Valerio Fiori


Valerio Fiori is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach. He is currently a goalkeeping coach for Serie A club Genoa.

Career

Before being the third goalkeeper at A.C. Milan, he played for Lodigiani, Lazio, Cagliari, Cesena, Fiorentina and Piacenza. Though he made four appearances for Italy's Under-21 squad, Fiori was never called up for the senior side.
He has made only two official appearances in eight seasons with the club: a 4–2 loss in Serie A to Piacenza on 24 May 2003, and a 1–0 Coppa Italia win over Sampdoria as a first half injury replacement for Christian Abbiati on 18 December 2003.
After his retirement in 2008, Fiori became a goalkeeping coach at A.C. Milan until 2016. After a brief interlude with the Chinese side Shenzhen, and then Spanish side Deportivo La Coruña, a club coached by former teammate Clarence Seedorf, Milan announced the return of Fiori as goalkeeper coach on 5 July 2018. In August 2020, he was appointed as Napoli goalkeeper coach.

Personal life

Fiori graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from University of Rome La Sapienza on 12 July 2007.