Davide Dionigi (born 10 January 1974) is an Italian football coach and a former player. He was most recently the manager of Serie B club Cosenza.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Modena, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Modena | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Modena | 20 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Vicenza | 1 | (0) |
| Como | 28 | (14) | |
| 1994–1995 | Reggiana | 7 | (0) |
| Como | 23 | (3) | |
| 1995–1996 | Torino | 22 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Reggina | 37 | (24) |
| 1997 | Fiorentina | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Piacenza | 59 | (13) |
| 2000 | Sampdoria | 35 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | Reggina | 51 | (17) |
| 2002–2004 | Napoli | 63 | (27) |
| 2004–2005 | Reggina | 10 | (0) |
| → Bari (loan) | 21 | (4) | |
| 2005–2006 | → Ternana (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | → Spezia (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| → Crotone (loan) | 11 | (0) | |
| 2007–2009 | Taranto | 31 | (11) |
| 2009 | Andria BAT | 15 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Italy U-18 | 13 | (5) |
| 1994–1995 | Italy U-21 | 7 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Taranto | ||
| 2012–2013 | Reggina | ||
| 2014 | Cremonese | ||
| 2015 | Varese | ||
| 2015 | Matera | ||
| 2017–2018 | Catanzaro | ||
| 2020 | Ascoli | ||
| 2020–2021 | Brescia | ||
| 2022 | Cosenza | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editPlayer
editDionigi started his career at hometown club Modena and played 20 games in Serie B. He then signed by AC Milan and played on their youth team. He then transferred to Vicenza (Serie B), and in November 1993 left for Como. He won promotion with Como partially by his 14 goals. In summer 1994, he left for Reggiana of Serie A, but in November 1994 he left on loan back to Como, this time at Serie B. In summer 1995, he signed for his third Serie A team, A.C. Torino, due to Como's relegation. In summer 1996, he had to search club again, due to Torino relegation. This time, joined Reggina of Serie B. He won top-scorer that season, and he was signed by another Serie A team Fiorentina. He played his worst Serie A start, and moved to Piacenza in October 1998, where he played two seasons. In January 2000, Piacenza sent him to Sampdoria of Serie B, but they met again six months later, due to relegation of Piacenza and Sampdoria missed the chance to promote. In January 2001, he re-joined Reggina, this time at Serie A to avoid relegation. But Reggina relegated at last, but Dionigi was one of the players to help the club back to Series A just a year later. He was dropped from the club Serie A plan, and he joined former coach Franco Colomba at Napoli of Serie B on 31 August 2002. He played in Naples until the club went bankrupt two years later. Dionigi started his third spells at Reggio Calabria since 9 July 2004. After played another 10 Serie A games, he left on loan to Bari, Ternana, Spezia and lastly Crotone, all were Serie B clubs.
In summer 2007, he joined Taranto of Serie C1, where he last played since at Como 1993–94 season.
Manager
editSince 9 November 2010 until 26 June 2012 he has been the head coach of Taranto.[1]
On 2 July 2012 he was named new head coach of Reggina.
On 24 June 2020 he was appointed at the helm of Serie B club Ascoli.[2] He left the club by the end of the season after guiding them to safety.
On 10 December 2020 he joined Serie B club Brescia, as the third head coach of the season for the Rondinelle.[3] He was removed from his coaching position less than two months later, on 3 February 2021.[4]
On 17 June 2022 Dionigi was hired by Serie B club Cosenza on a one-year contract.[5] He was dismissed on 31 October 2022, with Cosenza on sixteenth place in the league table.[6]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 30 January 2021[7]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Taranto | 
|
9 November 2010 | 26 June 2012 | 63 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 47.62 |
| Reggina |
|
2 July 2012 | 17 March 2013 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 28.57 |
| Cremonese |
|
12 March 2014 | 27 May 2014 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 33.33 |
| Varese |
|
1 March 2015 | 9 March 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 |
| Matera |
|
3 July 2015 | 6 October 2015 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 16.67 |
| Catanzaro |
|
8 October 2017 | 6 March 2018 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 30.00 |
| Ascoli |
|
24 June 2020 | 24 August 2020 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 44.44 |
| Brescia |
|
10 December 2020 | 3 February 2021 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 30.00 |
| Total | 154 | 57 | 49 | 48 | 166 | 163 | +3 | 37.01 | |||
Honours an awards
edit- Serie B Top-scorer: 1997
- Promotion through
References
edit- ^ http://www.astaranto.it/index.php/i-campionati/organigramma/
- ^ "Ufficiale: Dionigi nuovo allenatore dell'Ascoli". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 24 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Davide Dionigi è il nuovo allenatore del Brescia" [Davide Dionigi is the new Brescia coach] (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Davide Dionigi non è più l'allenatore del Brescia" [Davide Dionigi is no longer Brescia coach] (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Davide Dionigi è il nuovo allenatore del Cosenza Calcio" (in Italian). Cosenza. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Mister Dionigi sollevato dall'incarico" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Davide Dionigi coach profile at Soccerway
External links
edit- Stats. at Taranto Sport[permanent dead link] (In Excel File) (in Italian)
- National Stats. at FIGC Archived 8 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- Davide Dionigi coach profile at Soccerway