Patrick Vieira has stepped down as Genoa head coach by mutual settlement, with the membership sitting backside of Serie A.
The previous Arsenal captain, who was appointed in November 2024, departs after failing to safe a league victory this season.
In a short announcement, Genoa confirmed that Vieira “was now not the coach of the primary crew.”
Stories recommend that he initiated talks with the membership on Friday night, the place each side agreed to finish his tenure.
Vieira took cost with Genoa in seventeenth place final season and efficiently steered them to security, recording eight wins and 9 attracts from 26 matches to complete thirteenth in Serie A.
This marketing campaign, nonetheless, has been far harder. Genoa have managed simply two wins in all competitions, each coming within the Coppa Italia, whereas struggling six defeats of their opening 9 league fixtures, together with 5 losses of their previous six video games.
“The membership want to thank the coach and his workers for the dedication and professionalism they’ve proven all through their work and desires all of them the perfect for his or her future careers,” learn Genoa’s assertion.
As a participant, Vieira loved a glittering profession, profitable three Premier League titles and 4 FA Cups with Arsenal, together with home honours at AC Milan, Inter Milan and Manchester Metropolis.
He was additionally a key a part of the France crew that gained the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
After retiring in 2011, Vieira started his managerial profession with New York Metropolis FC in 2016 earlier than transferring to Good, guiding them to a seventh-place end in his first Ligue 1 season. He was dismissed in December 2020.
Vieira later managed Crystal Palace, main them to the FA Cup semi-finals in 2022, however was sacked the next 12 months after a 12-game winless run.
He joined RC Strasbourg in 2023 because the membership’s first head coach beneath new possession by BlueCo, who additionally personal Chelsea, however left by mutual consent in July 2024.
