Maurizio Sarri is an Italian

Italy

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 professional football manager.

Career

Grown up in Arezzo

Arezzo

Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....

, for a decade he trained a number of fringe Tuscany

Tuscany

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 teams, obtaining several successes. In 2000 he signed for Sansovino

A.C. Sansovino

Associazione Calcio Sansovino is an Italian association football club, based in Monte San Savino, Tuscany. Sansovino currently plays in Serie D...

, which led in three years from regional championships to Serie C2

Serie C2

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...

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His successes with Sansovino won him attention from more important teams: in 2004 he gained promotion in Serie C1

Serie C1

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 with Sangiovannese

A.C. Sangiovannese 1927

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 and in 2005 he worked for the first time in Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

, signing for Pescara.

In the last years signed for several Serie B and Serie C1 clubs. In 2010 he served as head coach of Alessandria

U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912

Unione Sportiva Alessandria Calcio 1912 is the professional Italian football club based in Alessandria, Piedmont.In the current season, it plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group A.- Brief history :...

 in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

In July 2011 he was appointed at the helm of Sorrento, another Lega Pro Prima Divisione club.