Vittorio Russo

Vittorio Russo (born 16 February 1939) is an Italian football manager and former player. He last served head coach of Serie A outfit A.S. Livorno Calcio until October 2009.

Career Russo was born in Trieste. A defender, he played for Sambenedettese. He started a coaching career, initially as a player-manager, and then focused only on managerial duties. He also guided Pro Gorizia at Serie C2 level before to enter the Italian Football Federation as a technician, serving as an assistant to Rossano Giampaglia and Marco Tardelli with the Italy national under-21 football team. In 2005, he joined Triestina to guide the club's Under-19 team, and also guided the Serie B first team on an interim basis, together with general manager Francesco De Falco, from November 2005 to February 2006. He successively served as assistant coach to Walter Mazzarri at Sampdoria during the 2008–09 season.