Giuseppe Di Masi

Giuseppe Di Masi

Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Adriano Di Masi
Date of birth	(1981-07-16) 16 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Foggia, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1999	Foggia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Foggia	22	(0)
2000–2001	Roma	0	(0)
2001	→ Palermo (loan)	2	(0)
2001–2003	Reggiana	13	(0)
2003	→ Pisa (loan)	0	(0)
2003–2005	Acireale	27	(0)
2005–2007	Sangiovannese	57	(0)
2007–2009	Igea Virtus	56	(0)
2009–2011	Barletta	44	(0)
2011–2012	Marsala	25	(0)
2012–2014	Avellino	11	(0)
2014–2018	Lucchese	61	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Lucchese (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giuseppe Adriano Di Masi (born 16 July 1981) is an Italian football coach and a former goalkeeper.

Career

Di Masi started his career at hometown club Foggia where he became the first choice in 1999–2000 Serie C2 season, after Foggia were relegated from Serie C1.

Roma

In 2000, he was signed by Roma along with team-mate Attilio Nicodemo and Franco Brienza. Di Masi signed a 5-year contract and cost Roma 50 million lire (€25,823). ^[1] He played half the season with Roma's Primavera U20 youth team as one of the keepers along with Matteo Napoli and Simone Paoletti. ^{[2] [3]} In January 2000, Di Masi joined Roma's sister club Palermo (from March 2000 until July 2002) on loan, where he was re-united with Nicodemo. He played as one of the backup goalkeepers to starter Vincenzo Sicignano.

Reggiana

In July 2001, Di Masi joined Reggiana in co-ownership deal, ^[4] as part of Adewale Wahab's deal to Roma. (50% registration rights of Di Masi tagged for 2,500 million lire; around €1,291,142, while Wahab tagged for 3,000 million lire; €1,549,371 ^[5] ) From November to February he was the first choice ahead of Patrick Bettoni; however, Bettoni was later restored as the club's first choice keeper. In the 2002–03 season, Di Masi was the backup of Raffaele Nuzzo and Luca Mondini. In January 2003, he left for Serie C1 side Pisa.

Lega Pro

In June 2003, Reggiana bought the remaining 50% registration rights for Di Masi from Roma for free, ^[6] but sent him to Acireale of Serie C1. He then played as first choice for Serie C1 club Sangiovannese, then for Serie C2/Lega Pro Seconda Divisione sides Igea Virtus ^[7] and Barletta. ^{[8] [9]}

In the 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, the division newcomer signed Andrea Tesoniero as first choice and Renato Dossena as backup keeper, which made Di Masi the team's third choice keeper. In October, he became the team's first choice keeper in the league once again, due to Tesoniero's injury. He also played twice in 2010–11 Coppa Italia Lega Pro. ^{[10] [11]} In January 2011 the team signed a new keeper Ugo Gabrieli.

Di Masi was released on 30 June 2011. In October 2011 Di Masi joined Serie D club Marsala. ^[12]

In July 2012 Di Masi returned to professional football with Avellino, ^[13] as the backup of Ermanno Fumagalli.

References

1. "RELAZIIONE SEMESTRALE AL 31 DIICEMBRE 2000" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). Borsa Italiana Archive. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
2. "Primavera Squad 2000/2001". Channel 2. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
3. "La Squadra Primavera". AS Roma (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2000-12-17. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
4. "Situazione campagna acquisti/cessioni A.S. Roma". AS Roma (in Italian). 2001-07-12. Archived from the original on 2001-12-15. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
5. AS Roma SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 (in Italian)
6. Lega Calcio transfer list
7. "official Lega Calcio Serie C transfer list". Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
8. Andrea Zalamena (2009-07-24). "UFFICIALE: Barletta, altro acquisto con Di Masi". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-04-12.
9. "Di Masi è ufficialmente biancorosso". SS Barletta Calcio (in Italian). 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-12.^{[ dead link ]}
10. "Barletta batte 2-1 la Salernitana". SS Barletta Calcio (in Italian). 13 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
11. "Coppa Italia Lega Pro: Foggia-Barletta 2-1". SS Barletta Calcio (in Italian). 27 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
12. "MERCATO AZZURRI: GRANDE COLPO DEL MARSALA "DI MASI" È IL NUOVO GUARDA PALI AZZURRO" (in Italian). SC Marsala 1912. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
13. "Ingaggiato il portiere Giuseppe Di Masi" (in Italian). AS Avellino 1912. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

External links

• Profile at Barletta (in Italian)
• Profile at AIC.Football.it (in Italian)
• Giuseppe Di Masi at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)