Davide Dionigi (born 10 January 1974) is an Italian

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coach and a former player. He is the manager of

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club Reggiana.

Playing career

Dionigi started his career at

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and played 20 games in Serie B. He then signed by

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and played on their youth team. He then transferred to

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(Serie B), and in November 1993 left for

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. 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

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. He played his worst Serie A start, and moved to

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in October 1998, where he played two seasons. In January 2000, Piacenza sent him to

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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

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of Serie B on 31 August 2002. He played in

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until the club went bankrupt two years later. Dionigi started his third spells at

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since 9 July 2004. After played another 10 Serie A games, he left on loan to

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and lastly

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, all were Serie B clubs. In summer 2007, he joined

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of Serie C1, where he last played since at Como 1993–94 season.

Managerial career

From 9 November 2010 until 26 June 2012 he has been the head coach of

. On 2 July 2012, he was named new head coach of Reggina. On 24 June 2020, he was appointed at the helm of

club Ascoli. He left the club by the end of the season after guiding them to safety. On 10 December 2020, he joined Serie B club

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, as the third head coach of the season for the ''Rondinelle''. He was removed from his coaching position less than two months later, on 3 February 2021. On 17 June 2022, Dionigi was hired by Serie B club

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on a one-year contract. He was dismissed on 31 October 2022, with Cosenza on sixteenth place in the league table.

Managerial statistics

Honours an awards

Reggina *

third-place; promotion: 2002 Como *

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play-offs; promotion: 1994 Individual *

top scorer: 1997

References

External links

Stats. at Taranto Sport
(In Excel File)
National Stats. at FIGC
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dionigi, Davide 1974 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Modena FC 2018 players AC Milan players LR Vicenza players Como 1907 players AC Reggiana 1919 players Torino FC players AS Reggina 1914 players ACF Fiorentina players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players UC Sampdoria players SSC Napoli players SSC Bari players Ternana Calcio players Spezia Calcio players FC Crotone players Taranto FC 1927 players Fidelis Andria 2018 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Italian football managers AS Reggina 1914 managers Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC managers Footballers from Modena US Catanzaro 1929 managers Cosenza Calcio managers Serie B managers Serie C managers