Vincenzo Chiarenza was born on September 27, 1954, in Termini Imerese near Palermo.
He grew up in the Juventus youth teams until 1971 when he signed for Sampdoria. He debuted in Serie A on December 9, 1973. That season he played 15 games with one goal. In the summer of 1974, he was sold to Brindisi in Serie B. In 1975 he went north to Atalanta where he played for two years winning promotion to Serie A. He did not stay and left for Avellino in 1977 where again his club achieved promotion to the top tier. Back in Bergamo in 1978 in Serie A he did not play much so in 1979 he signed for Bari and after a year left for Taranto, both in the second tier.
In 1981 he signed for Lazio. It was not a positive year for the Biancocelesti who had begun with promotion hopes and ended up just about avoiding relegation to Serie C. But he was one of the positives of the year with 41 appearances. The 1982-83 season saw the return of Bruno Giordano and Lionello Manfredonia from the totonero suspension and Lazio were one of the favourites for promotion but he did not stay. After ten appearances between Serie B and Coppa Italia he was loaned to Udinese in Serie A. In 1983 he was back in Rome. Lazio in the meantime had finally been promoted to the top tier and Giorgio Chinaglia had bought the club. But after three appearances in Serie A and 3 in Coppa Italia he was sold to Triestina.
He stayed in Trieste for three years, all in Serie B before signing for Taranto in Serie C1 in 1985. He did not play much (just 16 league games) but won his third promotion. After a year in Serie B where he played even less (6 league appearances), he signed for Legnano in Serie C2 in 1987 and in 1988 he moved to Novara. His final two years of active football were with Pinerolo in the fifth tier.
Once he stopped playing, he started a career as a manager. He began in the Juventus youth sector where he stayed from 1991 to 2008, with the exception of a brief period as Valle d’Aosta manager. He was one of the most successful Primavera managers in the history of Juventus, winning a scudetto (2005-06), the Coppa Italia twice (2003-04 and 2006-07), the Super Coppa twice (2006 and 2007) and the Viareggio Cup three times (2003, 2004 and 2005).
His career with first team squads was not so successful: a few months at Ascoli in 2008, a month and a half at Sanremese in 2010 and a month at Como.
Chiarenza started out as a forward, gradually moving back during the course of his career. At Lazio he was a left back. He did very well but did not stay long. He made 54 appearances with the Biancocelesti with one goal.
Lazio career
Season | Total games (goals) | Serie A | Serie B | Coppa Italia |
1981-82 | 41 | - | 37 | 4 |
Jul-Oct 1982 | 10 (1) | - | 5 | 5 (1) |
Jul-Oct 1983 | 6 | 3 | - | 3 |
Total | 57 (1) | 3 | 42 | 12 (1) |
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