Coach DNA
Playing style
direct
Style consistency
More consistent than 83% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Cremonese
Aug 2025 – Mar 2026 · 31 matches
0.90 points per game in Serie A (30 matches).
Cremonese with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.79 (43 matches, 3 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −169 below the league average under him, −203 under the others.
Most used
- E. Audero2,441' · Elo 1,934
- F. Terracciano2,416' · Elo 1,968
- F. Baschirotto2,351' · Elo 1,875
- G. Pezzella1,998' · Elo 1,882
- F. Bonazzoli1,903' · Elo 1,890
- M. Bianchetti1,864' · Elo 1,870
- J. Vardy1,828' · Elo 1,612
- J. Vandeputte1,663' · Elo 1,881
- W. Bondo1,519' · Elo 1,863
- T. Barbieri1,494' · Elo 1,899
Cagliari
Aug 2024 – May 2025 · 41 matches
0.95 points per game in Serie A (38 matches).
Cagliari with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.03 (119 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −165 below the league average under him, −150 under the others.
Most used
- S. Luperto3,332' · Elo 1,920
- G. Zappa3,310' · Elo 1,959
- R. Piccoli3,273' · Elo 2,051
- T. Augello2,979' · Elo 1,989
- N. Zortea2,840' · Elo 2,073
- Y. Mina2,585' · Elo 2,040
- M. Adopo2,547' · Elo 2,135
- A. Makoumbou2,263' · Elo 1,937
- Zito Luvumbo1,711' · Elo 1,898
- E. Caprile1,629' · Elo 2,166
Empoli
Jan 2024 – May 2024 · 18 matches
1.28 points per game in Serie A (18 matches).
Empoli with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.96 (134 matches, 3 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −166 below the league average under him, −146 under the others.
Most used
- E. Caprile1,620' · Elo 2,166
- S. Luperto1,607' · Elo 1,920
- E. Gyasi1,336' · Elo 1,695
- N. Cambiaghi1,249' · Elo 2,154
- Y. Maleh1,216' · Elo 1,907
- S. Walukiewicz1,172' · Elo 2,152
- B. Bereszyński1,107' · Elo 1,601
- A. Ismajli1,032' · Elo 2,091
- R. Marin970' · Elo 2,144
- S. Żurkowski837' · Elo 1,784
Salernitana
Feb 2022 – Apr 2023 · 45 matches
1.07 points per game in Serie A (44 matches).
Salernitana with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.61 (70 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −154 below the league average under him, −228 under the others.
Most used
- L. Coulibaly3,426' · Elo 1,946
- L. Sepe2,834' · Elo 1,698
- P. Mazzocchi2,535' · Elo 1,766
- F. Fazio2,420' · Elo 1,547
- N. Gyömbér2,409' · Elo 1,772
- A. Candreva2,243' · Elo 1,558
- B. Dia1,908' · Elo 2,054
- F. Bonazzoli1,836' · Elo 1,890
- T. Vilhena1,746' · Elo 1,681
- D. Bradarić1,716' · Elo 1,890
Torino
Jan 2021 – May 2021 · 20 matches
1.20 points per game in Serie A (20 matches).
Torino with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.33 (223 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −139 below the league average under him, +4 under the others.
Most used
- Bremer1,594' · Elo 2,250
- C. Ansaldi1,549' · Elo 1,274
- R. Mandragora1,534' · Elo 2,163
- S. Sirigu1,448' · Elo 1,490
- A. Izzo1,420' · Elo 1,813
- T. Rincón1,406' · Elo 734
- A. Belotti1,387' · Elo 1,875
- S. Lukić987' · Elo 2,189
- A. Sanabria984' · Elo 1,907
- S. Zaza956' · Elo 1,496
Genoa
Jan 2020 – Aug 2020 · 21 matches
1.25 points per game in Serie A (20 matches).
Genoa with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.92 (189 matches, 10 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −108 below the league average under him, −102 under the others.
