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{{short description|Italian football manager (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Massimo Morales
| image = Massimo Morales.jpg
| caption = Morales in 2013
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1964|4|20}}
| birth_place = [[Caserta]], Italy
| currentclub = 
| position = 
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = [[A.S.D. Caserta Calcio|Casertana]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs1 = [[King Faisal Babes]]
| manageryears2 = 1999
| managerclubs2 = [[De Graafschap]]
| manageryears3 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs3 = [[Potenza S.C.|Potenza]]
| manageryears4 = 2001
| managerclubs4 = [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]]
| manageryears5 = 2001–2002
| managerclubs5 = [[Rondinella Calcio|Rondinella]]
| manageryears6 = 2002
| managerclubs6 = [[A.S. Varese 1910|Varese]]
| manageryears7 = 2003–2004
| managerclubs7 = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
| manageryears8 = 2005–2006
| managerclubs8 = [[SV Waldhof Mannheim|Waldhof Mannheim]]
| manageryears9 = 2008–2009
| managerclubs9 = [[1. FK Příbram]]
| manageryears10 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs10 = [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]
| manageryears11 = 2013
| managerclubs11 = [[Stuttgarter Kickers]]
| manageryears12 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs12 = [[Daytona SC]]
| manageryears13 = 2022
| managerclubs13 = [[S.S.D. Brescia Calcio Femminile|Brescia Women]]
}}
'''Massimo Morales''' (born 20 April 1964) is an Italian [[association football|football]] manager.

==Coaching career==
Morales was born in [[Caserta]]. He managed [[1. FK Příbram]] from March 2008, and led the Czech team to 2nd place in [[Czech 2. Liga]], thus ensuring promotion back to the national top flight. On 5 May 2009 1. FK Příbram owner [[Jaroslav Starka]] and the Italian coach mutually decided to part ways because the club was delaying the payment of the salaries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fkpribram.cz/clanky/Massimo-Morales-u-tymu-konci.1001/ |title=Massimo Morales u týmu končí |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235313/http://www.fkpribram.cz/clanky/Massimo-Morales-u-tymu-konci.1001/ |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 29 October 2009, he was named as the new head coach of [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]], replacing Tibor Sisa. In season 2010, after [[Újpest FC]] defeated his team, he resigned.

He later worked for the staff of English team [[Watford F.C.|Watford]].

In 2019 he was named head coach of [[Daytona SC]].

He successively served as head coach of [[S.S.D. Brescia Calcio Femminile|Brescia Women]] from June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bresciacalciofemminile.it/massimo-morales-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-bcf/ |publisher=Brescia Calcio Femminile |language=it |date=19 June 2022 |title=MASSIMO MORALES È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL BCF}}</ref> to September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bresciacalciofemminile.it/comunicato-ufficiale-massimo-morales-non-e-piu-lallenatore-del-brescia/ |publisher=Brescia Calcio Femminile |language=it |date=10 September 2022 |title=COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: MASSIMO MORALES NON È PIÙ L’ALLENATORE DEL BRESCIA}}</ref>

==Career==
''Coaching career history''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/massimo-morales-muz-ktery-tahne-pribram-do-ligy-f5v-/fot_dsouteze.asp?c=A080523_081046_fot_dsouteze_rou |publisher=iDNES.cz |language=cs |title=Massimo Morales: muž, který táhne Příbram do ligy |access-date=5 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/08/05/slavia.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |title=Slavia, antipasto italiano|date=5 August 2008 |access-date=5 August 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Club !! Period !! Role
|-
| [[ESV München]] || 1991 || Youth team coach (18-year old)
|-
| [[FC Bayern Munich]] || 1992–1994 || Youth team coach (16-year old)
|-
| [[FC Bayern Munich]] || 1994–1995 || [[Giovanni Trapattoni]]'s assistant coach
|-
| [[King Faisal Babes]] || 1995–1996 || Head coach
|-
| [[A.C. Milan]] || 1996–1998 || Scout
|-
| [[Ghana national football team]] || 1998–1999 || Assistant coach
|-
| [[De Graafschap]] || 1999 || Head coach
|-
| [[Potenza S.C.|F.C. Potenza]] || 2000–2001 || Head coach ([[Serie D]])
|-
| [[AC Bellinzona]] || 2001 || Head coach ([[Swiss Challenge League|Nationalliga B]])
|-
| [[Rondinella Calcio]] || 2001–2002 || Head coach ([[Serie C2]])
|-
| [[A.S. Varese 1910]] || 2002 || Head coach ([[Serie C1]])
|-
| [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] || 2003–2004 || Head coach
|-
| [[SV Waldhof Mannheim]] || 2005–2006 || Head coach
|-
| [[1. FK Příbram]] || 2008–2009 || Head coach
|-
| [[Budapest Honvéd]] || 2009–2010 || Head coach
|-
| [[SV Stuttgarter Kickers]] || 2013 || Head coach
|-
| [[Daytona SC]] ||2019– || Head coach
|}

==References==
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