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David Di Michele Personal information Date of birth 6 January 1976 Place of birth Guidonia, Italy Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Lecce Number 17 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1993–1996 Lodigiani 43 (6) 1996–1998 Foggia 68 (14) 1998–2001 Salernitana 92 (40) 2001–2006 Udinese 78 (23) 2002–2004 → Reggina (loan) 62 (15) 2006–2007 Palermo 48 (16) 2007–2010 Torino 43 (10) 2008–2009 → West Ham United (loan) 30 (4) 2010 → Lecce (loan) 19 (3) 2010– Lecce 20 (8) National team‡ 2005–2006 Italy 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2006David Di Michele (born 6 January 1976 in Guidonia, Italy) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Lecce.
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Club career
Di Michele, whose mother is from Casarano, began his career with Lodigiani (now Cisco Roma) in the Italian Serie C1 near to his hometown Guidonia, and played for them from 1993 to 1996. He was then transferred to Foggia Calcio in the Italian Serie B.
He had a short stint in Foggia, playing just two seasons before being transferred to Salernitana. With Salernitana, he made his Serie A debut, however the following year Salernitana were relegated to Serie B.
Udinese
After two seasons with Salernitana in Serie B, he was transferred to Udinese for the 2001/02 season. After the 2001/02 season with Udinese, he played two seasons with Reggina, only to be transferred back to Udinese in 2004/05. In the 2005/06 season, he played half a season with Udinese and took part in the UEFA Champions League.
In a 2004/05 Coppa Italia match against Lecce, he scored 2 goals before replacing keeper Samir Handanovic in goal after the latter was sent off. He stopped a key penalty in the final minutes of the game to ensure a 5-4 victory for Udinese.[1]
Palermo
Halfway through the 2005–06 season Di Michele's contract was sold to Palermo.,[2] with Simone Pepe, Salvatore Masiello and Nicola Santoni move to oppose direction. He made his debut for Palermo in a Serie A home match against Parma, in which he scored two goals in a 4-2 win. In his 2005/06 season, Di Michele played 19 matches, scoring seven goals.
In March 2007, Di Michele was found guilty of illegal betting and received a three month ban from Serie A. He also received a $27,000 fine. Betting was not illegal for Italian players until November 2005, but Di Michele, along with three others, placed bets through an illegal bookmaker. However, he was allowed to play in friendlies and to take part in training so he was able to retain match fitness.[3]
Torino
On 5 July 2007 Palermo announced they had sold him to Torino,[4] agreed a 4-year deal.[5] On 31 July FIGC announced Di Michele was suspended until November.[6] He made 25 appearances with the granata, scoring a total 6 goals in the 2007/08 season.
On 2 September 2008, Di Michele was loaned to West Ham United, with an option for the English club to make the deal permanent.[7] He made his debut for West Ham in the 3-2 defeat to West Brom on 13 September 2008, coming on as a substitute for the injured Dean Ashton.[8] In his second game for West Ham, on 20 September 2008, he scored his first goals in English football, and for West Ham, in the 3-1 home win against Newcastle United[9] However, at the end of the season manager Gianfranco Zola did not take up the option of making the deal permanent.[10]
During 2009-10 season, Ultras of Torino attacked the players during Di Michele's birthday party.[11][12] After the incident the players involved: Di Michele, Massimo Loviso, Riccardo Colombo, Aimo Diana, Marco Pisano, Francesco Pratali, Paolo Zanetti were transferred to other clubs and only Rolando Bianchi, Matteo Rubin and Angelo Ogbonna were remained.
Lecce
He was signed by US Lecce in January 2010. Having gained a place in the starting eleven, he has been one of the decisive men in Lecce's successful Serie B campaign.
On 24 June 2011 he renewed his contract for one more year.[13]
References
- ^ uefa.com (2007-06-06). "David Di Michele UEFA Euro 2008 Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-06-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070627054052/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/players/player=95854/index.html. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
- ^ "Di Michele heads south to Palermo". UEFA.com. 2006-01-16. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=385650.html. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ Reuters (2007-07-31). "Serie A - Di Michele banned in betting scandal". http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/31072007/58/serie-di-michele-banned-betting-scandal.html. Retrieved 2008-04-05.[dead link]
- ^ US Città di Palermo (2007-07-05). "Di Michele ceduto al Torino" (in Italian). http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0607/news_scheda.jsp?id=7270. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- ^ "Il Torino acquista Di Michele" (in Italian). Torino FC. 5 July 2007. http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/1474/61/. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Di Michele accepts FIGC ban". UEFA.com. 2007-07-31. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=565876.html. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- ^ "Di Michele al West Ham" (in Italian). Torino FC. 2008-09-02. http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/3377/61/. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ Keen hails new recruits
- ^ West Ham 3-1 Newcastle
- ^ BBC Sport (2009-06-03). "Neill turns down new Hammers deal". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8081520.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ Fabrizio, Turco (2010-01-07). "Il Torino è senza pace Ora si parla di sciopero" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/07-01-2010/torino-senza-pace-602573468254.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "Torino fans in player restaurant attack". Soccernet. 2010-01-07. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=722099&cc=4716. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "Rinnovo per Di Michele" (in Italian). US Lecce. 24 June 2011. http://www.uslecce.it/PaginaEvento.aspx?ID_TIPO_EVENTO=1&ID_EVENTO=3699. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
External links
U.S. Lecce – current squad 1 Gabrieli · 5 Esposito · 6 Giandonato · 7 Cuadrado · 8 Obodo · 9 Corvia · 10 Olivera · 11 Mesbah · 13 Ferrario · 14 Strasser · 15 Ofere · 17 Di Michele · 18 Giacomazzi (c) · 21 Grossmüller · 22 Piatti · 23 Falcone · 25 Petrachi · 27 Júlio Sérgio · 28 Brivio · 30 Oddo · 40 Tomović · 77 Pasquato · 80 Carrozzieri · 81 Benassi · 91 Bertolacci · Manager: Di Francesco
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