Diego Longo (born 16 August 1976) is an Italian association football coach. He was born in Genova, Italy, and is currently the assistant coach of PAOK FC

Coaching career

Diego Longo has been by Răzvan Lucescu’s side since 2005, as his closest associate and first assistant.

Born on 29 January 1976, he graduated from Genova College and then studied in the universities of Florence and Lyon, taking courses relative to sports, coaching, physiology, anatomy and injury prevention and control.

In the first years of his career, he dealt with coaching in youth squads of various clubs in Italy, before joining the coaching staff of Pontessimo and then making the leap to Rapid București, where he first met Lucescu. Since then, he has followed the Romanian coach in all his professional steps and has been his assistant. His main job is to analyze the rivals, the team's matches and set up physical condition trainings.

He has also followed seminars on video analysis and has also earned the coaching diplomas of UEFA, making it to the UEFA Pro.