Here is all you need to know about Italian football manager Enzo Maresca including his age, salary, bio and more
Leicester City got promoted to the Premier League after Leeds United was destroyed by Queens Park Rangers. After falling to Championship leaders Leicester 4-0 at Loftus Road, Daniel Farke’s club is still four points behind them with one game left.
Leicester could win the Championship title on Monday if they overcome Preston and third-place Ipswich loses to Hull City on Saturday. Behind all this is the man everyone is talking about. The manager of the side, Enzo Maresca and here is all we need to look about him.
Who is Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca, bio, age, family, wife, salary, teams coached and tactics
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Who is Enzo Maresca?
Enzo Maresca is an Italian football manager who was born on February 10, 1980 in Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy. The 44-year-old stands 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) tall and currently manages Leicester City.
The father of Enzo Maresca is Pasquale.
A look at Enzo Maresca’s career so far
The Leicester City boss is a former player who played as a midfielder’s for several clubs. After spending his youth career with AC Milan and Cagliari, he played his senior career with the clubs like (1998-2000) West Bromwich Albion, (2000-2004) Juventus, (2000-2001) Bologna (loan), (2002-2003) Piacenza (loan), (2004-2005), Fiorentina, (2005-2009) Sevilla, (2009-2010) Olympiacos, (2011-2012) Malaga, (2012-2014) Sampdoria, (2014-2016) Palermo and (2016-2017) Hellas Verona.
For his international career, he has represented his side at (1995) Italy U15, (1995) Italy U16, (1998) Italy U17, (1998-1999) Italy U18, (1999-2000) Italy U20, (2000-2002) Italy U21.
On February 10, 2017, his 37th birthday, he used to his personal Instagram account to announce his retirement from football after over twenty years of playing.
Ascoli’s upcoming second division campaign revealed Maresca’s status as a non-playing staff member on June 1st, 2017. August 2020 saw the hiring of him by Manchester City to manage their Elite Development Squad.
He was announced Parma’s new head coach on May 27, 2021, after leading Manchester City to victory in the Premier League 2. In June 2022, he rejoined Manchester City as one of assistant manager under Pep Guardiola, replacing Juanma Lillo, who later became Al-Sadd’s coach.
Maresca was appointed manager of the Championship squad on June 16, 2023, after agreeing to a three-year contract with Leicester City, the recently demoted English team. His Leicester squad was promoted back to the Premier League on April 26, 2024, following Queens Park Rangers’ 4-0 victory over Leeds United.
Enzo Maresca’s wife
Enzo Maresca is married to Maria Jesus Pariente and the two have welcomed four children together.
Enzo Maresca’s salary
Enzo Maresca, who prefers 4-3-3 attack, has earned around $2,729,330 throughout his playing career as a midfielder. His salary as a manager is not known.
His team’s inside-channel runs from the eights can penetrate the back line, taking the pressure off the centre-forward to make runs and opposing midfielders track these runs and nullify the eights, the central-midfield unit with the inverted full-back can dominate the ball which gives high posession to the team.