At the age of 29, Serie A is about to be born the second youngest coach in history

The Sun reported on June 17 that Arsenal assistant coach Carlos Questa, who is only 29 years old, will be appointed as the head coach of Serie A team Parma, which is a huge blow to Arsenal coach Arteta.

The Sun said that in this crucial summer, Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta lost one of his closest assistants.

Carlos Questa was born on July 29, 1995 in Majorca, Spain. She studied at the Athletic Football Academy of Santa Catalina. At the age of 18, she decided to start studying football management. His coaching career began with the youth training echelon of Atletico Madrid. In 2018, he was appointed as the assistant coach of the youth training echelon of Juventus in Italy.

Because of his outstanding performance at Atletico Madrid and Juventus, Questa joined Arteta's coaching team on August 28, 2020, just nine months after Arteta replaced Unai Emery as the coaching staff. On the second day of Questa's joining, the Gunners defeated Liverpool in a penalty shootout to win the 2020 Community Shield Championship. On August 6, 2023, Arsenal defeated Manchester City in a penalty shootout and won the Community Shield Championship again. These two championships are also the highest honors in Questa's ten-year coaching career.

Now, Questa will usher in a major turning point in her career and is expected to become the youngest head coach in Serie A this century.

If everything goes well, he is expected to take over as Parma's head coach on the day 29 years and 10 months and 20 days.

Looking at the entire Serie A history, he is also the second youngest head coach. Ellio Los, the number one, was only 29 years, 9 months and 20 days when he was the head coach of Tristina in 1939.

According to well-known journalist Romano, the negotiations between Arsenal and Parma are currently in the "final stage". It seems that the Italian team's "poaching" requirement will be approved by Premier League giants.

This news is a major blow to Arteta, who will lose an assistant who can help him build Arsenal into a strong contender for the Premier League title.

Many believe that this is a pivotal season for Arsenal head coach Arteta, who has won only once in his six-year coaching career and is now facing pressure to win a major trophy.

Parma, which Questa is about to take over, has just experienced a difficult season. This former Serie A powerhouse participated in the 2024-25 season of Serie A as a newly promoted team. In February 2025, due to the team's seven rounds of defeat, the relegation situation was in jeopardy. The meritorious coach Pecchia, who coached the team for two years and eight months and brought the team to Serie A, was dismissed. He was replaced by former Romanian international Zivo, who had played for Serie A and Inter for many years when he was a player. After Zivo took office, he led Parma into a draw master, with 3 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses in 13 games. In the end, Parma ranked 16th in the Serie A, thrilling relegation with a score of 5 points higher than the relegation zone.

After the end of the season, because Inter Milan coach Simeone Inzaghi left Saudi Arabia, Zivo, who had only been in the position of Parma coach for 4 months, failed to resist the temptation. After taking over Inzaghi's team, Parma's coach was vacant. Unexpectedly, this team, which was known for its young and energetic players, has now chosen such a young head coach.