Place of birth Lodi, Italy 1985–1987 Varese Position Midfielder Years Team Height 1.75 m | Current team Pavia (head coach) Role Footballer Playing position Name Riccardo Maspero | |
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Date of birth (1970-02-19) 19 February 1970 (age 45) Similar People Andrea Soncin, Marco Giandebiaggi, Dario Marcolin, Andrea Gasbarroni | ||
Tutti i gol di riccardo maspero pallone d oro bresciaoggi 2011
Riccardo Maspero (born 19 February 1970) is an Italian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and now a coach. He is currently in charge as head coach of Pavia in the Lega Pro division.
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- Tutti i gol di riccardo maspero pallone d oro bresciaoggi 2011
- Club career
- Managerial career
- References
Club career
Maspero's career came to prominence most notably with his time at then-Serie A club Cremonese, with whom he started playing professionally and played in two one-year spells in the Italian top flight. He came into his own during the promotion season of 1992–93 and impressed greatly in a side coached by Luigi Simoni which finished 10th in Serie A during the 1993-94 season. He established a reputation as a gifted playmaker.
A move to Sampdoria followed, but he failed to make his mark and returned to Cremonese after one season. Despite outstanding form and a healthy return of goals from midfield, he was unable to prevent successive relegations.
His career declined after a move to Lecce in 1997, where he found opportunities limited; the club were relegated to Serie B at the end of the season. He was loaned to Vicenza and Perugia, playing limited first-team football over the next three seasons before joining Torino for the 2000–01 Serie B season.
Maspero's career was rejuvenated with the Granata, and he played a role in the team's return to Serie A. In the 2001–02 Serie A season, he earned hero status among the club's fans with a late equaliser in a 3–3 draw with cross-town rivals and eventual Serie A champions Juventus in the Derby della mole; Torino had initially been trailing 3–0. He also helped Torino to win an UEFA Intertoto Cup spot that season. After Torino suffered relegation to Serie B in 2003, he moved on to Fiorentina before playing in the amateur leagues, where he ended his career.
Managerial career
After retirement, Maspero took a coaching job at Eccellenza amateurs Ciliverghe Mazzano, guiding them to a historical promotion to Serie D for the first time ever. This won him interest from Lega Pro professionals Pavia, who appointed him as new head coach for the 2014–15 season thereafter.