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My Take
Valerio Fiori embodies the unglamorous nobility I love about goalkeeping. Born in Rome and standing 182 cm, he spent a long career alone at the back, concentrating while everyone else celebrated, and has since turned that hard-won knowledge into a coaching role with Genoa. There's something fitting about a keeper becoming a goalkeeping coach: it's a craft passed hand to hand, instinct and positioning taught to the next custodian. To master the most thankless position in a country obsessed with defending is no small thing. Fiori was never a headline name, but it's exactly these quiet specialists I most want to applaud.
Overview
Valerio Fiori (born 27 April 1969) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach. He is currently a goalkeeping coach for Serie A club Genoa.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Valerio Fiori
- Name (Japanese)
- ヴァレリオ・フィオーリ
- Reading
- ゔぁれりお・ふぃおーり
- Born
- April 27, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rooster
- Origin
- Rome, Province of Rome, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 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
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Italy →
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.