sentences:  He left Brescia by mutual consent on 25 September 2013 after having stated his intention to quit the club following a heated home loss to Crotone and Giampaolo's disappearance for three days (which also led to assistant coach Fabio Micarelli and technical consultant Luigi Maifredi fulfilling his role for a single league game against Carpi) after confronting with the club supporters.On 9 June 2015 it was announced that Giampaolo was named new coach of Empoli.On 4 July 2016, he became the new manager of Sampdoria on a 2-year contract, succeeding Vincenzo Montella.