Bruno Conti departs Roma after over 50 years as academy chief
Club News·30 June 2026·8d ago

Bruno Conti departs Roma after over 50 years as academy chief

Source: Roma News

Bruno Conti has left AS Roma upon the expiry of his contract, marking the departure of one of the club's most significant historical figures. Conti arrived at Trigoria as a teenager from Nettuno fifty-three years ago and went on to win Serie A and international honours as a player before spending decades leading the club's youth academy and talent development programme.

Conti's exit follows a period of gradual diminishment in his role, a process that began under previous ownership and has continued under the Friedkin Group. As his influence over the academy's direction progressively weakened, the decision to depart became what the club has described as a natural conclusion. His departure represents Roma's loss of what many regard as the final direct link to the club's foundational identity, following the earlier exits of Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi from official roles.

The club now faces questions about how it will preserve its historical identity and cultural values, particularly in transmitting a sense of belonging to academy players and foreign recruits. Without figures capable of explaining what it means to represent Roma, there is concern the institution risks becoming a conventional corporate operation rather than a club rooted in the specific identity and traditions of the city.

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A mezzanotte è CALATO un silenzio diverso su Trigoria. Un silenzio che fa rumore, perché l’addio di Bruno Conti oltre a un cambio di organigramma è la rimozione dell’ultimo, vero pilastro identitario della storia romanista. Allo scadere del suo contratto se ne va l’uomo che cinquantatré anni fa…

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