Alessio Dionisi

Alessio Dionisi

Dionisi in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Siena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Siena	0	(0)
1999–2000	→ Voghera (loan)	31	(1)
2000–2005	Voghera	142	(8)
2005–2007	Varese	63	(0)
2007–2008	Tritium	27	(3)
2008–2009	Ivrea	30	(0)
2009–2012	Tritium	89	(13)
2012–2013	Sambonifacese	21	(0)
2013	Verbania	2	(2)
2013–2014	Olginatese	20	(0)
Managerial career
2014	Olginatese
2015–2017	Borgosesia
2017–2018	Fiorenzuola
2018–2019	Imolese
2019–2020	Venezia
2020–2021	Empoli
2021–2024	Sassuolo
2024–2025	Palermo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alessio Dionisi (born 1 April 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and former player.

Playing career

A centre back with free kick abilities, Dionisi spent most of his career at Serie C2 and Serie D levels, with his highlight being at Tritium, a club he captained and with whom he won promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and also played in the Italian third tier for a season.

Coaching career

Early years

Dionisi retired from active playing football in 2014, immediately being named head coach of Serie D club Olginatese, which was his final club as a player. He then managed again at the Serie D level with Borgosesia from 2015 to 2017, and Fiorenzuola in the 2017–18 season.

He was then named head coach of Serie D club Imolese in 2018, guiding the club to second place in the league. After the club was admitted to Serie C to fill a vacancy, he was confirmed at Imolese and successfully guided the small club from Emilia-Romagna to a historic third place in the league (the best result in the club's history) and a place in the promotion playoffs, where his club was defeated by Piacenza in the semi-finals.

Venezia

His impressive results with Imolese won him the attention of Venezia, who appointed him head coach on 3 July 2019. ^[1] With Venezia readmitted to Serie B in place of Palermo, ^[2] he guided the Venetians to keep their place in the Italian second division.

Empoli

On 19 August 2020, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie B club Empoli. ^[3] On his first season in charge, he led Empoli to become 2020–21 Serie B champions and ensure themselves promotion to Serie A. ^[4]

Sassuolo

His impressive results at Empoli led to Serie A club Sassuolo offering him the vacant role of head coach after Roberto De Zerbi's departure; after rescinding his contract with Empoli on 15 June 2021, ^[5] Dionisi signed a two-year deal with Sassuolo the following day, effective from 1 July 2021. ^[6]

After guiding Sassuolo to two consecutive mid-table placements in the Serie A, Dionisi was sacked on 25 February 2024 following a string of negative results that left the Neroverdi struggling in the bottom positions of the league. ^[7]

Palermo

On 7 June 2024, Dionisi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls Palermo. ^[8] In his season in charge of Palermo, he failed to fulfil expectations, being consistently criticized by the Palermo supporters due to his inability in improving the results of the club despite having the third-highest squad of the league in terms of cumulative wages and high-level signings such as Joel Pohjanpalo. ^[9] He eventually led the club to eighth place in the league and was eliminated by Juve Stabia in the playoffs.

On 15 June 2025, Palermo announced that they had relieved Dionisi of his head coaching duties. ^[10]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 17 May 2025^{[ citation needed ]}

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Olginatese		27 May 2014	16 October 2014	9	1	3	5	2	9	−7	011.11
Borgosesia		26 May 2015	2 June 2017	76	29	25	22	94	75	+19	038.16
Fiorenzuola		2 June 2017	14 May 2018	43	19	17	7	55	35	+20	044.19
Imolese		31 May 2018	26 June 2019	50	22	18	10	72	51	+21	044.00
Venezia		3 July 2019	14 August 2020	40	13	14	13	40	44	−4	032.50
Empoli		19 August 2020	15 June 2021	42	22	16	4	79	41	+38	052.38
Sassuolo		16 June 2021	25 February 2024	107	32	25	50	153	191	−38	029.91
Palermo		7 June 2024	15 June 2025	41	15	10	16	53	49	+4	036.59
Total				407	153	128	126	546	489	+57	037.59

Honours

Head coach

Empoli

• Serie B: 2020–21 ^[4]

Individual

• Serie A Coach of the Month: September 2023 ^[11]

References

1. "Il Venezia ha il suo nuovo allenatore: Alessio Dionisi guiderà gli arancioneroverdi" (in Italian). Veneziatoday. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
2. "Figc: Palermo escluso da Serie B, ripescato Venezia" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
3. "Alessio Dionisi è il nuovo allenatore dell'Empoli" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 19 August 2020.
4. "Quelli che salgono. Dionisi e Caserta: i volti nuovi delle panchine italiane" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
5. "Risolto il contratto con Alessio Dionisi" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. "ALESSIO DIONISI È IL NUOVO TECNICO DEL SASSUOLO" (in Italian). US Sassuolo Calcio. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
7. "COMUNICATO US SASSUOLO CALCIO" (in Italian). US Sassuolo Calcio. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
8. "ALESSIO DIONISI È L'ALLENATORE DEL PALERMO". Palermo FC (in Italian). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
9. "Il Palermo è terzo in classifica... per monte ingaggi" (in Italian). ForzaPalermo.it. 13 March 2025.
10. "Palermo FC thanks Dionisi". Palermo FC. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
11. "Alessio Dionisi Coach of the Month for September". Serie A. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.