Cristiano Bacci

Cristiano Bacci (born 6 July 1975) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Primeira Liga club Tondela.

Playing career Bacci has played for Roma and for various Serie C2 and Serie D teams, such as Viareggio, Olbia, Sanremese, Pro Vercelli, Legnano, Biellese and Virtus Entella.

Managerial career After his retirement, Bacci became the manager of his last club Virtus Entella juniores and he won the Campionato Juniores Nazionali. He became the coach of the first team in the 2010–11 season in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Group A until the 30th game, being dismissed after the 2–0 defeat by Pro Patria and replaced by Luca Prina.

From 5 December 2011 until the end of the season, Bacci was the new coach of Derthona, then Folgore Caratese in the Serie D until the summer of 2015. In February 2016, he took over Portuguese club Olhanense, but was sacked on 1 November 2017.

Bacci was subsequently an assistant coach of Răzvan Lucescu at PAOK and Al Hilal, and was part of Gabriele Cioffi's staff at Udinese in the 2023–24 season. On 20 June 2024, he was appointed as the new manager of Boavista, in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.