{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1971)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fabio Rossitto | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|9|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Aviano]], Italy | height = 1.78 m | currentclub = [[A.P.C. Chions|Chions]] (manager) | position = [[Midfielder]] | years1 = 1989–1997 |clubs1 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] |caps1 = 187 |goals1 = 4 | years2 = 1997–1999 |clubs2 = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] |caps2 = 53 |goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1999–2002 |clubs3 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] |caps3 = 47 |goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2002–2004 |clubs4 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] |caps4 = 24 |goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2004–2005 |clubs5 = [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot|Germinal Beerschot]] |caps5 = 10 |goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2005 |clubs6 = [[F.B.C. Unione Venezia|Venezia]] |caps6 = 9 |goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2005–2007 |clubs7 = [[Sacilese Calcio|Sacilese]] |caps7 = – |goals7 = – | nationalyears1 = 1994 |nationalteam1 = [[Italy national under-21 football team|Italy U21]] |nationalcaps1 = 9 |nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1996 |nationalteam2 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]] |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = [[Pordenone Calcio|Pordenone]] | manageryears2 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs2 = [[Unione Triestina 2012 S.S.D.|Triestina]] | manageryears3 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs3 = [[Pordenone Calcio|Pordenone]] | manageryears4 = 2016 | managerclubs4 = [[U.S. Cremonese|Cremonese]] | manageryears5 = 2017 | managerclubs5 = [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2018 | managerclubs6 = [[Pordenone Calcio|Pordenone]] | manageryears7 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs7 = [[A.S.D. Manzanese|Manzanese]] | manageryears8 = 2020– | managerclubs8 = [[A.P.C. Chions|Chions]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]}} {{Medal|W|[[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994 France]]|}} }}
'''Fabio Rossitto''' ({{IPA|it|ˈfaːbjo rosˈsitto}}; born 21 September 1971) is an Italian [[association football|football]] manager and a former player who played as a [[midfielder]] from 1989 to 2007.
== Club career == Born in [[Aviano]], [[Province of Pordenone]], Rossitto's career saw him play for a number of Italian and one foreign club during his eighteen-year spell as a player. He began his career with [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] (1989–1997 and 2002–2004), where he spent a large part of his career, becoming an import part of the side. He later moved to [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] (1997–1999), [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] (1999–2002), [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot|Germinal Beerschot]] (2004), [[F.B.C. Unione Venezia|Venezia]] (2005), and [[Sacilese Calcio|Sacilese]] (2005–2007), where he ended his career. During his time with Fiorentina, he won the [[2000–01 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] of 2001. Fiorentina paid 15 billion [[Italian lira|lire]] to sign Rossitto (€7.75 million) as well as another 5 billion for half of the registration rights of [[Giuseppe Taglialatela]].<ref>A.C. Fiorentina S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001 (in Italian), [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.]</ref> in the same window, Napoli signed [[Emiliano Bigica]] from Fiorentina.
== International career == Rossito represented Italy at [[Italy national under-21 football team|Under-21 level]] on nine occasions and was part of the team that won the [[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship]] in France under the management of [[Cesare Maldini]], for the first time in Italy's history. All of his appearances at Under-21 level came in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/ConvocatiGara?squadra=2&codiceGara=812|title=NATIONALE U21|trans-title=National U21|work=[[Italian Football Federation|FIGC]]|date=20 April 1994|access-date=17 July 2012 }}</ref>
Rossitto had one appearance for the senior [[Italy national football team]], coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 away win over Hungary on 1 June 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=Convocazioni e presenze in campo: Fabio Rossito|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1134&squadra=1|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref> He was part of Italy's squad at the [[1996 UEFA European Championship]] in England.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
== Managerial career == From January 2013 to the end of the season Rossitto served as head coach of [[Pordenone Calcio|Pordenone]] in the [[Serie D]].
In the 2013–14 season he was the coach of [[Unione Triestina 2012 S.S.D.|Triestina]].
In November 2014, he agreed a comeback at Pordenone, then bottom-placed in the [[Lega Pro]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ilgazzettino.it/NORDEST/PORDENONE/pordenone_fabio_rossitto_allenatore_sostituito_luciano_foschi/notizie/1029252.shtml |publisher=Il Gazzettino |access-date=29 December 2014 |date=24 November 2014 |language=it |title=Il Pordenone all'ultima spiaggia chiama Fabio Rossitto in panchina }}</ref> After failing to save the team from relegation, he left Pordenone by the end of the season. In January 2016, he was then hired as new head coach of Lega Pro club [[U.S. Cremonese|Cremonese]], leading the club till the end of the season.
In April 2017, he agreed to accept an offer to serve as [[Diego Bortoluzzi]]'s assistant at Serie A strugglers [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] till the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/sport/2017/04/13/news/rossitto-vice-di-bortoluzzi-a-palermo-1.15194753 |publisher=Il Messaggero Veneto |access-date=17 April 2017 |date=13 April 2017 |language=it |title=Rossitto vice di Bortoluzzi a Palermo }}</ref>
On 15 February 2018, he once again returned to Pordenone in the [[Serie C]] until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Pordenone Calcio|url=http://www.pordenonecalcio.com/2018/02/15/fabio-rossitto-nuovo-allenatore-neroverde/|title=FABIO ROSSITTO NUOVO ALLENATORE NEROVERDE|date=15 February 2018|language=it|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025343/http://www.pordenonecalcio.com/2018/02/15/fabio-rossitto-nuovo-allenatore-neroverde/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Honours == '''Fiorentina'''<ref name=eurosport.com>{{cite web|url=http://it.eurosport.com/calcio/fabio-rossitto_prs179180/person.shtml|title=Fabio Rossitto|publisher=Eurosport|language=it|access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref> *[[Coppa Italia]]: [[2000–01 Coppa Italia|2000–01]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|10670}}
{{Italy Squad 1996 UEFA Euro}} {{Unione Triestina 2012 S.S.D. managers}}
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