Rosario Pergolizzi

Rosario Pergolizzi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-10-07) October 7, 1968
Place of birth	Palermo, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Manager (former defender)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Olbia	32	(1)
1987–1988	Napoli	1	(0)
1988–1990	Reggina	49	(4)
1990–1993	Ascoli	99	(7)
1993–1996	Bologna	91	(4)
1996–1997	Brescia	33	(1)
1997–1998	Padova	30	(0)
1998–2000	Ravenna	72	(0)
2000–2001	Padova	2	(0)
2001–2002	Olbia	1	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2003	Ascoli (assistant coach)
2003–2004	Bari (assistant coach)
2004–2005	Olbia
2007	Palermo (joint caretaker)
2011–2011	Portogruaro
2011	Pavia
2013	Ascoli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rosario Pergolizzi (born October 7, 1968 in Palermo) is an Italian football coach and former player, most recently manager of Ascoli.

Career

Playing

Pergolizzi, a defender, made his professional debut with Sardinian team Olbia Calcio; he then moved to Napoli, where he made a single appearance in the Serie A 1987-88. Pergolizzi then played for several minor Serie A and B clubs, including Ascoli, Bologna, Brescia, Padova and Ravenna. He retired in 2001–2002, after a single appearance with Olbia, then in Serie D.

Coaching

Pergolizzi started his coaching career in 2002 as Giuseppe Pillon's assistant coach at Ascoli of Serie C1. The same year the club immediately gained promotion to Serie B. In 2003–2004 he followed Pillon at Bari.

From 2004 to 2005 he coached Serie C2 club Olbia, the same team in which he started and ended his playing career. In 2005 he was appointed to coach Palermo's youth squad. In his first season, he reached the semifinals of both the Campionato Nazionale Primavera and the Coppa Italia Primavera. In 2006–2007, he reached again the Coppa Italia Primavera semifinals, where his team was defeated by Juventus.

On April 23, 2007, following the firing of head coach Francesco Guidolin, Pergolizzi was appointed alongside first team assistant manager Renzo Gobbo to coach Palermo for the five remaining Serie A league matches. He served for only three matches before being sacked himself and replaced by his predecessor Guidolin.

After a year without a job, in the summer of 2008 Pergolizzi took back his previous role as Palermo youth team coach. In his first season back with the Palermo youngsters, he guided the under-19 team to win the Campionato Primavera for a historical first time, after defeating tipped favourites Juventus in the quarter finals, Chievo in the semi-final, and Siena in the league final. He left Palermo on June 2010 in order to get back into first team coaching.

In June 2011 he was unveiled as new head coach of Portogruaro, who will take part to the 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione after being relegated from Serie B. On July 18, 2011 is forced, in agreement with the company, to leave his post due to serious family problems.

On 26 October 2011, he was named head coach of Pavia. He resigned a few weeks later, on 5 December, due to poor results.

On 20 March 2013 he was named new manager of Ascoli, but he was relieved of his duties again on 13 April 2013.