Emiliano Bigica

Emiliano Bigica

Personal information
Full name	Emiliano Francesco Bigica
Date of birth	(1973-09-04) 4 September 1973
Place of birth	Bari, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sassuolo U19 (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1981	Bari
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	Empoli	7	(0)
1992–1993	Potenza	27	(0)
1993–1995	Bari	60	(2)
1995–2001	Fiorentina	60	(0)
2001	Napoli	2	(0)
2001–2002	Salernitana	11	(0)
2002–2003	Napoli	11	(0)
2003	Nocerina	14	(0)
2003–2004	Mantova	10	(0)
2004–2005	Potenza	16	(0)
2005–2007	Novara	22	(0)
International career
1994	Italy U21	1	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2009	Novara U17
2009–2010	Vigevano
2011–2012	Verbania
2012–2013	Sporting Bellinzago
2014–2016	Empoli U17
2016–2017	Italy U17
2017–2020	Fiorentina U19
2020–	Sassuolo U19
2024	Sassuolo (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emiliano Bigica (born 4 September 1973) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

After playing at youth level for Bari, Bigica started his professional career in 1991 for Empoli. He successively went on to have a career in the major leagues of Italian football, making his Serie A debut in 1994 with Bari and then joining Fiorentina in 1995, with whom he spent four seasons and won a Coppa Italia and an Italian Supercup. He retired in 2007.

Coaching career

After retiring, Bigica went on to a coaching career which started in 2007 as part of the youth system of Novara. After a few seasons at the amateur level of Piedmont, in 2014 he returned to work at the youth level with Empoli, successively working in charge of the Italy U17 and then Fiorentina U19 and Sassuolo U19.

On 25 February 2024, Bigica was temporarily promoted as head coach in charge of the first team of Sassuolo, following the dismissal of Alessio Dionisi.

Honours

Fiorentina

• Coppa Italia: 1995–96
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1996

External links

• Emiliano Bigica at WorldFootball.net