Most used
- M. Perin1,806' · Elo 2,066
- D. Biraschi1,387' · Elo 1,808
- C. Romero1,306' · Elo 2,458
- A. Masiello1,249' · Elo 1,009
- L. Schöne1,246' · Elo 1,096
- V. Behrami1,180' · Elo 978
- A. Sanabria1,093' · Elo 1,907
- D. Criscito1,063' · Elo 1,679
- A. Pinamonti1,027' · Elo 2,087
- S. Sturaro1,025' · Elo 1,619
Udinese
Nov 2018 – Mar 2019 · 15 matches
1.07 points per game in Serie A (15 matches).
Udinese with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.12 (202 matches, 7 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −48 below the league average under him, −50 under the others.
Most used
- J. Musso1,350' · Elo 2,324
- W. Troost-Ekong1,350' · Elo 1,770
- J. Stryger Larsen1,345' · Elo 1,732
- R. De Paul1,233' · Elo 2,209
- B. Nuytinck1,195' · Elo 1,488
- S. Fofana1,194' · Elo 2,016
- R. Mandragora1,158' · Elo 2,163
- I. Pussetto974' · Elo 1,706
- M. D'Alessandro805' · Elo 1,431
- K. Lasagna760' · Elo 1,547
Crotone
Aug 2016 – Dec 2017 · 54 matches
0.87 points per game in Serie A (53 matches).
Crotone with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.78 (32 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −231 below the league average under him, −189 under the others.
Most used
- A. Cordaz4,586' · Elo 724
- F. Ceccherini4,270' · Elo 1,484
- A. Barberis3,363' · Elo 1,622
- G. Ferrari3,330' · Elo 1,765
- M. Rohdén3,278' · Elo 1,715
- D. Falcinelli3,129' · Elo 1,500
- B. Martella3,083' · Elo 1,664
- Adrian Marius Stoian2,620' · Elo 1,261
- M. Trotta2,572' · Elo 1,334
- A. Rosi2,564' · Elo 1,337
Players under Davide Nicola
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- F. Bonazzoli+473
in 73 matches · Cremonese
- M. Adopo+383
in 38 matches · Cagliari
- A. Nalini+271
in 28 matches · Crotone
- F. Terracciano+270
in 29 matches · Cremonese
- R. Piccoli+251
in 40 matches · Cagliari
Fell most
- J. Vardy−143
in 25 matches · Cremonese
- R. Marin−121
in 49 matches · Cagliari
- Y. Mina−118
in 31 matches · Cagliari
- K. Piątek−103
in 25 matches · Salernitana
- L. Pavoletti−99
in 28 matches · Cagliari
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−81M. Badelj1660
in 6 matches · Genoa
−76R. Malinovskyi2030
in 7 matches · Genoa
−65E. Valeri1987
in 6 matches · Parma
−57R. Palacio1214
in 4 matches · Bologna
−56F. Cacciatore1533
in 3 matches · Cagliari
Nemeses
+127G. Pezzella1882
in 6 matches · Empoli
+122R. Saponara1647
in 7 matches · Fiorentina
+113F. Baschirotto1875
in 5 matches · Lecce
+111D. Lazović1625
in 9 matches · Verona
+109A. Izzo1813
in 11 matches · Monza
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −53
Rolando Maran1667
in 4 matches · Cagliari
- −36
in 8 matches · Bologna
- −34
Paolo Zanetti1961
in 5 matches · Verona
- −23
P. Vieira2015
in 3 matches · Genoa
- −19
Paulo Fonseca2253
in 3 matches · AC Milan
Nemesis coaches
- +96
in 3 matches · Genoa
- +94
Marco Baroni1970
in 7 matches · Torino
- +90
G. Gasperini2344
in 13 matches · AS Roma
- +68
Roberto D'Aversa1867
in 5 matches · Empoli
- +50
in 5 matches · Napoli
Playing style
How Davide Nicola's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 6 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.55style consistency across 6 clubs
More consistent than 83% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Showing the 5 clubs with the most matches · +1 more club not shown.
Crotone53 matches
Salernitana45 matches
Cagliari41 matches
Cremonese31 matches
Genoa21 matches