Emanuele Filippini (born 3 July 1973) is an Italian retired

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who played as a

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, currently working as an

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for the

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. He played in several teams with his

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brother,

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, and spent most of his career with

Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...

, amassing

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totals of 175 games and six goals over the course of eight seasons.

Playing career

Born in

, Filippini emerged through his hometown

Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio, commonly referred to as Brescia (), is an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy. The team currently plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football, but will play in Serie C in 2025–26 due to financial contro ...

's youth system, and stayed there for eight professional seasons, after having started – on loan – with amateurs Ospitaletto, the first of many teams he shared with his sibling

. The pair made their

debut on 31 August 1997, in a 1–2 away loss against

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. After one-and-a-half seasons on loan to

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, Filippini moved alongside Antonio to

U.S. Città di Palermo Palermo Football Club () is an Italian professional football club based in Palermo, Sicily, that currently plays in Serie B. It is part of the City Football Group. Founded for the first time on 1 November 1900 as Anglo Palermitan Athletic and F ...

. He scored four goals in his short spell, to help the Sicilian side return to the top division after 31 years. Filippini then hard three more solid campaigns, one each with

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and

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(the first two with Antonio, the latter in the second division), before signing with

A.S. Livorno Calcio Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915 (formerly A.S. Livorno Calcio, commonly known as Livorno), is a professional Association football, football club based in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy. They compete in Serie C, the third tier of professional Italian foo ...

in 2007. In his second season he appeared in only a handful of games – unlike his twin, which had joined the previous year – but helped the club in the successful promotion play-offs, after which he was released, at nearly 36, retiring shortly after.

Coaching career

In late January 2010, Brescia appointed Filippini as assistant coach of the ''Giovanissimi Nazionali'' youth team guided by Omar Danesi. On 25 June 2012, it was announced that both brothers would join lowly FeralpiSalò as youth system coordinators. In July 2012, he was awarded the

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in 2012. He subsequently served as Kenya U20 head coach for a short time in 2013. In February 2016 he took over as head coach of

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Lombardy amateurs Adrense. In June 2016, Filippini was hired as head coach of

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amateurs Ciliverghe. In June 2017 he took over as head coach of Serie D club Imolese, but resigned later on in September, two days before the first game of the season, for personal reasons. In October 2017 he was hired as the new boss of Rezzato, another Serie D club. In August 2018 he accepted an offer from the

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to work as

Carmine Nunziata Carmine Nunziata (born 22 July 1967) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of the Italy national under-21 team. Playing career Born in San Gennaro Vesuviano, Nunziata played youth ...

's assistant in charge of the U17 national team. Both Nunziata and Filippini were successively promoted in charge of the U19 national team in July 2020.

References

External links

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Gazzetta dello Sport profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Filippini, Emanuele 1973 births Living people Italian twins Footballers from Brescia Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Brescia Calcio players Parma Calcio 1913 players Palermo FC players SS Lazio players Treviso FBC 1993 players Bologna FC 1909 players US Livorno 1915 players Italian football managers