Domenico Botticella
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Domenico Botticella | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1976 | ||
Place of birth | San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Casertana (goalkeeping coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1997 | Foggia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2000 | Foggia | 34 | (0) |
1997–1998 | → Chieti (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2000–2005 | Salernitana | 73 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Manfredonia | 1 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Catanzaro | 33 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Paganese | 34 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Sorrento | 15 | (0) |
2009 | Arezzo | 7 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Cavese | 2 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Foggia | 10 | (0) |
2013 | Canosa | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 2005 |
Domenico Botticella (born 2 March 1976 in San Giovanni Rotondo) is an Italian football coach and former player, who used to play as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeping coach of Casertana.
Playing career
[edit]Botticella played in Serie B with Salernitana between 2000 and 2005. In his last season, he competed for a starting spot with Marco Ambrosio and Alex Brunner.
He also played for Foggia in Serie C1 and Serie C2.
Before joining Paganese, he played for Manfredonia of Serie C1 and Catanzaro of Serie C2.
On 28 July 2011, he joined Foggia on a free transfer after being released by Cavese.[1]
In 2013 Botticella joined Apulian Prima Categoria amateur club Canosa.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]After retirement, Botticella embarked on a career as a goalkeeping coach, working alongside his former boss Delio Rossi in a number of clubs such as Levski Sofia, Palermo and Ascoli.
On 29 December 2022, he was hired as the new goalkeeping coach of Serie D club Casertana following the appointment of Vincenzo Cangelosi, former Zdeněk Zeman right-hand man, as new head coach.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "UFFICIALE: AGODIRIN, BOTTICELLA E CRUZ SONO ROSSONERI" [Agodirin, Botticella, and Cruz join red-and-blacks]. CalcioFoggia (in Italian). 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Domenico Botticella ricomincia dalla Prima Categoria pugliese" [Domenico Botticella has a fresh start in the Puglia Prima Categoria]. Calcio Foggia (in Italian). 6 April 2013.
- ^ "VINCENZO CANGELOSI NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA CASERTANA" (in Italian). Casertana F.C. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Babù e Botticella, lo staff dello zemaniano Cangelosi si arricchisce con due fedelissimi per rilanciare la Casertana" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- (in Italian) Profile at paganese
- FootballPlus Profile