Enzo Maresca is part Italian, part Spanish in his approach to coaching and life.
His Spanish influence stems from his family, and his exposure to Pep Guardiola's Barcelona while he was at Sevilla and Malaga during the peak years of his playing career.
Facing a Barcelona side regarded by some as the greatest club team of all time opened Maresca's eyes to a new way of playing, and helped spark the trend for technical, possession-based teams dominating at the highest level.
In Spain, Maresca also met his trusted ******* istant, Willy Caballero, and his children were born there. Spanish is now the main language spoken at home within his large family.
It was also his "football father", former Manchester City and West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini, who identified during Maresca's playing days that he had the qualities to become a coach.