My Take
Enzo Maresca is one of those guys who spent his playing career quietly doing solid work across Europe — West Brom, Juventus, Fiorentina, Sevilla — without ever becoming a household name, and somehow that journey turned him into a genuinely sharp football mind. Winning Serie A with Juve in 2002 and La Liga with Sevilla alongside Roberto Mancini and the like gave him a tactical education money can't buy. When he landed the Leicester City job and guided them to the Championship title in 2023–24, playing genuinely attractive, possession-based football, a lot of people sat up and noticed. Then Chelsea came calling, and suddenly the low-key Italian from Campania is steering one of the biggest clubs in the world. Quietly fascinating career arc.
Overview
Enzo Maresca (born 10 February 1980) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. Maresca began his professional career as a midfielder with West Bromwich Albion in 1998. He joined Juventus in 2000 and won Serie A in 2002, and went on loan to Bologna and Piacenza.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Enzo Maresca
- Name (Japanese)
- エンツォ・マレスカ
- Reading
- えんつぉ・まれすか
- Born
- February 10, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Pontecagnano Faiano, Campania, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.