By Chris Dunlavy
PROFILE ON GABRIELE CIOFFI
CRAWLEY TOWN MANAGER

CLEAR VISION: New Crawley Town manager Gabriele Cioffi
PICTURE: PA Images

GABRIELE CIOFFTI FACTFILE
Born: Florence, 1975 (Age 43)
Playing career: A 6ft 6ins central defender, Cioffi joined local side Sestese as a teenager and made his debut in 1992 at the age of 16. After two goals in 77 games, he sustained the first of three serious knee injuries and in mid-1996 joined Poggibonsi.
The next seven years were spent battling injury in Italy’s regional lower divisions with La Spezia (55 appearances, ...