Fabiano Speggiorin and Mark Strukelj join Triestina’s Youth Sector

US Triestina Calcio are pleased to announce Fabiano Speggiorin and Mark Strukelj will join the club's Youth Sector.

Speggiorin has been appointed as Head of Youth Scouting, while Strukelj has been assigned the role of Technical Director of the Youth Sector.

Speggiorin, 72, after a career with over 100 appearances in Serie B, has garnered nearly three decades of managerial experience with Reggiana, Inter, and Venezia, serving as the Head of Youth Scouting for both Inter and Venezia in the last thirteen years.

Strukelj, 61, following his playing career and a twenty-year coaching journey across all professional ranks as assistant to Attilio Tesser, returns to Trieste to embark on this new important chapter in his career.

The welcome from the Head of Methodology of the Alabardati Youth Sector, Bojan Kurjakovic:

"We've known Mark and Fabiano for many years; being able to work with professionals like them is not only positive for the club but also an honor for me. With their contribution, I am confident that we can lay the groundwork for an important Youth Sector for Triestina in the coming years. Fairness, organization, and discipline are concepts and objectives that we consider paramount for the growth of the academy. We believe that there can be no better choice than the inclusion of Fabiano and Mark to pursue them in the long term".

 Speggiorin and Strukelj:

"The space to work and leverage our knowledge is fundamental, Mark in a more technical aspect and Fabiano in a more organizational aspect focused on player selection. We believe there is all the groundwork to do great work, aiming for an analysis of developments over the next two or three years. We all have ideas now; the goal is to create the conditions to put them into practice, developing a solid, important, and long-lasting path.

We think there is the will from the club, because it is an ambitious club and as such cannot only be ambitious in a specific area but must be so in managing things comprehensively. Being concrete is not just about winning a game; it is about giving solidity to everything you do, with the awareness that behind the scenes, starting from the youngest levels of the academy, we work to then bring the club to its maximum expression, as the first team and as a whole, in all areas".