Gianpiero Piovani

Gianpiero Piovani is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Serie A club Inter Milan Women. He played as a forward.

Club career

Piovani was born in Orzinuovi. His long football career began in the 1985–86 season, when, although he was still very young, he joined Brescia Calcio and played 13 matches. He then moved to Parma F.C., which had just returned to B under Arrigo Sacchi. He was trained by the famous coach one year long and had 30 appearances and shot 4 goals. When the coach went A.C. Milan Piovani returned to Brescia. He was then fetched by coach Claudio Ranieri to Cagliari Calcio, where he helped to promote to Serie B.
Piovani played for Piacenza Calcio between 1990 and 2001. In this period Piacenza achieved its best so far: 12th in the 1997–98 Serie A season.

International career

In 2009 Piovani was capped for the first time for the Padania national football team, which hosted the VIVA World Cup. On 22 June 2009, he achieved the winning goal in his first international match.

Coaching career

After his retirement, in the 2009–10 season he became the manager of Nuova Verolese Calcio.
In the 2010–11 season, he became the head coach of A.C. Rodengo Saiano, in place of resigning Paolo Rodolfi, in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Group A.
In the 2011–12 season, he became the head coach of Darfo Boario until the end of the season.
In 2024 Piovani became manager of Inter Milan Women.