"Sunderland" club sacked manager P. Di Canio © EuroFootball.com

Strategist and former footballer Paolo Di Canio did not last long at "Sunderland" club - on Sunday the Italian was forced to leave the team.

P.Di Canio took over the helm of the "Premier" league club at the beginning of this year. Prior to that, the strategist coached the "Swindon Town" team.

The Italian led the "Sunderland" footballers for just 13 matches and was removed from the head coach position due to poor team results.

The club from Northern England is performing particularly poorly this season - out of five matches, the "Sunderland" team lost four and has only collected 1 point in the league table.

Last season, the team finished in 17th place, beating the relegated "Wigan" club by just 3 points.