Vincenzo Mirra was born in Rome on March 6, 1962.
He went through the whole Lazio youth set up before joining the first team squad in 1981-82.
It was a difficult season for Lazio on and off the field. Lazio started with promotion ambitions but then only narrowly escaped relegation. The manager was first Ilario Castagner and then from January Roberto Clagluna. Mirra played 8 league games with 1 goal (Reggiana in 1-1 away draw).
In 1982 he joined Empoli in Serie C and won the league and promotion. The manager was Giampiero Vitali and Mirra played 19 league games.
In 1983 he stayed in Tuscany but moved to Siena for two seasons. Robur were in C1 and were relegated but came straight back up the following year. He played 42 league games. His teammates included former Lazio, Leonardo Surro (1981-83).
In 1985 he moved down to Campania and joined Nocerina for two seasons (Nocera Inferiore). The Rossoneri were in Serie D but won the league and got promoted and then finished 10th in Serie C1. Mirra played 56 league games with 4 goals.
In 1987-88 he spent a season at Atletico Catania in C2 but only played 5 league games and the Atletisti finished 10th.
In 1988 he returned to Nocerina for a season. The Molossi (The Molossians) had by now changed name and fallen to regional amateur level. They won promotion to Serie D and Mirra played 21 league games with 1 goal but he missed several months due to injury.
In 1989-90 he played at Ravenna in Serie C2. The Giallorossi finished 11th and Mirra played 29 league games.
His last season was with Narnese in 1991-92 in Serie D but the Umbri were relegated. He played 15 league games. At 38 he retired.
He reappeared in the football world in 2000 when he coached the Italian Women's team goalkeepers for two years. From 2002 to 2004 he was head coach of the Italy Women's U21's.
In 2004-05 he returned to Lazio. He was Giuseppe Papadopulo's assistant when he took over in January 2005. Their first game in charge was the epic 3-1 derby win. Lazio then finished 13th.
In 2006 he was in charge of Ascoli's scouting setup and then of the Bianconeri's youth academy.
Since retiring he has also had periods as a director. He was sporting director at Ascoli in 2009-10.
In 2011 he was sporting director at Grosseto and in 2012 at Siena he was assistant to the sporting director Stefano Antonelli. He then had stints at Bari as head of the technical sector, at Chievo as assistant to the sporting director and at Atalanta as a scout.
Mirra then became technical assistant to Giuseppe Iachini and followed him from Sassuolo (2017-18), Empoli (2018-19) and Fiorentina (2019-2000).
As a player Mirra was a defender. His peak was with Lazio but it was a problematic season. The highlight of his career was scoring for Lazio against Reggiana and the highest selling local sports paper came out with the headline: "Oro è Vincenzo Mirra" (Mirra translates as Myrrh in English and Oro is Gold...). Unfortunately, the rest of his career was not so golden although he did win four promotions.
Lazio career
Season | Serie B Appearances | Serie B Goals |
1981-82 | 8 | 1 |
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