Roberto D'Aversa
Roberto D'Aversa (born 12 August 1975) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of Serie A club Lecce.

Playing career
A Milan youth product, D'Aversa spent most of his playing career with provincial Serie A clubs and in the lower divisions.

In the 2004–05 season, he was banned for six months for match-fixing. Stefano Bettarini, Antonio Marasco, Maurizio Caccavale, Alfredo Femiano and former Siena teammate Generoso Rossi were also banned.

On 28 January 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Messina against Ascoli.

In January 2009, he was loaned from Treviso to Mantova. In July 2009, he was released due to Treviso going bankrupt. On 5 September 2009, he moved to Gallipoli Calcio. On 22 January 2010, he was transferred to Triestina on a six-month contract. In July 2010, he was signed by Virtus Lanciano on a free transfer.

Post-playing and coaching career

Virtus Lanciano
After his retirement, he stayed at Virtus Lanciano as part of the non-playing staff as technical area manager. In July 2014 he was appointed as the club's new head coach to replace Marco Baroni for the 2014–15 Serie B campaign.

After saving Lanciano from relegation in his first season in charge, he was confirmed for the following season. He was sacked on 30 January 2016 after a 0–3 loss to Trapani which left Lanciano in second-last place in the Serie B league table.

Parma
On 3 December 2016, he was named new head coach of Parma following the sacking of Luigi Apolloni and a short caretaker spell of Stefano Morrone for two games.

On his first season, he guided Parma to win the promotion playoffs after defeating Alessandria in the final.

He was confirmed for the club's 2017–18 Serie B season, on which he successfully led Parma to second place and direct promotion to Serie A on their first season in the second division following the club's refoundation, and a third back-to-back promotion in three years (two of which under his tenure). D'Aversa was confirmed head coach also for the 2018–19 Serie A season.

On 23 August 2020, D'Aversa was sacked by Parma with the club citing a lack of unity and enthusiasm for the decision.

On 7 January 2021, D'Aversa was rehired as Parma manager. After failing to save Parma from relegation, D'Aversa was successively dismissed by the end of the 2020–21 season.

Sampdoria
On 4 July 2021, D'Aversa was named new head coach of Sampdoria in the Serie A league. On 17 January 2022, after achieving just 20 points in 22 league games, D'Aversa was dismissed from his role as Sampdoria manager.

Lecce
On 27 June 2023, D'Aversa returned to management as the new head coach of Serie A club Lecce.

Managerial statistics

References

External links
Gazzetta dello Sports player profile 
Roberto D'Aversa at Soccerway

1975 births
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Italian football managers
AC Milan players
Cosenza Calcio 1914 players
AC Monza players
Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Ternana Calcio players
UC Sampdoria players
ACR Siena 1904 players
ACR Messina players
AC Prato players
Treviso FBC 1993 players
Mantova 1911 players
ASD Città di Gallipoli players
SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Stuttgart
SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 managers
Parma Calcio 1913 managers
UC Sampdoria managers
US Lecce managers