Pierpaolo Marino is leaving his position as sporting director of Udinese.

Marino departs the Zebrette after four years in charge.

Udinese announced this morning: "At the end of the 2022/2023 football season, Udinese Calcio and Pierpaolo Marino will not continue their journey together.

"Marino has represented an added value for Udinese in all the years lived as managers in black and white, sharing a very important cycle with the club since the end of the 90s and then contributing, in the last four years, to the consolidation of the team which has always confirmed, in advance, its participation in the top Serie A.

"The human relationship and friendship between Pierpaolo Marino and Udinese Calcio will remain unchanged with the Club expressing all its gratitude to the director for the great professionalism and skills always made available to the black and white cause."