# Flavio Raffo

Flavio Raffo (born 14 January 1972) is an Italian football manager and a former footballer.

## Personal life

Flavio is a modern football coach who has a good knowledge about the different fields of the game in the past and present time. He is known for his mature personality towards the fans and his opponents. He believes that physical fitness is the thing of utmost importance for all footballers which helps them establish a positive attitude within themselves. According to the Rome-born coach, if a player desires to win then he has to be both mentally and technically superior to others. His thoughts on football's future back in his home country, Italy are highly appreciable. He believes that the need of the hour is to restructure and re-plan the football schools in Italy with the aim of making a player better mentally, technically and physically instead of thinking of the financial profit. According to him, the work is hard but not impossible.

## Managerial career

Flavio holds the UEFA Pro Licence, the highest football coaching qualification. He received the UEFA Pro Licence on 4 May 2012 from the Italian Football Federation.

### Ostia Mare Lido Calcio

He began his managerial career in 2007 with Ostia-based club, A.S. Ostia Mare Lido Calcio.

### Pomezia Calcio

In 2008, he moved to Pomezia where he was appointed as the head coach of Pomezia Calcio on a one-year contract.

### Academie Ny Antsika

He first moved out of Italy in 2009 to Africa and more accurately to Madagascar where he was appointed as the head coach of THB Champions League club, Academie Ny Antsika. In the 2010-11 THB Champions League, he had a successful run with the club helping them secure the first position in the Group B in 1st Phase with 15 points from 5 wins and the first position in the Group A in 2nd Phase with 9 points from 3 wins.

### Africa Sports d'Abidjan

In 2011, he again moved out of Italy to an African country and this time to Ivory Coast where he was appointed as the head coach of Ligue 1 club, Africa Sports d'Abidjan. He helped the Abidjan-based club secure the second position in the 2011-12 Ligue 1 in the Group A during the regular season.

### Al-Ittihad

In 2013, he again moved out of Italy and this time to Middle East and more accurately to Oman where he was appointed as the head coach of Oman Professional League club, Al-Ittihad Club.

### Muktijoddha Sangsad

In December 2014, he moved to Bangladesh where on 28 December 2014, he was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh Premier League club, Muktijoddha Sangsad KC. He helped the Dhaka-based club achieve the runners-up position in the 2014–15 Bangladesh Federation Cup. Just after a month with the Dhaka-based club, the Italy-born coach decided to terminate his contract with the Bangladeshi club having failed to reach an agreement on the salary issue.

## Achievements as manager
### Honors

* With Academie Ny Antsika
* THB Champions League (1):
   * Winners 2010-11 (1st Phase - Group B) (2nd Phase - Group 1)
* With Africa Sports d'Abidjan
* Ligue 1 (0):
   * Runners-up 2011-12 (regular-season - Group A)
* With Muktijoddha Sangsad
* Bangladesh Federation Cup (0):
   * Runners-up 2014-15