Ribery, Handanovic and Pioli’s son among latest UEFA licensed coaches | OneFootball

Franck Ribery, Samir Handanovic and the son of former Milan coach Stefano Pioli are among the graduates from the latest UEFA A coaching license put on by the FIGC.

The Italian federation published the list of coaches who passed their UEFA A license with a merit grade on Wednesday.

The UEFA A license is the second highest coaching badge available, and in Italy, it allows its holders to take charge of professional youth teams, any women’s team, and any senior men’s side up to Serie C level.

The UEFA Pro license, which is required to take charge of Serie A sides, is the highest level of coaching badge available in Europe.

Among the most recent bunch of graduates were former Bayern Munich star Ribery, who ended his playing career in Italy with Fiorentina and Salernitana. Former Inter captain Samir Handanovic has also qualified. He has been working with Inter’s U17 side as of late.

Former Italy internationals Domenico Criscito and Alessandro Diamanti have also graduated from the most recent FIGC course, as has former Brescia, Sampdoria and Leeds United left-back Gaetano Berardi.

Gianmarco Pioli, son of former Milan coach Stefano, has also passed. He already has experience with the Rossoneri as a video analyst during his father’s tenure.

Gianmarco Pioli and Stefano Cassani both finished the final exam with the highest possible score of 110 out of 110.

All new UEFA A license graduates in Italy

Pierpaolo Anelli, Luca Antonini, Roberto Barrea, Gaetano Berardi, Angelo Bognanni, Francesco Bolzoni, Gaspare Cacciola, Battista Carta, Stefano Cassani, Domenico Criscito, Angelo D’Angelo, Alessandro Diamanti, Giovanni Esposito, Lidia Fossati, Carlos Clay Franca, Michele Fucili, Luca Galimberti, Marcello Gazzola, Claudia Ghitti, Samir Handanovic, Davide Lanzafame, Roberto Mantuano, Massimiliano Marchio, Daniele Marinelli, Lino Marzorati, Alessandro Parisi, Daniel Pavlovic, Manolo Pestrin, Mauro Petrosino, Valerio Pignataro, Gianmarco Pioli, Rosalia Pipitone, Francesco Pisano, Massimo Pizzulli, Nicola Polverini, Frank Ribery, Vincenzo Rispoli, Marco Sangermani, Juri Tamburini, Nazzareno Tarantino, Francesco Valiani, Vittorio Vona and Matteo Zago.