Emiliano Bigica

Emiliano Bigica (born 4 September 1973) is an Italian former professional 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