- Dario Dainelli
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Dario Dainelli Personal information Date of birth June 9, 1979 Place of birth Pontedera, Italy Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Centre back Club information Current club Genoa Number 3 Youth career 1996–1998 Empoli Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2000 Empoli 0 (0) 1998–1999 → Modena (loan) 0 (0) 1999 → Cavese (loan) 10 (0) 1999–2000 → Fidelis Andria (loan) 28 (1) 2000–2001 Lecce 14 (0) 2001–2004 Brescia 60 (1) 2002 → Verona (loan) 13 (0) 2004–2010 Fiorentina 143 (7) 2010– Genoa 30 (0) National team‡ 2002 Italy U21 1 (0) 2005 Italy 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 19, 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 11, 2005Dario Dainelli (born 9 June 1979 in Pontedera, Province of Pisa) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Genoa.
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Club career
Early career
Dainelli started his professional career at Empoli. He spent his early years on Modena (Serie C1), Cavese (Serie C2) and Fidelis Andria (Serie C1) on loan.
He was then signed by Lecce in 2000 (in co-ownership deal and made his Serie A debut against Roma on 18 February 2001.
Brescia
After just one season at Lecce, Empoli bought him back[1] and sold to Brescia.
Except for the first season which he just made five appearances and left on loan to Serie A rival Verona,[2] he made 56 appearances more for Brescia.
Fiorentina
In July 2004 he was signed by newly promoted team Fiorentina, in a co-ownership deal with Brescia. On January 2005, Fiorentina immediately bought all of the remain registration rights.
Dainelli was the team captain after Christian Riganò left the club in summer 2005,[citation needed] a position which he hold until his transfer to Genoa.
At the end of 2006–07 season, due to his contract expiring on summer, some rumor linked him with Juventus and other Italian clubs,[citation needed] but on 9 June 2007, he finally signed a new 4 years contract extension with Fiorentina.
In summer 2009, ACF Fiorentina prepared to sell the captain by signing Cesare Natali in order to increase the depth of the bench. Alessandro Gamberini, Per Krøldrup and Dainelli rotated at the starting pair of the central defender.
Genoa
After the signing of Felipe, on 12 January 2010 Dainelli was transferred to Genoa with whom he signed a contract which last until June 2013.[3]
International career
Dainelli made his debut for the national side against Ecuador on 11 June 2005 which the friendly match ended a 1–1 draw.
He was recalled by new Italian head coach Roberto Donadoni to play in Euro 2008 qualifying against Lithuania and France on 2 September 2006 and 6 September 2006, but did not enter the field.
Dainelli played once for Italy U21 team, on 16 April 2002. a friendly 2–3 lost to France U21.
He also call-up to 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but did not play.
Career statistics
Club
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total 1998–99 Modena Serie C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Cavese Serie C2 10 0 0 0 10 0 1999–2000 Andria Serie C1 28 1 0 0 28 1 2000–01 Lecce Serie A 14 0 0 0 14 0 2001–02 Brescia 5 1 3 1 8 2 Verona 13 1 13 1 2002–03 Brescia 24 0 2 0 26 0 2003–04 31 0 1 0 32 0 2004–05 Fiorentina 30 4 6 0 36 4 2005–06 27 1 1 0 28 1 2006–07 31 1 2 0 33 1 2007–08 21 0 2 0 6 0 29 0 2008–09 21 1 0 0 8 0 29 1 2009–10 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 2009–10 Genoa Serie A 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total 260 10 17 1 19 0 296 11 International
National team Club Season Apps Goals Italy Fiorentina 2004–05 1 0 Total 1 0 International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 1. 16 April 2002 Como, Italy 
France2–3 0 Unofficial friendly (Italy U21) 1. 11 June 2005 East Rutherford, NJ, United States1 
Ecuador1–1 0 Friendly 1Suburb of New York City
References
- ^ "Campagna trasferimenti" (in Italian). FIGC Archive. 2001-06-28. http://www.lega-calcio.it/rest/site/default/file/cs175_0001.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ "E' UFFICIALE, DAL BRESCIA ARRIVA DARIO DAINELLI" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 2002-01-15. http://hellasverona.it/news.php?id=412. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "MERCATO: E' FATTA PER DAINELLI AL GENOA" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 2010-01-12. http://www.genoacfc.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8785&Itemid=31. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
External links
- Dario Dainelli Profile at FootballDatabase
- (Italian) FIGC
• 2 Bonera • 3 Bellini • 4 Ferrari • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Donati • 7 Marchionni • 8 Brighi • 9 Maccarone • 10 Pirlo • 11 Bonazzoli • 12 Spadavecchia • 13 Castellini • 14 Dainelli • 15 Lucchini • 16 Natali • 17 Blasi • 18 Gatti • 19 Pinzi • 20 Caracciolo • 21 Iaquinta • 22 Pelizzoli • Coach: Gentile
Genoa C.F.C. – current squad 1 Frey · 2 Pratto · 3 Dainelli · 4 Veloso · 5 Granqvist · 7 Rossi (c) · 8 Palacio · 9 Zé Eduardo · 10 Birsa · 11 Janković · 13 Kaladze · 14 Seymour · 19 Jorquera · 20 Mesto · 21 Bovo · 22 Lupatelli · 23 Antonelli · 24 Moretti · 27 Constant · 33 Kucka · 39 Ribas · 52 Merkel · 73 Scarpi · 93 Sturaro · 99 Caracciolo · Coach: Malesani
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Italian footballers
- Empoli F.C. players
- Modena F.C. players
- A.S. Andria BAT players
- U.S. Lecce players
- Brescia Calcio players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Serie A footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Italy international footballers
- People from the Province of Pisa
- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Genoa C.F.C. players
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