Giorgio Sterchele (born 8 January 1970 in Schio) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Giorgio Sterchele
Personal information
Full name Giorgio Sterchele
Date of birth (1970-01-08) 8 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Schio, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1988–1990 Vicenza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Vicenza 140 (0)
1995–2000 Roma 17 (0)
1997Cagliari (loan) 17 (0)
1997–1998Bologna (loan) 32 (0)
1999Ternana (loan) 18 (0)
2000Perugia (loan) 0 (0)
2000–2007 Vicenza 145 (0)
Total 369 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Sarcedo (youth gk coach)
2009 Sarcedo
2009 Bellaria Igea Marina (gk coach)
2011–2012 Padova (gk coach)
2013–2015 Unione Venezia (gk coach)
2017–2018 Vicenza (gk coach)
2018 Vicenza (assistant coach)
2018–2019 Este (gk coach)
2020 Schio (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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In his early years, Sterchele played with Vicenza Calcio, the team of his province. He played regularly for the club as of 1991 and won Serie A promotion with the team in 1995. He achieved two promotions and in 1995 he moved on to A.S. Roma. He also played for Cagliari (January 1997), Bologna, Ternana (January 1999) and Perugia Calcio (January 2000), before returning to Vicenza in 2000.

With 285 appearances for Vicenza, he has currently played more matches than any other goalkeeper in Vicenza's history. Only three players in the history of Vicenza have played in more games than Sterchele.

Coaching career

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In July 2008, Sterchele started collaborating with a newly established soccer school in the province of Vicenza (Zanè - Sarcedo) with the task of taking care of the technical aspects of the young goalkeepers.[1] Halfway through the season he was promoted to first-team coach and confirmed for the following season, despite the team's relegation.[2] However, in November 2009 he was forced to leave the position due to health problems with a leg.[3]

Ahead of the 2009–2010 season, while he was still coaching Sarcedo, Lamberto Zauli, his former teammate from Vicenza, hired Sterchele as his goalkeeper coach at Bellaria Igea Marina.[4] He only stayed in this position for two months.[5] On June 18, 2011, instead, he became the new goalkeeper coach of Alessandro Dal Canto's Padova.[6] Dal Canto and his staff, including Sterchele, left Padova at the end of the season.

On July 15, 2013, he became the new goalkeeping coach of Unione Venezia.[7] He was then unemployed until the 2017–18 season, where he functioned as goalkeeper coach of Vicenza's U19 team.[8] On 10 May 2018, Sterchele was promoted to first team coach.[9] He left at the end of the month.

Ahead of the 2018–19 season, he was hired as goalkeeper coach of AC Este.[10] He left at the end of the season.[11] Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Sterchele was hired by Schio.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Sarcedo riparte da Supergino, ilgiornaledivicenza.it, 15 May 2009
  2. ^ Il Sarcedo riparte da Supergino, ilgiornaledivicenza.it, 15 May 2009
  3. ^ Sarcedo, Supergino deve abdicare La panchina affidata a Fontana, ilgiornaledivicenza.it, 13 November 2009
  4. ^ La "Guidolin band" è finita sul ponte di comando, ladomenicadivicenza.gruppovideomedia.it, 24 July 2010
  5. ^ Sterchele sui portieri: “Al momento opportuno verrà fatta una scelta”, padovasport.tv, 25 July 2011
  6. ^ Sterchele sarà il preparatore dei portieri, padovasport.tv, 18 June 2011
  7. ^ Venezia, Zanchi affiancherà mister Dal Canto, tuttoatalanta.com, 16 July 2013
  8. ^ Staff Vicenza - Berretti Berretti C Fase Finale Italia - 2017-18, tuttocampo.it
  9. ^ Zanini torna a guidare il Vicenza Calcio, sportvicentino.it, 10 May 2018
  10. ^ Staff Este - Serie D Girone C Italia - 2018-19, tuttocampo.it
  11. ^ Archiviate le ferie, per l'Este è tempo di tornare in campo a sudare, ilgazzettino.it, 22 July 2019
  12. ^ Calciomercato del Sabato: Ferme il 42% delle squadre vicentine!!, calciovicentino.it, 24 October 2020
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