Eusebio Di Francesco

What I admire most about Di Francesco is the rare completeness of his football life: a slight, intelligent midfielder who became a coach obsessed with structure. There is something honest about a man from Pescara who never relied on physicality and instead built his game, and now his teams, on positioning and thought. Watching him lead Lecce in Serie A, I sense a manager translating instincts he once felt in his legs into a language young players can learn. He may never be flashy, but I trust craftsmen like him far more than louder names.

Name (English)

Eusebio Di Francesco

Name (Japanese)

エウゼビオ・ディ・フランチェスコ

Reading

えうぜびお・でぃ・ふらんちぇすこ

Born

September 8, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Pescara, Province of Pescara, Italy

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebio%20Di%20Francesco
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q396154

Tags

• Province of Pescara
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

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