Today: Justin & Selena ON!, Ashlee & Pete OFF!, 50 Hotties Over 50 Marco Pezzaiuoli Name: Marco Pezzaiuoli Date of Birth: 16.11.1968 (44) Place of Birth: Mannheim (GER) Nationality: German Languages: German, English, Italian, Dutch Marital status: Married (7 children) Last club: 1899 Hoffenheim (Bundesliga) Family Son of a dutch background: mother and an Italian father, Pezzaiuoli grew up speaking three languages. Club Function Year Karlsruher SC Coach U17 & U19 1991-2000 (GER) Karlsruher SC Head of Youth 1999-2003 Department (Head coach Joachim Löw) Karlsruher SC Assistant 2000-2003 manager Suwon Bluewings Assistant 2003-2006 (South Korea) manager (Head coach: Bum-Kun Cha) Germany youth Coach 2007-2010 National teams (U15, U16, U17, U18) TSG Hoffenheim Assistant 2010 (GER) manager (Head coach: Ralf Rangnick) TSG Hoffenheim Coach 2011 Vita: Marco Pezzaiuoli is not a newcomer in coaching business despite his relatively young age. Due to a severe injury, the Mannheim-born Pezzaiuoli had to end his active playing career early. But Marco stayed in business. From 1991 on, just 23 years old at that time, he became a youth coach and youth coordinator at 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC. Later on, he became the assistant manager of the professional team and occupied that spot for 3 years. Within this time, Karlsruhe managed to be promoted from the 4th division to the 2. Bundesliga . Successful time in South Korea After nearly 13 years in various positions at Karlsruher SC, Pezzaiuoli tried something new and went to Asia or South Korea in particular. In South Korea‘s first division (K-League), he went on to become the coach of Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He won the league championship in 2004, won the cup tournament and became Asia champion. The son of a Dutch mother and an Italian father also met his wife in South Korea. Youth National Team coach in Germany Pezzaiuoli returned to Germany within the year 2006. After a short spell as coach of Eintracht Trier, he completed the German Fußballehrerlizenz (highest national coaching license) and was approached by the German Football Federation DFB. Between the years 2007 until 2010, Pezzaiuoli coached the U15, U16, U17 and U18 and managed to win the U17 Euro 2009 unbeaten. Hoffenheim In 2010, Pezzauoli was approached by head coach Ralf Rangnick and decided to take the job of assistant manager for the German Bundesliga club. When Rangnick resigned, Pezzaiuoli became the head coach of Hoffenheim where he coached until 2011. Modern methods Painstaking 2nd best (27 Observed and participants) graduate assisted Arsene of the German Wenger and Marcello Football coach Lippi amongst others education Improved the endurance of Hoffenheim‘s players visibly within 3 months. „Marco is a wonderful coach. He‘s very loyal, a modern coach who works hard. Besides, he‘s worked in all fields and has lots of experience despite his young age. He‘s also „The new coach, who led the German U17 National been in Korea.“ (Bayern Munich manager & Team to the Euro title in 2009 and was lured to Hoffenheim by Ralf Rangnick, is seen as one of the Former DFB manager Matthias Sammer) best talent developers in Germany.“ (FAZ) „Marco is a great professional. He loves developing tactics and knows how to implement it in daily training sessions. Players trust him due to his communication skills. He‘s skilled, humane and assertive. (Jogi Löw) • K-League Champion 2004 (Suwon Bluewings) • Cup winner 2004 (Suwon Bluewings) Achievements • Asia Cup Champion 2004 • U17 Euro Champion 2009 with Germany (unbeaten) Information Reference • Joachim Löw (German National Team manager).