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Italian footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniele Di Donato (born 21 February 1977) is an Italian football manager and a former midfielder, currently in charge of Serie C Group C club Team Altamura.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 February 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Giulianova, Italy | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Team Altamura (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1996 | Torino | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | Torino | 8 | (1) |
1997 | Castel di Sangro | 0 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Siena | 20 | (1) |
1998–2000 | Lodigiani | 62 | (1) |
2000–2004 | Palermo | 133 | (4) |
2004–2005 | Siena | 23 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Arezzo | 77 | (1) |
2007–2013 | Ascoli | 207 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Cittadella | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2015–2016 | Modena (U17) | ||
2016–2017 | Modena (U19) | ||
2017–2018 | Jesina | ||
2018–2019 | ArzignanoChiampo | ||
2019–2020 | Arezzo | ||
2020 | Trapani | ||
2020–2021 | Vis Pesaro | ||
2021–2024 | Latina | ||
2024– | Team Altamura | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Di Donato, nicknamed Dido, started his professional career with Torino (then in Serie B). He is best known for having spent a total of four seasons with Palermo, being the protagonist of two promotions that led the Sicilians from Serie C1 to Serie A, and being a fan favourite during his stay with the rosanero with a total of 133 appearances. He also played a Serie A season with Siena in 2005–2006. After two seasons with Arezzo of Serie B, in 2007 he signed a contract with Ascoli.
After retirement, Di Donato joined Modena as a youth coach. He successively accepted to become head coach of Serie D club Jesina for the 2017–18 season.[1]
He was then named new head coach of ArzignanoChiampo, which he guided to promotion to Serie C on his first season in charge. He left the club at the end of the 2018–19 season to become manager of Arezzo.[2] He left Arezzo at the end of the 2019–20 season.
On 30 August 2020, he was hired by Serie C club Trapani.[3] Trapani never took the field in their scheduled games and was officially excluded from Serie C on 5 October 2020.[4]
On 3 November 2020, he signed with Serie C club Vis Pesaro.[5]
On 11 August 2021, he was presented as the new manager of the newly promoted Serie C club Latina.[6] After two and a half years in charge of the first team, he was dismissed from his role on 14 January 2024.[7]
In July 2024, Di Donato was hired by newly promoted Serie C club Team Altamura.[8]
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