{{short description|Italian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Leandro Greco | image = Leandro Greco 2.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Greco in 2005 | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|7|19}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | height = {{height|m=1.84}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs1 = Roma | years1 = 2003–2012 | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Roma | years2 = 2003–2004 | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = → Astrea (loan) | years3 = 2006–2008 | caps3 = 41 | goals3 = 3 | clubs3 = → Verona (loan) | years4 = 2009–2010 | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = → Pisa (loan) | years5 = 2010–2011 | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = → Piacenza (loan) | years6 = 2012–2013 | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Olympiacos | years7 = 2013–2014 | caps7 = 32 | goals7 = 4 | clubs7 = Livorno | years8 = 2014–2015 | caps8 = 7 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Genoa | years9 = 2015 | caps9 = 18 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = → Hellas Verona (loan) | years10 = 2015–2017 | caps10 = 27 | goals10 = 1 | clubs10 = Hellas Verona | years11 = 2017–2018 | caps11 = 8 | goals11 = 0 | clubs11 = Bari | years12 = 2018 | caps12 = 17 | goals12 = 0 | clubs12 = → Foggia (loan) | years13 = 2018–2019 | caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 0 | clubs13 = Cremonese | years14 = 2019 | caps14 = 16 | goals14 = 2 | clubs14 = Foggia | years15 = 2019–2020 | caps15 = 9 | goals15 = 0 | clubs15 = Cosenza | years16 = 2020 | caps16 = 4 | goals16 = 0 | clubs16 = Perugia | years17 = 2020–2021 | caps17 = 33 | goals17 = 0 | clubs17 = Südtirol | manageryears1 = 2022 | managerclubs1 = Südtirol (caretaker) | manageryears2 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs2 = Olbia | manageryears3 = 2024–2025 | managerclubs3 = Frosinone | manageryears4 = 2025 | managerclubs4 = Pro Patria | club-update = | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Leandro Greco''' (born 19 July 1986) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.
==Career== A midfielder, Greco was a regular in the Roma youth squad. He made his Serie A debut for AS Roma in 2004–05. In the 2005–06 season, Greco made only a handful of appearances, all as a substitute player.
===Verona, Pisa & Piacenza=== He was farmed to Hellas Verona for the following two seasons, playing a total of 40 games (26 in his first season, 14 in his second). Verona acquired half of the registration rights in June 2007<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-06-28 |title=Transfer market, Greco purchased in partnership |url=http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=5423 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802133110/http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php |archive-date=2012-08-02 |website=hellasverona.it |language=it}}</ref> for €300,000, but bought back by Roma in June 2008 for just €150,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Financial Statements as of 30 June 2008 |url=http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/bilanci_e_relazioni/2008-11-17_bilancio_di_esercizio_e_consolidato_al_30_giugno_2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609044000/http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/bilanci_e_relazioni/2008-11-17_bilancio_di_esercizio_e_consolidato_al_30_giugno_2008.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-09 |website=www.asroma.it |language=it}}</ref>
He played the second half of 2008–09 on loan to Pisa of Serie B.<ref name="pisa_july21">{{cite news|publisher=Pisa Calcio |url=http://www.pisacalcio.it/news/dettaglio.html?iId=2578 |title=BIRINDELLI, MASIERO, PIT E GRECO: UN POKER D'ASSI PER IL PISA DI MISTER VENTURA |date=21 July 2008 |accessdate=21 July 2008 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723062428/http://www.pisacalcio.it/news/dettaglio.html?iId=2578 |archive-date=23 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His loan stint was cut short in January 2010, and Greco was successively sent to another Serie B club, Piacenza, for the remainder of the season.
