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Dario Dainelli (; born 9 June 1979) is an Italian former professional
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who played as a defender.


Club career


Early career

Born in
Pontedera Pontedera (; ) is an Italian comune with a population of 30070, located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Central Italy, central Italy. The town is located 20 km (12 miles) from Pisa and 50 km (31 miles) from Florence. It houses the headquarte ...
,
Province of Pisa The province of Pisa () is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa. With an area of and a total population of 421,642 (), it is the second most populous and fifth largest province of Tuscany. It is subdivided i ...
, Dainelli started his professional career at
Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno River, Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Ancient Ro ...
. He spent his early years on loan at
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(
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), Cavese (
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) and
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(
Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...
). He was signed by
Lecce Lecce (; ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula, and is over two thousand years old. Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is n ...
in 2000 in a co-ownership deal and made his
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debut against
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on 18 February 2001.


Brescia

After just one season at Lecce, he re-signed for Empoli before moving to
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. Except for the first season which he just made five appearances and left on loan to Serie A rival
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, he made 56 appearances more for Brescia.


Fiorentina

In July 2004, Dainelli signed for newly promoted team
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, in a co-ownership deal with Brescia. In January 2005, Fiorentina immediately bought all of the remain registration rights. Dainelli was the team captain after Christian Riganò left the club in summer 2005, a position which he hold until his transfer to Genoa. At the end of 2006–07 season, due to his contract expiring on summer, some rumor linked him with
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and other Italian clubs, but on 9 June 2007, he finally signed a new four-year contract extension with Fiorentina. In summer 2009,
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prepared to sell the captain by signing
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in order to increase the depth of the bench. Alessandro Gamberini,
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and Dainelli rotated at the starting pair of the central defender.


Genoa

After the signing of
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, on 12 January 2010 Dainelli was transferred to
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with whom he signed a contract which lasted until June 2013.


Chievo

On 31 January 2012, the last day of 2011–12 winter transfer window, Dainelli moved to the fellow league club Chievo Verona on a loan deal. He returned to Genoa after the loan deal expired at 30 June 2012 and then terminated his contract with Genoa. On 7 August 2012, he agreed a permanent deal with Chievo.


Livorno

On 16 July 2018, Dainelli signed with
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. On 13 May 2019, he announced his retirement.


International career

Dainelli played once for Italy U21 team, on 16 April 2002. a friendly 2–3 loss to France U21. He was also called up to
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, but did not play. Dainelli made his debut for the Italy national team against
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on 11 June 2005 a friendly match which ended in a 1–1 draw. He was recalled by new Italian head coach
Roberto Donadoni Roberto Donadoni (; born 9 September 1963) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder. A skilful and versatile winger, Donadoni was capable of playing on either flank, or in the centre. He began his career with Atalanta, and late ...
to play in Euro 2008 qualifying against
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and
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on 2 September 2006 and 6 September 2006, but did make an appearance.


Career statistics


Club


International


References


External links


Dario Dainelli Profile
at FootballDatabase
FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dainelli, Dario 1979 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Pisa Men's association football central defenders Italian men's footballers Empoli FC players Modena FC 2018 players Cavese 1919 players Fidelis Andria 2018 players US Lecce players Brescia Calcio players ACF Fiorentina players Hellas Verona FC players Genoa CFC players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players AC ChievoVerona players US Livorno 1915 players Italy men's international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers