Francesco Calzona

Francesco Calzona is the kind of coach I instinctively pull for: a man from the modest Calabrian town of Vibo Valentia who made his real mark not as a player but as a tactician, eventually steering an international side as head coach of Slovakia. His path is the classic study of patience, years spent as a trusted assistant sharpening his tactical eye before finally earning the top chair. I value that apprenticeship deeply; it tends to produce coaches who understand the game from the inside out. Calzona feels like a substance-over-style operator, the sort connoisseurs of football quietly appreciate.

Name (English)

Francesco Calzona

Name (Japanese)

フランチェスコ・カルツォーナ

Reading

ふらんちぇすこ・かるつぉーな

Born

October 24, 1968 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

Origin

Vibo Valentia, Province of Vibo Valentia, Italy

Occupation

association football coach / association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A

Tags

• Province of Vibo Valentia
• association football coach
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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