Franco Colomba

Quick Facts

Full Name	Franco Colomba
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1955(1955-02-06)
Age	69
Birthplace	Grosseto
Country	Italy
Birth City	Tuscany
Horoscope	Aquarius

Franco Colomba Biography

Franco Colomba is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 6, 1955 in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Franco Colomba (born 6 February 1955 in Grosseto) is a famous Italian soccer coach, and an ex-player. He was as the manager of Serie B club Livorno.

On 19 July 2007 , he was appointed the head director at Serie C1 club Verona. The problem was that Verona was characterized by a bad start to the Serie C1 2007-08 campaign, having lost none of their first seven league games and a shocking 1-2 loss against Legnano forced the management of the club to dismiss Colomba on October 8, 2007.

In December 2008 he was appointed as new head coach of Ascoli, becoming the third manager of the bianconeri in the Serie B 2008–09, and replacing Vincenzo Chiarenza. He guided Ascoli into a mid-table finish at the end of the season, but his contract was not extended and therefore left the club.

On 20 October 2009 Colomba was appointed new head coach of Bologna, taking over from Giuseppe Papadopulo. Notably, despite being born in Grosseto, Colomba grew up in Bologna and is a fan of the local club since childhood, and Bologna was also the club that gave him the chance to make his professional football debut. After taking the reins of the rossoblu club, he defined his appointment as head coach of Bologna as a dream coming true. He guided Bologna to keep their place in the Serie A in 2009–10, however his position was put under question after Sergio Porcedda took over the club. Originally confirmed at the helm of the club, he was ultimately dismissed on 29 August 2010, exactly one day before the first game of the season, allegedly due to disagreements with the board.

The Colomba team returned to Reggina in 1999. She continued to play there in Calabria for three seasons. which ended with a relegation in 2001 (after losing in a play-off game to Verona) and a subsequent advancement in 2002. In 2002-03, Colomba went through a tense Serie B experience at fallen giants Napoli and was dismissed and a subsequent recall and a disappointing finish of 15th in the process. The following year was a year that saw Colomba performing his 3rd return at Reggina and he gets dismissed after the 11th matchday and is replaced with Giancarlo Camolese. The 2004-05 season kicked off with Colomba in charge of newly-promoted Serie A side Livorno, but it abruptly ended in January when the club was disbanded and was replaced with Roberto Donadoni. In October 2005 the Serie B team at risk of losing its place, Avellino, called him to take over Francesco Oddo; however, Avellino eventually lost its spot to Serie B following two play-off games lost to AlbinoLeffe.

Franco Colomba Net Worth

Franco Colomba is one of the richest Association Football Player from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Franco Colomba 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Colomba is a midfielder who began his career in Bologna before making his Serie A debut during the 1973-74 season. He was a player with Bologna up to 1983 with the exception of two loan stints with Serie B clubs Modena and Sambenedettese in 1975 and in 1976, respectively. After leaving Bologna, Colomba signed for Avellino which was a minor Serie A club where was a player until 1988, after which Avellino was relegated to Serie B and became an instant favorite among the biancoverdi supporters. Colomba’s career ended in the year 1990, playing for Modena.

Following three seasons as a youth coaches of Modena as well as Spal, Colomba took his first coaching position in 1993. He was Olbia. Olbia from Serie C2. After an outstanding season with Novara the following year In 1995 Colomba was appointed coach of Salernitana in which he was just a hair short of being promoted into Serie A; he was fired a year later due to poor performance. in 1997 Colomba was signed by Reggina in Serie B, where he achieved a seventh- place finish. After this season, he quit Reggina to join Serie A team Vicenza, which he did not complete the season. He was fired after just 19 match days.

Colomba returned to coach in December 2006, when he was appointed to replace Marco Giampaolo at the helm of Serie A club Cagliari Calcio. He was fired on 26 February 2007 following a 2–0 home defeat to Lazio.

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Franco Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Franco Colomba celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.