scored a goal that gained Torino promotion to Serie A. In the 2006–07 Serie B season, his good performances for Spezia in the last few games contributed to Spezia avoiding relegation.

He only played in the Serie A for one season in the 2004–05 season (15 games for Siena).

Managerial career

In July 2010, Nicola retired from playing for Lumezzane in order to replace the outgoing head coach Leonardo Menichini. On 28 June 2011, his contract was renewed.

During the 2012–13 season, Nicola became the head coach of Livorno in Serie B. In January 2014, Livorno sacked Nicola, with the club second-from-bottom in Serie A.

On 21 April 2014, Nicola was re-appointed as manager of Livorno.

On 17 November 2014, Nicola became the new manager of F.C. Bari.

On 23 June 2016, Nicola was appointed manager of Serie A newcomers Crotone. Nicola promised to ride a bicycle from Crotone to his home in Turin if they avoided relegation. Crotone finished in 17th place, two points above the relegation zone, and ahead of Empoli on the final matchday of the season, in what was hailed as a football miracle, as Crotone had collected only nine points in the whole first half of the season. Fulfilling the promise, Nicola rode 1300 km from Crotone to Turin on a bicycle.

On 13 November 2018, Nicola was appointed manager of Udinese.

On 28 December 2019, Nicola was appointed manager of Genoa.

On 19 January 2021, following the sacking of Marco Giampaolo, Nicola was appointed manager of Torino. In his first game in charge, Simone Zaza scored two second-half goals to help Torino draw 2–2 with Benevento, having been two goals down. After guiding Torino to narrowly escape relegation, he left the club at the end of the season.

On 15 February 2022, Nicola was appointed as the new head coach of Serie A relegation-battling club Salernitana until the end of the season. Under Nicola's tenure, Salernitana obtained 18 points in the remaining 15 matches and avoided relegation, another escape hailed as a miracle by the media. Nicola signed a new two-year contract with the club on 3 June 2022. He was later dismissed by the club on 16 January 2023, after a 8–2 loss away at Atalanta; only to be re-appointed just two days later. However, as results did not improve, Nicola was dismissed once again on 15 February 2023.

On 15 January 2024, Nicola was hired as the third head coach of the season for struggling Serie A team Empoli.

Personal life

Nicola had a son, Alessandro, who died in a road accident in 2014, aged 14.

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Lumezzane	13 July 2010	6 June 2012
Livorno	6 June 2012	13 January 2014
Livorno	19 April 2014	30 June 2014
Bari	17 November 2014	31 December 2015
Crotone	1 July 2016	6 December 2017
Udinese	13 November 2018	20 March 2019
Genoa	28 December 2019	26 August 2020
Torino	19 January 2021	30 June 2021
Salernitana	15 February 2022	15 February 2023
Empoli	15 January 2024	present
Career total

External links

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