===Return to Roma=== Greco returned to Roma for the 2010–11 season and was immediately put on transfer list, but no club showed interest in signing him, so he was placed on the first team instead.<ref name="corrieresport">{{cite news |language=it |accessdate=7 November 2010 |publisher=Corriere dello Sport – Stadio |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/serie_a/roma/2010/11/07-137785/Greco%3A+%C2%AB%C3%88+andata+bene+e+sono+molto+contento%C2%BB |title=Greco: "È andata bene e sono molto contento" |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013231201/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/serie_a/roma/2010/11/07-137785/Greco:+%C2%AB%C3%88+andata+bene+e+sono+molto+contento%C2%BB |archive-date=13 October 2012 }}</ref> An injury crisis head coach Claudio Ranieri to bring him on the bench for a UEFA Champions League game against FC Basel, during which Greco entered as a substitute for the final 15 minutes and scored a goal only one minute after entering; the game ended in a 3–2 win for Roma.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01eb-0e76233ee9a6-227c8bd20c78-1000--restorative-win-has-totti-looking-forward/ |publisher=UEFA |access-date=7 November 2010 |date=4 November 2010 |title=Restorative win has Totti looking forward}}</ref> Greco's good performances led Ranieri to call him up for the Rome derby, during which he came on for injured Jérémy Menez during the first half and provided a solid performance in a 2–0 win for his side.<ref name="corrieresport" /> He was promoted to the starting lineup for subsequent games against Fiorentina and Juventus.
Greco's contract was extended along with Daniele De Rossi and Simone Perrotta in February 2012. Greco signed a new 3-year contract with an annual gross salary of €1.254 million plus bonuses. Moreover, the 2011–12 season gross salary also increased to €0.8 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/operazioni_di_mercato/Prolungamento_del_contratto_per_le_prestazioni_sportive_del_calciatore_Greco.pdf|title=Prolungato Il Contratto Economico Per Le Prestazioni Sportive Del Calciatore Leandro Greco|date=13 February 2012|accessdate=1 May 2012|publisher=AS Roma|language=it}}</ref>
At the start of 2012–13 Serie A, Greco was included in the pre-season camp,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asroma.it/en/news/pre-season-training-camp-in-riscone-/|title=Pre-season training camp in Riscone: AS Roma squad list|date=4 July 2012|accessdate=30 June 2014|publisher=AS Roma}}</ref> however he trained separately due to minor injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asroma.it/en/news/riscone-16/7/|title=last afternoon session with tactical focus|date=16 July 2012|accessdate=30 June 2014|publisher=AS Roma}}</ref>
===Olympiacos=== In July 2012, Greek champions Olympiacos signed Greco for three years on a free transfer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.olympiacos.org/en/article/13071/leandro-greco-joins-olympiacos-fc|title=Leandro Greco joins Olympiacos FC|date=24 July 2012|accessdate=30 June 2014|publisher=Olympiacos}}</ref> He scored his first goal for the Piraeus side in the Champions League game against Montpellier HSC in a 3–1 home win.
===Livorno=== In July 2013, Greco returned to Italy for Livorno.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/notizie.php?id=8699|title=Greco: il Livorno mi voleva da tempo|date=31 July 2013|accessdate=30 June 2014|publisher=AS Livorno Calcio|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702032540/http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/notizie.php?id=8699|archive-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> On 20 June 2014, his contract with Livorno was terminated in mutual consent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/notizie.php?id=9715 |title=Risoluzione consensuale con Greco |date=20 June 2014 |accessdate=30 June 2014 |publisher=AS Livorno Calcio |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630030545/http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/notizie.php?id=9715 |archive-date=30 June 2014 }}</ref>
===Genoa=== On 20 June 2014, Leandro Greco signed a three-year contract with the Serie A team Genoa.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://genoacfc.it/notizie/leandro-greco-ufficiale-al-genoa/|title=LEANDRO GRECO UFFICIALE AL GENOA|date=20 June 2014|accessdate=30 June 2014|publisher=Genoa CFC|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625053225/http://genoacfc.it/notizie/leandro-greco-ufficiale-al-genoa/|archive-date=25 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Cremonese=== On 6 July 2018, Greco signed a two-year contract with Serie B club Cremonese.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Cremonese|url=http://www.uscremonese.it/il-centrocampista-leandro-greco-in-grigiorosso/|title=IL CENTROCAMPISTA LEANDRO GRECO IN GRIGIOROSSO|newspaper=Us Cremonese Dal 1903 |date=6 July 2018|language=it}}</ref>
