By Mariana Smithfield

Enzo Maresca Chelsea FC Manager On preseason in USA, his unsigned players, On Connor Gallagher, learning from Pep Guardiola as assistant 8 2 2024 FC Series.mp3

CHELSEA FC PROFILE

Enzo Maresca began his new role on 1 July 2024 on a five-year contract, with a club option of a further year.

After time on the coaching staff of Ascoli, Sevilla and West Ham United, the Italian took charge of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad in August 2020 and guided them to the 2021 Premier League 2 title.

A spell with Parma followed, and another as assistant coach at Man City, before Maresca was appointed head coach at Leicester City in June 2023. He guided the club to the EFL Championship title and promotion back to the Premier League in his season in charge.

As a player, he was a midfielder for clubs in Italy, Spain and Greece, and in England where he began his professional career as a teenager with West Bromwich Albion.

WIKIPEDIA COMMONS PROFILE

Enzo Maresca (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso maˈreska]; born 10 February 1980) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea.

After starting out at West Bromwich Albion in 1998, he went on to play for several clubs in his country, including Juventus, who loaned him twice for the duration of his contract and with whom he won the league title in 2002. After being released in 2004, he went to play one season with Fiorentina. He then resumed his career in La Liga with Sevilla (where he remained for four years) and Málaga, appearing in 134 games and scoring 17 goals in the competition, after winning five major titles with Sevilla. In between his two spells in Spain, he also spent one year in Greece with Olympiacos. In 2012, he returned to Italy, where he played until his retirement in 2017, totalling 140 appearances and 17 goals in Serie A.

Maresca represented Italy at youth level, including the Italy under-21 team, but was never capped at senior level.

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