Luigi Fresco


Luigi "Gigi" Fresco is an Italian football coach and executive, currently in charge as head coach and chairman of club Virtus Verona.

Football career

Fresco joined minor amateur club Virtus Verona as a child, first as a centre back and youth coach. In 1982 he was appointed chairman of Virtus Verona, and appointed himself as head coach of the club, who was at the time playing in Terza Categoria, the lowest division of Italian football. Under his tenure, the club emerged as a local force, climbing all the amateur football pyramid and eventually reaching Serie D in 2006. In 2013, after winning the Serie D playoffs and also due to a league vacancy, Virtus Verona was admitted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, thus marking the first time for the club in a professional league and also the first time the city of Verona had three professional clubs. The club was relegated back to Serie D by the end of the season, the first relegation during Fresco's tenure. In 2018, Virtus Verona returned to Serie C as league winners.
Under his tenure, Fresco also oversaw the club's transformation to a multi-sports club, with an eye on integrating immigrants and refugees in the Verona area.

Personal life

Fresco has a university degree in pedagogy.

Honours

Managerial

; Virtus Verona