Eusebio Di Francesco named Venezia FC First Team Coach

June 26, 2024

Venezia FC announces that it has appointed Eusebio Di Francesco as coach of the first team. Di Francesco has signed a two-year contract until the end of the 2025/26 season.

Born in Pescara, Di Francesco has a rich playing career behind him, in which he earned 13 appearances and one goal with Italy's senior national team, winning the Scudetto with Roma and totaling 252 Serie A appearances and 96 Serie B appearances.

Fifty-five years old yet to turn, Di Francesco boasts promotions in Serie B with Pescara and in Serie A with Sassuolo in his coaching career, as well as a historic UEFA Europa League qualification with Sassuolo in the 2015/16 season and a third-place finish with Roma in the 2017/18 season, also reaching the Champions League semifinals 34 years after the last time.

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