Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 April 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
Date of death | 6 October 2022 | (aged 62)||
Place of death | Naples, Italy | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1994–1999 | Juventus (athletic trainer) | ||
2001–2004 | Juventus (athletic trainer) | ||
2004–2006 | Italy (athletic trainer) | ||
2007–2009 | Bari (athletic trainer) | ||
2009–2010 | Atalanta (athletic trainer) | ||
2010–2011 | Siena (athletic trainer) | ||
2012–2014 | Ajaccio (assistant coach) | ||
2014–2015 | Catania (athletic trainer) | ||
2016–2017 | Jiangsu (athletic trainer) | ||
2019–2021 | Guangzhou (athletic trainer) | ||
2021–2022 | Tottenham Hotspur (athletic trainer) |
Gian Piero Ventrone (14 April 1960 – 6 October 2022) was an Italian athletic trainer.
An ISEF-qualified teacher,[1] he started his career in 1994, as athletic trainer for Marcello Lippi's Juventus until 1999 and from 2001 and 2004.[2] Once his Juventus experience ended, he collaborated with Lippi in the preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, won by Italy.[3][4] He continued at Atalanta from September 2009 to January 2010.[5] He worked with Antonio Conte at Bari and Siena[6] and with Fabrizio Ravanelli, a player he trained at Juventus, as an assistant coach at Ajaccio.[6] He had been athletic trainer at Catania, Jiangsu and at Fabio Cannavaro's Guangzhou in the 2017–18 season, before joining his friend Conte at Tottenham Hotspur in November 2021.[7][4]