David Dei (born 20 January 1974) is an Italian former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

er who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

Career

Dei made his

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

debut on 23 May 1999 against

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. Dei became

Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to US Triestina or just Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the northern Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Originally established in 1918, Triestina was one of the fo ...

first choice in 2007–08 season, took the place from

Generoso Rossi Generoso Rossi (born 3 January 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Rossi started his career at A.S. Bari. he was on loan to Serie C1 teams, and returned to Bari in summer 2000. He made hi ...

and eventually Rossi left the club in January. But in 2008–09 season,

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became first choice, Dei became backup again. After retirement Dei became a goalkeeper coach, which he served for

Massimo Rastelli Massimo Rastelli (born 27 December 1968) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a striker. Career Playing A second striker/winger, Rastelli started his career with Serie D club Solofra and played professionally for the ...

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. They were hired by

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

on 12 June 2015.

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello sport
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dei, David Italian men's footballers SS Arezzo players ACF Fiorentina players Benevento Calcio players AC Ancona players FC Pistoiese SSD players Empoli FC players FC Crotone players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Serie A players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Arezzo 1974 births Living people