Carlo Mazzone

Who is Carlo Mazzone?

Carlo "Carletto" Mazzone is an Italian football manager.

A former centre back who played several seasons for his beloved team, AS Roma, other than Spal and Ascoli, where he played for nine season, Mazzone left the playing career in season 1968–1969, to become the manager of Ascoli itself, in Serie C.

Already popular because of his playing history for the team, Mazzone gained even more popularity by leading the team for twelve years, up to the first Serie A appearance in the team history. Successively, Mazzone coached several Serie A and Serie B teams, such as Fiorentina, Catanzaro, Bologna F.C. 1909, Lecce, Pescara and Cagliari, that he led to the first appearance in a European competition since the Riva's times.

After his successes at Cagliari, Mazzone fulfilled his dream, being called to coach AS Roma for the season 1993/1994. He remained at the helm of AS Roma for three season, however without being able to obtain any notable triumph.

He then went back to Cagliari, then coached Napoli, Bologna again, Perugia, and Brescia, where he had the opportunity to have Roberto Baggio among his players.