Pietro Maiellaro

Pietro Maiellaro
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-09-29) September 29, 1963
Place of birth Candela, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
retired
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980-1981 Lucera 24 (4)
1981-1982 Avellino 0 (0)
1982-1983 Benevento 17 (1)
1983-1984 Avellino 6 (0)
1984-1985 Palermo 29 (2)
1985-1987 Taranto 57 (10)
1987-1991 Bari 119 (26)
1991-1992 Fiorentina 25 (4)
1992-1993 Venezia 19 (1)
1993-1994 Cosenza 31 (7)
1994-1995 Palermo 30 (9)
1995-1996 UANL Tigres 8 (0)
1996-1997 Benevento 24 (1)
Teams managed
2004-2005 Lucera
2005-2006 Noicattaro
2006-2007 Barletta

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007-10-02.


Pietro Maiellaro (born September 29, 1963 in Candela, Province of Foggia) is a former Italian football (soccer) player, in the role of midfielder, and now a coach.

Grown to Lucera, after a past spent in various teams, such as Benevento and Avellino) as wella s Palermo and Taranto, he moved to Bari in 1987.

He is best known for his four-year stay at Bari, scoring 26 goals (13 in Serie B and 13 in Serie A) with the biancorossi. One of his most memorable strikes was a 50-yard looping shot from inside the centre circle which sneaked in just under the bar, much to the horror of Bologna goalkeeper Gianluigi Valleriani, on March 24, 1991. Maiellaro earned a reputation as an enormously talented playmaker, displaying exceptional ball skills and scoring outstanding goals. He later moved to A.C. Fiorentina, where he was not however able to repeat his early successes.

Afterwards, he played for Varese, Palermo and Cosenza.[1] He also played with UANL Tigres before retiring and dedicating himself to the career of head coach in his hometown club Lucera and then for Noicattaro. He trained Barletta, a leading Serie D team with the goal of promoting to professional Serie C2 league, until 9 January 2007, when he was fired. He currently coaches the youth team of A.S. Bari.

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