Davide Dionigi

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Davide Dionigi
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Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-10) 10 January 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Reggio Emilia, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1990–1991 Modena
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Modena 20 (1)
1992–1993 Milan 0 (0)
1993 Vicenza 1 (0)
1993–1994 Como 28 (14)
1994 Reggiana 7 (0)
1994–1995 Como 23 (3)
1995–1996 Torino 22 (1)
1996–1997 Reggina 37 (24)
1997 Fiorentina 2 (0)
1998–1999 Piacenza 59 (13)
2000 Sampdoria 35 (12)
2001–2002 Reggina 51 (17)
2002–2004 Napoli 63 (27)
2004–2005 Reggina 10 (0)
2005Bari (loan) 21 (4)
2005–2006Ternana (loan) 24 (3)
2006–2007Spezia (loan) 15 (1)
2007Crotone (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Taranto 31 (11)
2009 Andria BAT 15 (1)
International career
1991–1992 Italy U-18 13 (5)
1994–1995 Italy U-21 7 (5)
Managerial career
2010–2012 Taranto
2012–2013 Reggina
2014 Cremonese
2015 Varese
2015 Matera
2017–2018 Catanzaro
2020 Ascoli
2020–2021 Brescia
2022 Cosenza
2025– Reggiana
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Davide Dionigi (born 10 January 1974) is an Italian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Serie B club Reggiana.

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Playing career

Dionigi started his career at Modena and played 20 games in Serie B. He then signed for AC Milan and played on their youth team. He then transferred to Vicenza (Serie B) and left for Como in November 1993. He won promotion with Como, partially due to his 14 goals. In summer 1994, he left for Reggiana of Serie A, but in November 1994, he went 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 the summer of 1996, he had to search for a club again due to Torino's relegation. This time, joined Reggina of Serie B. He won the top scorer that season, and he was signed by another Serie A team Fiorentina. He played his worst Serie A start, and moved to Piacenza in October 1998, where he played two seasons. In January 2000, Piacenza sent him to Sampdoria of Serie B, but they met again six months later, due to the relegation of Piacenza, and Sampdoria missed the chance to promote. In January 2001, he re-joined Reggina, this time in Serie A to avoid relegation. But Reggina was relegated at last, but Dionigi was one of the players to help the club back to Serie A just a year later. He was dropped from the club Serie A plan, and he joined former coach Franco Colomba at Napoli of Serie B on 31 August 2002. He played in Naples until the club went bankrupt two years later. Dionigi started his third spell at Reggio Calabria since 9 July 2004. After playing another 10 Serie A games, he left on loan to Bari, Ternana, Spezia, and lastly Crotone, all of which were Serie B clubs.

In summer 2007, he joined Taranto 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 Taranto. [1]

On 2 July 2012, he was named the new head coach of Reggina.

On 24 June 2020, he was appointed at the helm of Serie B club Ascoli. [2] He left the club by the end of the season after guiding them to safety.

On 10 December 2020, he joined Serie B club Brescia, as the third head coach of the season for the Rondinelle. [3] He was removed from his coaching position less than two months later, on 3 February 2021. [4]

On 17 June 2022, Dionigi was hired by Serie B club Cosenza on a one-year contract. [5] He was dismissed on 31 October 2022, with Cosenza on sixteenth place in the league table. [6]

On 31 March 2025, Dionigi was appointed as the new head coach of his hometown club Reggiana. [7] Under his tenure, he successfully managed to turn the team's fortunes and bring Reggiana out of the relegation zone, being successively confirmed in charge of the club as a consequence.

Managerial statistics

As of 30 January 2021 [8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Taranto 9 November 201026 June 201263302497142+29047.62
Reggina 2 July 201217 March 2013351013123844−6028.57
Cremonese 12 March 201427 May 201493241010+0033.33
Varese 1 March 20159 March 2015200216−5000.00
Matera 3 July 20156 October 2015612326−4016.67
Catanzaro 8 October 20176 March 20182064101826−8030.00
Ascoli 24 June 202024 August 202094231313+0044.44
Brescia 10 December 20203 February 2021103251316−3030.00
Total154574948166163+3037.01

Honours an awards

Reggina

Como

Individual

References

  1. "Astaranto.it".
  2. "Ufficiale: Dionigi nuovo allenatore dell'Ascoli". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 24 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. "Davide Dionigi è il nuovo allenatore del Brescia" [Davide Dionigi is the new Brescia coach] (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. "Davide Dionigi non è più l'allenatore del Brescia" [Davide Dionigi is no longer Brescia coach] (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. "Davide Dionigi è il nuovo allenatore del Cosenza Calcio" (in Italian). Cosenza. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. "Mister Dionigi sollevato dall'incarico" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. "Reggiana, Dionigi è il nuovo allenatore: il comunicato ufficiale". corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). 31 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  8. Davide Dionigi coach profile at Soccerway (archived)