Guillermo Giacomazzi

Guillermo Giacomazzi
Giacomazzi in 2013
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Gonzalo Giacomazzi Suárez
Date of birth (1977-11-21) 21 November 1977
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998 Bella Vista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Bella Vista 53 (10)
2000–2001 Peñarol 34 (8)
2001–2013 Lecce 273 (37)
2007 → Palermo (loan) 7 (0)
2007–2008 → Empoli (loan) 20 (0)
2013–2014 Siena 38 (4)
2014–2015 Perugia 26 (1)
International career
1998–2007 Uruguay 17 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guillermo Gonzalo Giacomazzi Suárez (born 21 November 1977) is a Uruguayan football coach and former player.[1] Giacomazzi represented Uruguay from 1998–2007. He holds the all-time Serie A appearance record for Lecce with 178 matches played.[2]

Playing career

Giacomazzi began his career in his native Uruguay with Bella Vista before moving to Peñarol. In 2001, he was signed by Italian club Lecce and made his Serie A debut on 27 August 2001, against Parma, a game which Lecce drew 1–1. He remained with the team for six years, during which he was appointed captain.

On 31 January 2007, he was signed by Palermo. On 11 February 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Palermo, against Empoli.[3] In the following season, he was loaned to Empoli, and in 2008, he returned to Lecce. On 6 July 2010, he signed a new four-year contract with Lecce.[4]

Giacomazzi stayed with Lecce in 2012 despite their relegation from Serie A in 2011–12 and subsequent expulsion from Serie B for their part in the Calcio Scommesse scandal. Giacomazzi, the club's captain, rejected offers from Serie A sides Parma and Torino and Serie B team Cesena to remain at the club.[5]

In 2013, he joined Siena, a team that was excluded from Serie B at the end of the season due to financial problems. Thus, he became a free agent and joined Perugia for the 2014–15 Serie B season.[6]

Coaching career

On 15 February 2020, Giacomazzi was announced as one of the two assistants to head coach Devis Mangia in charge of the Malta national team.[7] On 11 October 2022, he rescinded his contract with the Maltese Football Federation,[8] and subsequently joined Serie B club SPAL as Daniele De Rossi's technical collaborator.[9] He was relieved from his post, together with De Rossi and his entire staff, on 14 February 2023.[10]

In January 2024, following De Rossi's appointment as new Roma head coach, Giacomazzi followed him as his assistant.[11]

Personal life

In addition to his native Uruguayan citizenship, Giacomazzi, who is of Italian descent, has been an Italian citizen since 2004.[12] He is married to an Italian woman from Lecce, with whom he had two children.[13]

His son Sebastián (born 2006) is a youth footballer for Lecce, and has been called up to join the Uruguay national under-20 football team in 2022.[14][15]

In August 2022, Giacomazzi became a grandfather after his daughter Stephanie, partner of Lecce player Antonino Gallo, gave birth to a child.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Ficha de Jugador de selección: Guillermo Giacomazzi". Tenfield. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "SERIE A: GIACOMAZZI IL PIÙ PRESENTE IN A, "HO DATO TANTO E HO RICEVUTO TANTO"" (in Italian). Soccerpuglia.it. 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  4. ↑ "Rinnovo del contratto per Giacomazzi". US Lecce (in Italian). 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Lecce, Giacomazzi: "Ho respinto le offerte di Parma, Torino e Cesena"". TuttoMercatoWeb.
  6. ↑ "Giacomazzi è un giocatore del Perugia". ACPerugiaCalcio.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Mangia names Mazzotta, Giacomazzi as Malta assistant coaches". Times of Malta. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "MFA parts ways with national team assistant coach Guillermo Giacomazzi". Malta Today. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Da Giacomazzi a Chimenti: ecco lo staff di De Rossi alla Spal" (in Italian). SiamoLaRoma.it. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Daniele De Rossi sollevato dall'incarico di allenatore della SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Da Giacomazzi a Brignardello, tutti gli uomini nello staff di De Rossi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Cittadinanza italiana a Giacomazzi del Lecce" (in Italian). La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Giacomazzi: "Lecce mi ha dato tutto, ora in Serie A per restarci. Olivera? Con Spalletti farà bene"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  14. ↑ ""SEBA", CHE GIOIA IMMENSA! Giacomazzi Junior convocato dall'URUGUAY UNDER 20, sarà il più giovane in uno stage di allenamento" (in Italian). SoloLecce.it. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "El hijo de un ex Peñarol que la rompe en Italia y es capitán en la sub 16 del Lecce" (in Spanish). El Observador. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Fiocco azzurro in casa Lecce, gli ex rosa Gallo e Giacomazzi diventano papà e nonno" (in Italian). PalermoToday. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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