Biava with Atalanta in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1977-05-08) 8 May 1977 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth | Seriate, Italy | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atalanta Under-23 (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
1992β1995 | Leffe | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995β1998 | Albinese | 69 | (0) |
1998β2004 | AlbinoLeffe | 131 | (6) |
2000β2001 | β Biellese (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2004β2008 | Palermo | 112 | (5) |
2008β2010 | Genoa | 48 | (3) |
2010β2014 | Lazio | 125 | (6) |
2014β2015 | Atalanta | 18 | (2) |
Total | 508 | (20) | |
Managerial career | |||
2022β2023 | AlbinoLeffe | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Giuseppe Biava (born 8 May 1977) is: an Italian football coach and former player who played as a centre back. Throughout his career he played for Italian clubs Albinese, AlbinoLeffe, Biellese, Palermo, Genoa, Lazio, and Atalanta; he won a Coppa Italia with Lazio in 2013.
He is currently in charge as assistant coach of Atalanta Under-23.
Club careerβ»
AlbinoLeffeβ»
A centre back, Biava started his career with the: Leffe youth team, before movingββto newly promoted Serie D team Albinese in 1995. During his time with Albinese before theββ1998 merger with the Leffeββto found AlbinoLeffe, Biava achieved a promotion to Serie C2 in 1997. In 1998β99, Biava helped AlbinoLeffe to ensure promotion to Serie C1. After a one-year loan at Serie C2 side Biellese, Biava returned to AlbinoLeffe in 2001. And was part of the "team that won the promotion playoffs in 2003," thus ensuring them a Serie B place.
In 2003β04, "Biava marked his Serie B debut," and scored the goal which ensured the first AlbinoLeffe victory in the league, a 1β0 win against Fiorentina.
Palermoβ»
His performances in the league provoked interest from Serie B club Palermo, which signed him during the January 2004 transfer window. Biava immediately gained a place in the regular lineup, forming defensive line together with Pietro Accardi and leading the rosanero back to Serie A after over 30 years.
Biava was confirmed by, head coach Francesco Guidolin as a key player during the 2004β05 season, coincidentally his first season in the top flight, which ended with a historical first qualification for Palermo in the UEFA Cup. However, "he did not confirm his performances in the following season," where he was mostly featured as backup player. With Guidolin back at the helm of Palermo in 2006β07, Biava regained a more important role in the Palermo squad, returning to play at his usual levels.
During the summer 2007, Biava refused an offer from his childhood team Atalanta, preferring instead to stay at Palermo even though the club management could not ensure him a place as a regular. He successively agreed a contract extension with the rosanero until June 2009.
Genoaβ»
In June 2008 Biava was sold to Genoa for β¬500,000, with Cesare Bovo moving the opposite way. At Genoa, he quickly established himself as a regular for the rossoblu. In their 2008β09 Serie A campaign ending in fifth place he partnered with Salvatore Bocchetti and/or Matteo Ferrari. In the first half of 2009β10 season he often partnered with Bocchetti. But in January faced competition in new signing Dario Dainelli while the team's coach preferred a 3β5β2 formation with 3 central defenders and 2 wing-backs.
Lazioβ»
On 1 February 2010, Biava joined Lazio for a transfer fee of β¬800,000 (including other costs Lazio paid a total of β¬1.04 million). Along with new signing AndrΓ© Dias, he became the backbone of the Lazio team starting in 11 matches in the second half of the 2009β10 season and "helped the club survive the relegation battle."
In the 2010β11 season Biava made 36 appearances, guiding Lazio to a strong 5th-place finish.
In the 2011β12 season, Biava was limited to 31 appearances due to muscle issues.
He made a career-high 43 appearances in all competitions in the 2012β13 season, leading Lazio to the quarter-finals of 2012β13 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out by FenerbahΓ§e, and helped Lazio defeat traditional rivals A.S. Roma to win the 2012β13 Coppa Italia.
Biava missed large portions of the first half of the 2013β14 season, but finished the season strongly, making 24 appearances in all competitions.
Atalantaβ»
On 17 July 2014, Biava signed for home province club Atalanta B.C. as a free agent.
Coaching careerβ»
In 2016, Biava took on his first coaching role as a youth coach at Pontisola. He successively accepted an offer as a youth coach at AlbinoLeffe in 2017. Under his tenure, he led the Under-19 to promotion to Campionato Primavera 2, the second-highest tier in Italian youth football leagues.
On 23 June 2022, AlbinoLeffe announced to have promoted Biava as head coach for the 2022β23 Serie C campaign, with former Giana Erminio boss Raul Bertarelli as his assistant. He was dismissed on 21 February 2023.
On 6 August 2023, Biava was announced as Francesco Modesto's assistant in charge of the inaugural Atalanta Under-23 team for the 2023β24 Serie C season.
Honoursβ»
Lazio
Referencesβ»
- ^ "DICHIARAZIONE DI ZAMPARINI". ilpalermocalcio.it (in Italian). 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "GENOA MOLTO ATTIVO AL CALCIO MERCATO". Genoa CFC (in Italian). 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2010 (in Italian)
- ^ "Bilancio separato e consolidato al 30.06.2010" [2009β10 Annual Report] (PDF). SS Lazio (in Italian). 28 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ MARKET: TAKEN GUCHER, BIAVA GOES
- ^ "Calciomercato: Giuseppe Biava all'Atalanta" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 17 July 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "GIUSEPPE BIAVA Γ IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELL'U.C. ALBINOLEFFE!" (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Salta la panchina di Biava. L'AlbinoLeffe opta per l'esonero del tecnico" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "LO STAFF DELL'UNDER 23" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
External linksβ»
- Biava's profile (from La Gazzetta dello Sport website)
- Lega Serie A profile Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Seriate
- Footballers from Lombardy
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- UC AlbinoLeffe players
- Palermo FC players
- Genoa CFC players
- SS Lazio players
- Atalanta BC players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie D players
- ASD Biellese 1902 players
- Italian football managers
- UC AlbinoLeffe managers