FLORENCE, ITALY – Italian coach Francesco Guidolin was awarded the Panchina d’Oro on Monday, the prize for the best coach of last season. The ceremony was held in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.
Guidolin is an Italian football manager and former player, currently serving as head coach of Serie A outfit Udinese. Guidolin debuted in a managing role in 1988, as head coach of Serie C2.
After having led Ravenna to a Serie B promotion, Guidolin was successively appointed in 1993 as coach of Serie A team Atalanta, but he did not achieve great success and he was fired after just 10 matches. Then, he trained Udinese, Bologna, Palermo, Genoa, AS Monaco, Palermo.
On 30 September 2008 he signed a contract by Parma, guiding the ducali to a runners-up place in the 2008–09 Serie B and an immediate promotion back into the top flight.
He was confirmed at the helm of Parma for the 2009–10 Serie A season, where he enjoyed a good start with the team constantly in the top ten for the first half of the season. At the end of the 2009–10 season, after guiding Parma to a mid-table finish, he resigned in order to become new head coach of Udinese.
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