===Foggia=== On 18 January 2019, Greco joined Foggia Calcio for a fee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/ufficiale-foggia-torna-il-centrocampista-greco-1203352|access-date=18 January 2019|title=UFFICIALE: Foggia, torna il centrocampista Greco|language=it}}</ref>
===Cosenza and Perugia=== On 31 August 2019, he joined Cosenza on a 1-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Cosenza|url=http://www.ilcosenza.it/2019/08/31/leandro-greco-firma-con-il-cosenza/|title=LEANDRO GRECO FIRMA CON IL COSENZA!|date=31 August 2019|language=it}}</ref> On 31 January 2020, he signed with Perugia until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Perugia|url=https://www.acperugiacalcio.com/greco-del-perugia/|title=GRECO È DEL PERUGIA!|date=31 January 2020|language=it}}</ref>
===Südtirol=== On 31 July 2020, he signed a 2-year contract with Südtirol.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Südtirol|url=https://www.fc-suedtirol.com/de/news/leandro-greco-ist-ein-neuer-spieler-des-fc-s%C3%BCdtirol/24-1042.html|title=Leandro Greco ist ein neuer Spieler des FC Südtirol|date=31 July 2020|language=de}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After retirement, Greco stayed on at Südtirol as an assistant coach. On 9 August 2022, he was appointed caretaker following the departure of Lamberto Zauli as head coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-suedtirol.com/it/news/fcs-zauli-le-strade-si-dividono/24-2263.html |publisher=F.C. Südtirol |language=Italian |accessdate=9 August 2022 |date=9 August 2022 |title=FCS-Zauli, le strade si dividono}}</ref>
After being in charge of Südtirol for the first three games of the Serie B season, all ended in defeat; on 29 August 2022, Greco was ultimately relieved from his first team duties and replaced by Pierpaolo Bisoli.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-suedtirol.com/it/news/pierpaolo-bisoli-%C3%A8-il-nuovo-allenatore-dell-fc-s%C3%BCdtirol/24-2305.html |publisher=F.C. Südtirol |language=Italian |accessdate=29 August 2022 |date=29 August 2022 |title=Pierpaolo Bisoli è il nuovo allenatore dell'FC Südtirol}}</ref>
On 9 June 2023, he signed a two-year contract to become head coach of Olbia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olbiacalcio.com/leandro-greco-e-il-nuovo-allenatore/#:~:text=La%20Societ%C3%A0%20rende%20noto%20che,fino%20al%2030%20giugno%202024. |publisher = Olbia |language=Italian |accessdate=9 June 2023 |date=9 June 2023 |title=Leandro Greco è il nuovo allenatore}}</ref> He was dismissed on 22 January 2024, leaving Olbia in the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olbiacalcio.com/comunicato-ufficiale-2/ |publisher=Olbia |language=Italian |accessdate=22 January 2024 |date=22 January 2024 |title=Comunicato ufficiale |archive-date=22 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122204216/https://www.olbiacalcio.com/comunicato-ufficiale-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 9 August 2024, Greco was unveiled as the new Under-19 coach of Frosinone.<ref>{{cite web |language=it |url=https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/leandro-greco-nuovo-allenatore-della-primavera/ |publisher=Frosinone Calcio |date=9 August 2024 |accessdate=9 August 2024 |title=Leandro Greco nuovo allenatore della Primavera}}</ref> On 22 October 2024, following the dismissal of Vincenzo Vivarini after a negative start of the season with the team bottom of the league, Greco was promoted to head coach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conferenza stampa presidente Stirpe |url=https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/conferenza-stampa-presidente-stirpe/ |date=22 October 2024 |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Frosinone Calcio |language=it-IT}}</ref> On 17 February 2025, Greco was relieved of his duties.<ref>{{cite web | title=Greco Sollevato Dall'incarico | date=17 February 2025 | url=https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/greco-sollevato-dallincarico/ }}</ref>
He successively served as head coach of Serie C club Pro Patria from July to December 2025.<ref>{{cite web |language=it |accessdate=12 December 2025 |url=http://www.aurorapropatria1919.com/leandro-greco-non-e-piu-lallenatore-della-prima-squadra/ |publisher=Aurora Pro Patria 1919 |date=9 December 2025 |title=Leandro Greco non è più l’allenatore della Prima Squadra}}</ref>
==Honours==
;Olympiacos * Super League Greece (1): 2012–13
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/calciatore?p_p_id=BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC_idPersona=43757 Lega Serie A profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140702032605/http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/calciatore?p_p_id=BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC_idPersona=43757 |date=2 July 2014 }} {{in lang|it}} * {{Soccerway|leandro-greco/65795}}
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