Dario Fedi (born 13 February 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays for ASD Tau Calcio Altopascio. Fedi plays

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

position but also able to play as a right-back.

Biography

Youth career

Born in

Pistoia Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...

, Tuscany, Fedi started his career in Tuscany team

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...

. Despite still a player for the reserve team, Fedi also named in List B (youth product) squad for the first team in

2007–08 UEFA Cup The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup, UEFA's former second-tier club association football, football tournament. The 2008 UEFA Cup Final, final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, E ...

, as Fedi had spent more than 2 years with ''La Viola'' continuously prior 2007. (Fedi was a member of Fiorentina's ''Allievi Nazionali'' under-17 team in 2005–06 season.) Fedi remained in List B in

2008–09 UEFA Champions League The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 27 May 2009. ...

However, he was removed in 2009–10 edition. Fedi wore no.37 shirt for the first team in 2007–08 season and no.36 in 2008–09 season. Fedi was an overage player for Fiorentina's ''Primavera'' under-20 reserve team in 2009–10 season, such as in 2010 ''

Torneo di Viareggio The Torneo di Viareggio (), officially named the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale, is a youth association football tournament held annually in the commune of Viareggio, Italy and its surrounding areas. Established in 1949, t ...

''. Fedi was a right-back of the team. He also played as a centre-back in 2008–09 season but most of the time on the bench. The team failed to qualify to the playoffs of ''Primavera'' League the second successive season (2009 and 2010). Fedi played in the playoffs of 2008 edition.

''Lega Pro'' teams

In mid-2010 Fedi left for ''

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging ...

'' club

Matera Matera (, ; Neapolitan language, Materano: ) is a city and the capital of the Province of Matera in the regions of Italy, region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. With a history of continuous occupation dating back to the Palaeolithic (10th mi ...

(Italian fourth division) in co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of €500. Fedi was one of the starting defender of the team, such as the game he scored on 8 May 2011. In June both clubs failed to form an agreement and both clubs had to submit a bidding price to ''

Lega Serie A The Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A (Italian for ''National Professionals League Serie A''), commonly known as LNPA or Lega Serie A (Serie A League), is the governing body that runs the major professional Association football, football com ...

'', eventually Matera outbid Fiorentina for €2,000. In July 2011, Fedi was transferred to ''

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into ...

'' (Italian third division) club

Portogruaro Portogruaro (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city is the centre of a district, made up of 11 ''comuni'', which form the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Piave district. History ...

Later career

After a season with Seravezza Pozzi Calcio in

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

, Fedi moved to fellow league club, Aglianese, where he played until December 2019 before signing with

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.Official ...

club ASD Tau Calcio Altopascio.Tau Calcio, preso il difensore centrale Dario Fedi
luccaindiretta.it, 11 December 2019

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedi, Dario Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Pistoia Footballers from the Province of Pistoia 1989 births Living people ACF Fiorentina players FC Matera players Portogruaro Calcio ASD players SS Racing Club Fondi players Santarcangelo Calcio players SSD Correggese Calcio 1948 players FC Rieti players US Sambenedettese players Serie C players Serie D players 21st-century Italian sportsmen