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Italian football manager (born 1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alessio Dionisi (born 1 April 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie B club Palermo.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 April 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Palermo (head coach) | ||
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– | Palermo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.
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.
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.
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]
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]
On 7 June 2024, Dionisi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls Palermo.[8]
Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Olginatese | ![]() |
27 May 2014 | 16 October 2014 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 11.11 |
Borgosesia | ![]() |
26 May 2015 | 2 June 2017 | 76 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 94 | 75 | +19 | 38.16 |
Fiorenzuola | ![]() |
2 June 2017 | 14 May 2018 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 44.19 |
Imolese | ![]() |
31 May 2018 | 26 June 2019 | 50 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 44.00 |
Venezia | ![]() |
3 July 2019 | 14 August 2020 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 32.50 |
Empoli | ![]() |
19 August 2020 | 15 June 2021 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 52.38 |
Sassuolo | ![]() |
16 June 2021 | 25 February 2024 | 107 | 32 | 25 | 50 | 153 | 191 | −38 | 29.91 |
Total | 366 | 138 | 118 | 110 | 493 | 440 | +53 | 37.70 |
Empoli
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