Giorgio Sterchele (born 8 January 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Playing career Sterchele was born in Schio. In his early years, he played with Vicenza Calcio, the team of his province. He played regularly for the club from 1991 and won Serie A promotion with the team in 1995. He achieved two promotions, and in 1995, he moved on to A.S. Roma. He also played for Cagliari (January 1997), Bologna, Ternana (January 1999) and Perugia Calcio (January 2000), before returning to Vicenza in 2000.
With 285 appearances for Vicenza, he has played more matches than any other goalkeeper in Vicenza's history. Only three players in the history of Vicenza have played in more games than Sterchele.
Coaching career In July 2008, Sterchele started collaborating with a newly established soccer school in the province of Vicenza (Zanè - Sarcedo) with the task of taking care of the technical aspects of the young goalkeepers.Sarcedo riparte da Supergino, ilgiornaledivicenza.it, 15 May 2009 Halfway through the season he was promoted to first-team coach and confirmed for the following season, despite the team's relegation.Il Sarcedo riparte da Supergino, ilgiornaledivicenza.it, 15 May 2009 However, in November 2009 he was forced to leave the position due to health problems with a leg.Sarcedo, Supergino deve abdicare La panchina affidata a Fontana, ilgiornaledivicenza.it, 13 November 2009
Ahead of the 2009–10 season, while he was still coaching Sarcedo, Lamberto Zauli, his former teammate from Vicenza, hired Sterchele as his goalkeeper coach at Bellaria Igea Marina.La "Guidolin band" è finita sul ponte di comando, ladomenicadivicenza.gruppovideomedia.it, 24 July 2010 He only stayed in this position for two months.Sterchele sui portieri: “Al momento opportuno verrà fatta una scelta”, padovasport.tv, 25 July 2011 On 18 June 2011, instead, he became the new goalkeeper coach of Alessandro Dal Canto's Padova.Sterchele sarà il preparatore dei portieri, padovasport.tv, 18 June 2011 Dal Canto and his staff, including Sterchele, left Padova at the end of the season.
On 15 July 2013, he became the new goalkeeping coach of Unione Venezia.Venezia, Zanchi affiancherà mister Dal Canto, tuttoatalanta.com, 16 July 2013 He was then unemployed until the 2017–18 season, where he functioned as goalkeeper coach of Vicenza's U19 team.Staff Vicenza - Berretti Berretti C Fase Finale Italia - 2017-18, tuttocampo.it On 10 May 2018, Sterchele was promoted to first team coach.Zanini torna a guidare il Vicenza Calcio, sportvicentino.it, 10 May 2018 He left at the end of the month.
Ahead of the 2018–19 season, he was hired as the goalkeeper coach of AC Este.Staff Este - Serie D Girone C Italia - 2018-19, tuttocampo.it He left at the end of the season.Archiviate le ferie, per l'Este è tempo di tornare in campo a sudare, ilgazzettino.it, 22 July 2019 Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Sterchele was hired by Schio.Calciomercato del Sabato: Ferme il 42% delle squadre vicentine!!, calciovicentino.it, 24 October 2020
References
External links 2006–07 Profile at La Gazzetta