De Rossi takes over as coach of troubled Genoa
(FILES) Italy's assistant coach Daniele De Rossi supervises warm up prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C qualification football match between Italy and Northern Ireland at the Ennio-Tardini stadium in Parma on March 25, 2021. Daniele De Rossi began a new adventure at Roma on January 16, 2024, as the World Cup winner took over at his boyhood club following the sudden sacking of Jose Mourinho. The former Italy midfielder, who spent almost the entirety of his playing career at Roma, signed a deal "until 30 June 2024" with the Serie A club hours after Mourinho was dismissed. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)
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Genoa said in a brief statement that it was "extending a warm welcome to Daniele De Rossi", who was to lead an afternoon training session.
He will hold his first press conference on Friday.
Genoa were winless in Serie A when Vieira agreed to leave on Saturday morning, but Roberto Murgita and under-17 coach Domenico Criscito led the club to a 2-1 win at Sassuolo on Monday night that lifted them off the bottom of the table.
Rossi, a rugged midfielder who won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, played 17 seasons for his home-town club Roma and won 117 Italy caps.
He had brief stints as a coach at second-vision Spal, where he lasted 17 games in 2022 and then 30 at Roma.
He took Roma to the 2024 Europa League semi-final but was fired after four winless games at the start of the following season.
Last week, Genoa also sacked sporting director Marco Ottolini and have replaced him with Spaniard Diego Lopez.
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