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_-_2.jpg) Diamanti with Italy in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alessandro Diamanti[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Prato, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | Prato | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | → Empoli (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | → Fucecchio (loan) | 24 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | AlbinoLeffe | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Prato (loan) | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Prato | 25 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Livorno | 59 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | West Ham United | 28 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Brescia | 32 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Bologna | 83 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Watford (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Atalanta (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Palermo | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Perugia | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Livorno | 32 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Western United | 82 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 526 | (101) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Italy | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Melbourne City FC Youth | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Alessandro Diamanti (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro djaˈmanti, – di.a-];[2][3] born 2 May 1983) is an Italian professional football manager and former midfielder who is currently the manager for Melbourne City F.C. Youth. In a professional career spanning 24 years, he has played for Prato, Empoli, Fucecchio, Fiorentina, AlbinoLeffe, West Ham United, Brescia, Bologna, Guangzhou Evergrande, Watford, Atalanta, Palermo, Perugia, Livorno, and Western United.
At international level, he represented Italy at UEFA Euro 2012, winning a runners-up medal, and at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning a bronze medal.
Diamanti then took up his first coaching position where he remains today, as senior academy manager at Australian club Melbourne City, leading the NPL2 team and assisting the first team coaching staff as required.[4]
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 75" [Official Press Release No. 75] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 8 November 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Luciano Canepari. "Alessandro". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ Luciano Canepari. "Diamanti". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ jackkovacic (12 July 2023). "Italian football icon joins City as Senior Academy Coach". Melbourne City. Retrieved 17 July 2023.