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Giancarlo Italiano

Coach🇦🇺

Wellington Phoenix · A-League

1610Current Elo

80 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

low-volume

Domestic cupInternational cup

Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

Wellington Phoenix

Oct 2023 – Apr 2026 · 80 matches

1.39 points per game in A-League (80 matches).

Wellington Phoenix with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.40 (80 matches, 1 coach).

Line-up Elo: −58 below the league average under him, −19 under the others.

Most used

  1. A. Rufer5,778' · Elo 1,633
  2. S. Wootton4,770' · Elo 1,671
  3. K. Barbarouses4,652' · Elo 1,331
  4. I. Hughes4,548' · Elo 1,618
  5. T. Payne4,530' · Elo 1,534
  6. M. Sheridan3,830' · Elo 1,657
  7. L. Kelly-Heald3,711' · Elo 1,507
  8. K. Nagasawa3,612' · Elo 1,624
  9. S. Sutton3,153' · Elo 1,685
  10. J. Oluwayemi3,116' · Elo 1,600

Players under Giancarlo Italiano

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. M. Sheridan+377

    in 55 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  2. L. Kelly-Heald+374

    in 61 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  3. A. Paulsen+338

    in 28 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  4. I. Eze+318

    in 25 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  5. C. Piper+302

    in 48 matches · Wellington Phoenix

Fell most

  1. H. Ishige−84

    in 29 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  2. B. Tuiloma−69

    in 14 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  3. M. Rojas−65

    in 7 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  4. Francisco Geraldes−54

    in 5 matches · Wellington Phoenix

  5. S. Kartum−53

    in 12 matches · Wellington Phoenix

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. J. McGarry portrait

    J. McGarry1557

    in 3 matches · Brisbane Roar

    −98
  2. V. Germain portrait

    V. Germain1431

    in 5 matches · Macarthur

    −82
  3. J. O'Shea portrait

    J. O'Shea1354

    in 8 matches · Brisbane Roar

    −79
  4. B. Fornaroli portrait

    B. Fornaroli1415

    in 6 matches · Melbourne Victory

    −75
  5. Y. Salas portrait

    Y. Salas1476

    in 3 matches · Brisbane Roar

    −72

Nemeses

  1. C. Howieson portrait

    C. Howieson1468

    in 5 matches · Auckland

    +214
  2. J. Randall portrait

    J. Randall1743

    in 4 matches · Auckland

    +156
  3. L. Rogerson portrait

    L. Rogerson1750

    in 6 matches · Auckland

    +153
  4. F. de Vries portrait

    F. de Vries1790

    in 6 matches · Auckland

    +145
  5. S. Souprayen portrait

    S. Souprayen1548

    in 6 matches · Melbourne City

    +118

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

  1. Michael Valkanis1494

    in 3 matches · Brisbane Roar

    −42

  2. Anthony Popović1963

    in 4 matches · Melbourne Victory

    −23

  3. M. Jackson1625

    in 5 matches · Central Coast Mariners

    −20

  4. Airton Andrioli1657

    in 3 matches · Adelaide United

    −16

  5. John Aloisi1820

    in 4 matches · Western United

    −14

Nemesis coaches

  1. S. Corica1865

    in 6 matches · Auckland

    +97

  2. Arthur Diles1770

    in 5 matches · Melbourne Victory

    +56

  3. Aurelio Vidmar1759

    in 6 matches · Melbourne City

    +40

  4. Alen Stajčić1600

    in 5 matches · Western Sydney Wanderers

    +38

  5. R. Stanton1467

    in 5 matches · Newcastle Jets

    +30

Playing style

How Giancarlo Italiano's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)

Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.

low-volume

One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.