Giacomo Modica is an Italian

Italy

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 football manager

Coach (sport)

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 and former midfielder

Midfielder

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. Currently without a club, he last served as head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Celano

Celano F.C. Olimpia

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.

Career

After a playing career spent with several Serie B

Serie B

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 and Serie C1

Serie C1

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 teams, most notably Palermo

U.S. Città di Palermo

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 and Padova

Calcio Padova

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, he moved into coaching, working as Zdenek Zeman

Zdenek Zeman

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's assistant for six years (even following him at Fenerbahçe) before becoming a head coach himself. In 2004 he worked for Serie D

Serie D

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 team Cosenza

A.S. Cosenza Calcio

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 with little fortune; he then worked for Serie C2

Serie C2

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 teams Melfi

A.S. Melfi

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 in 2006 and Celano

Celano F.C. Olimpia

Celano F.C. Marsica is an Italian association football from Celano, Abruzzo.The club was founded in 1978, and has played Serie D/F in 2005/2006, ending it in second place, and successively reaching the Serie D playoff finals; therefore, Celano has played Serie C2 in 2006/2007 and currently plays...

 the following year, leading the latter to an impressive season and a spot in the promotion playoffs.

He agreed a one-year extension to his contract with Celano on July 2010. He left the club at the end of the 2010–11 season, the club citing excessive wage demands as the main reason behind the decision.

External links

• Career stats (from footballplus.com)