Leonardo Acori

Personal information
Date of birth	January 16, 1955 (1955-01-16) (age 54)
Place of birth	Bastia Umbra, Italy
Playing position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Benevento
Teams managed
Years	Team
1990–1991	Rieti
1991–1992	L'Aquila
1992–1994	Viterbese
1994–1995	Ternana
1995–1996	Ladispoli
1997–1999	Gubbio
1999–2002	Sangiovannese
2002–2008	Rimini
2008–2009	Livorno
2009–	Benevento

Leonardo Acori (born January 16, 1955 in Bastia Umbra, Province of Perugia)^[1] is an Italian football manager, who is the current head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Benevento.

[edit] Career

[edit] Coaching

Acori's first coaching experience came in 1990, at the helm of Interregionale team Rieti, which he led to a fourth place, then winning the division the next year with L'Aquila. After two seasons with Viterbese (a fourth and a third place), he served as mid-season replacement at Ternana with little fortune, and then trying unsuccessfully to escape relegation with Lazio-based team Ladispoli the following year. In 1997–98 he became head coach of Gubbio, leading them to an immediate Serie D title and a seventh place in the Serie C2 the following season. In 1999 he joined Tuscan side Sangiovannese, leading them to a Serie D title in 1999–2000 and narrowly missing promotion to Serie C1 in 2001–2002 after losing the playoff finals to Pro Patria.^[2]

In 2002–2003 he was appointed as new Rimini boss, leading the biancorossi to a second place in the Serie C2/B, and then winning the promotion playoffs. The next season he then led Rimini to a fourth place in the Serie C1 round, missing a second consecutive promotion after losing the subsequent promotion playoffs. The promotion however proved just to be delayed as Rimini managed to win the Serie C1/A round the following season, thus ensuring a historical Serie B comeback. He was confirmed at the helm of Rimini with notable fortune, leading also his side to a fifth place in the 2006–2007 Serie B.^[1]

On June 4, 2008 he was announced as new Livorno boss, with the aim to lead the amaranto back to Serie A in their 2008–09 Serie B campaign.^[3] He was sacked on May 23, 2009 after a 0–1 home loss to AlbinoLeffe in Serie B's Week 41 (with only one weekday remaining), despite having already achieved a spot in the upcoming promotion playoffs, with assistant coach Gennaro Ruotolo replacing him for the remaining league and playoff games.^[4]

On June 2009 he was named new head coach of ambitious Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Benevento.^[5]

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