[custom_adv] Andrea Stramaccioni (born 9 January 1976) is an Italian football manager and former player who currently manages Esteghlal in Persian Gulf Pro League. [custom_adv] A football coach with experiences as a youth coach of Roma and Internazionale, he was put in charge of first team duties on 26 March 2012 to replace Claudio Ranieri. He is also a 2010 law graduate. [custom_adv] On 13 June 2019, Stramaccioni was appointed as coach of club Esteghlal, signing a two-year contract. [custom_adv] He later revealed in an interview that after having a conversation with former national volleyball team coach Julio Velasco, he was convinced to accept a coaching job. [custom_adv] Upon being appointed, Stramaccioni declared that Meysam Teymouri, Farshad Mohammadi Mehr, Armin Sohrabian, Rouhollah Bagheri and Reza Karimi were not part of his plans for the coming season. [custom_adv] After 14 months in charge of Inter and a difficult 2012–13 Serie A campaign which saw them finish in 9th place and thus fail to qualify for Europe for the first time in 15 seasons, the club announced on 24 May 2013 that Stramaccioni had been sacked and replaced by Walter Mazzarri.