Rolando Maran

Rolando Maran

Personal information
Full name	Rolando Maran
Date of birth	14 July 1963
Place of birth	Trento, Italy
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Chievo (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	Benacense Riva	87	(7)
1986–1995	Chievo	280	(11)
1995	Valdagno	10	(0)
1995–1996	Carrarese	23	(0)
1996–1997	Fano	28	(2)
Total		428	(20)
Teams managed
2002–2005	Cittadella
2005–2006	Brescia
2006–2007	Bari
2007–2009	Triestina
2009–2011	Vicenza
2011–2012	Varese
2012–2013	Catania
2014	Catania
2014–	Chievo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Rolando Maran (born 14 July 1963) is an Italian football manager and former defender. He is currently in charge of Chievo in Serie A.

Career

Player

Maran has played for Benacense Riva, Chievo, Valdagno, Carrarese and Fano.^[1]

Head coach

Serie B

After retiring as a player in 1997, Maran started his coaching career in 1997 at his former side Chievo as a coach, he joined Brescia as a youth coach in 1998 and stayed there for 2 years before becoming the youth coach at Cittadella in 2000.

Maran was appointed as the head coach of Cittadella in 2002, before returning to Brescia this time as head coach in 2005, however he was replaced by Zdenek Zeman as head coach in 2006. He joined Serie B giants Bari in 2006, however was sacked after a string of poor result and replaced by Giuseppe Materazzi in February 2007.

He joined Triestina in June 2007 and managed the club until 15 June 2009. The following day he joined fellow Serie B side Vicenza and managed to help them avoid relegation. On 15 June 2010, his contract at Vicenza was extended for a further 2 years. However he was sacked a year later as Vicenza head coach on 6 June 2011.

In October 2011, he joined struggling Serie B side Varese replacing Benito Carbone as head coach. He had an instant impact and led Varese to the Serie B promotion playoff's however lost out on promotion to Serie A to Sampdoria, who beat Varese 4-2 on aggregate in the 2 legged playoff Serie B final.

Serie A

On 11 June 2012, following a mixed career in the lower leagues,^[2] he joined Catania in Serie A. After taking over he led Catania to a record-breaking season where they accrued 56 points from 38 Serie A matches. The season also saw Catania take a record amount of home wins in one season, its record number of victories overall in a single top flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season. Catania finished 8th in Serie A, finishing behind Lazio in 7th place.

Maran, however, failed to repeat his impressive results in the 2013/14 season, and was ultimately dismissed on 20 October 2013 after a 1–2 loss to Cagliari Calcio that left Catania in the relegation zone. He was replaced by Luigi De Canio.^[3]

On 15 January 2014 he was hired again as the Catania head coach, before being sacked for the second time later on 6 April, after five defeats in a row and with the team bottom of the league.

On 19 October 2014 he was named new head coach of Chievo in the Serie A, replacing Eugenio Corini.^[4]

Managerial statistics

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.

As of 29 November 2016

Team	Nat	Year	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Cittadella		2002–2005	105	33	35	37	31.43
Brescia		2005–2006	35	15	13	7	42.86
Bari		2006–2007	25	7	8	10	28.00
Triestina		2007–2009	88	31	23	34	35.23
Vicenza		2009–2011	85	29	24	32	34.12
Varese		2011–2012	37	20	9	8	54.05
Catania		2012–2013	50	19	13	18	38.00
Catania		2014	13	1	4	8	07.69
Chievo		2014–	86	29	26	31	33.72
Career Total			524	184	155	185	35.11

References

1. Lega Serie A profile
2. "Rolando Maran Favourite to Succeed David Hockaday as Leeds United Manager". 28 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
3. "Rolando Maran sollevato dall'incarico. Luigi De Canio è il nuovo allenatore della prima squadra" [Rolando Maran dismissed from managerial role. Luigi De Canio is the new first team head coach] (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
4. "Comunicato ufficiale: Rolando Maran è il nuovo allenatore della Prima squadra" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.