Roberto Boscaglia

Rocco "Roberto" Boscaglia (born 24 May 1968) is an Italian football coach and former midfielder who is the head coach of club Sambenedettese.

Career A former amateur midfielder, Boscaglia took his first head coaching role in 2004 at the helm of Eccellenza club Akragas, obtaining a seventh and a second place in two seasons in charge. In 2006, Boscaglia took over from another Sicilian Eccellenza club, Alcamo, leading them to promotion to Serie D. This was then followed by two seasons at Nissa, during which he led the club to Serie D promotion (and a personal second consecutive Eccellenza title), then to a surprising third place in the top amateur flight.

Boscaglia's impressive results at Nissa sparked interest from ambitious Serie D club Trapani, owned by navigation entrepreneur Vittorio Morace, who offered him the vacant coaching role to bring the Granata back into professionalism. In his first season in charge, Boscaglia guided Trapani to second place behind Milazzo; however, the club was later admitted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione that season to fill a vacancy in the league.

In his first taste of professional football, Boscaglia led Trapani to another second place, defeating Avellino in the promotion play-off final to ensure his club a second consecutive promotion.

In the 2011–12 season, Trapani - now in the Italian third tier, Lega Pro Prima Divisione - surprisingly emerged as contenders for a third consecutive promotion, missing out on the last weekday to Spezia Calcio and then losing to Virtus Lanciano in the playoff finals. However, promotion was only delayed by one season as Boscaglia surprisingly led Trapani to a championship title the following year against the likes of Lecce, who were unanimously tipped as title favourites and ensured a historical first Serie B campaign ever for the Sicilian minnows. As head coach of a newly promoted Serie B club, he was therefore successfully admitted to the yearly UEFA Pro Licence course to be held in Coverciano. He was replaced by Pasquale Marino on 12 October 2017, only a few weeks after the club's takeover by Massimo Cellino. On 16 January 2018, he returned to Brescia following Marino's firing. He was however sacked once again on 29 April, leaving Brescia in thirteenth place in the Serie B table.

On 10 July 2018, he was appointed manager of Virtus Entella. On his first season in charge, he guided Virtus Entella to immediate promotion to Serie B as Serie C/A champions.

On 18 August 2020, Boscaglia was appointed manager of Palermo. He was sacked on 27 February 2021 following a 0–1 loss to Viterbese that left the Rosanero in mid-table zone, well below the top league spots.

In June 2022, after almost a year and a half of inactivity, Boscaglia was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie C club Foggia. On 27 September 2022, he left Foggia by mutual consent following a dismal start of the season, with only four points gained in the first five league games.

On 25 March 2024, Boscaglia returned to management as the new head coach of Serie C club Ancona until the end of the season, with an automatic contract extension in case of no relegation. After guiding Ancona to escape relegation, he was confirmed for one more season, but eventually found himself unemployed following the club's exclusion from Serie C due to financial issues.

On 25 October 2024, Boscaglia was hired as the new head coach of fellow Serie C club Latina. He was dismissed on 5 April 2025 following a poor run of results.

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