Alessandro Diamanti

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Alessandro Diamanti
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Personal information
Date of birth 2 May 1983 (1983-05-02) (age 28)
Place of birth Prato, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Bologna
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2004 Prato 23 (4)
2000–2001 → Empoli (loan) 0 (0)
2001–2002 → Fucecchio (loan) 24 (3)
2003 → Fiorentia (loan) 3 (0)
2004–2006 AlbinoLeffe 26 (0)
2006 → Prato (loan) 11 (4)
2006–2007 Prato 38 (15)
2007–2009 Livorno 63 (24)
2009–2010 West Ham United 28 (7)
2010–2011 Brescia 32 (6)
2011– Bologna 11 (3)
National team‡
2011– Italy 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2010

Alessandro Diamanti (born 2 May 1983) is an Italian professional football player who is currently playing his club football as a trequartista for Bologna F.C. 1909.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Prato

Diamanti started his football career playing for his hometown club, Prato. He was loaned to clubs in Tuscany including the newly formed Florentia Viola. In the summer of 2004, he joined U.C. AlbinoLeffe in a co-ownership deal. Having played one and a half seasons he was loaned back to Prato and at the end of season Prato bought back half of the registration rights from AlbinoLeffe.

[edit] Livorno

Having scored 15 goals in 31 outings during season 2006–07 he signed for Italian Serie A side Livorno. Diamanti made 14 starts and 12 substitute appearances in his first season with the Tuscany side.[1] He followed Livorno relegated to Serie B by finished the least.

In season 2008–09 he scored 20 goals in 39 league and cup matches, helping Livorno gain promotion to Italian Serie A.

On 23 August 2009, Diamanti played in Livorno's opening day fixture in Serie A, a 0–0 home draw against Cagliari.[2]

[edit] West Ham United

The following week, however, he signed a five-year deal with English Premier League club West Ham United for an undisclosed fee (reported to be £6.0m)[3] and made his debut in the Hammers' 1–0 defeat away to Wigan Athletic on 12 September. In the process, Diamanti became the 800th player in West Ham United's history.[4] He scored his first West Ham goal from the penalty spot, albeit controversially as he fell over on run up and kicked the ball with both feet, on his home debut against Liverpool on 19 September 2009.[5] In a poor season for West Ham, Diamanti scored 8 goals, though only 3 came from open play with most coming from penalty kicks. On 4 May 2010 he was voted a very distant runner-up as Hammer of the Year by the club's supporters, for the 2009–10 season, with runaway winner Scott Parker being a virtually unanimous choice in an otherwise appalling season for the Hammers.[6] Diamanti made one substitute appearance for West Ham in the 2010/11 season before being sold to Brescia.

[edit] Brescia

On 24 August 2010, Serie A club Brescia bought Diamanti for €2.2m from West Ham. And should Brescia secure their Serie A status for the coming campaign, then another €300,000 will be payable to the club.[7]

Alessandro was introduced in Brescia 25 August 2010, and chose to continue with shirt number 32.[8] In his debut season at Brescia, Diamanti scored 6 Serie A goals, only behind Andrea Caracciolo as top scorer of the season for the club. His sixth goal came in a 2-1 loss against Catania which confirmed Brescia's relegation to the Serie B, just one season after promotion to the Italian topflight.[9]

In July 2011 West Ham called for Diamanti's registration at Brescia to be suspended by the Italian Football Federation claiming the latest instalment of his £2m transfer fee from Brescia had not yet been paid.[10]

[edit] Bologna

On 1 August 2011, Diamanti signed by Serie A side Bologna in a co-ownership deal with Brescia.[11][12]

[edit] International career

On 14 November 2010 Diamanti was included in the Italy squad by Italy manager Cesare Prandelli for a friendly match against Romania on 17 November.[13] He played only the first-half of his debut international game before being substituted.[14]

[edit] Club statistics

Season Club Nat Apps
(League)		 Goals Apps
(Primavera)		 Goals Apps
(Cup)		 Goals Apps
FA Cup		 Goals Total
Apps		 Total
Goals
1999–00 Prato  ITA 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
2000–01 Empoli (loan)  ITA 0 0 12 1 - - - - 12 1
2001–02 Prato  ITA 0 0 - - 1 - - - 1 0
2001–02 Fucecchio (loan)  ITA 24 3 - - - - - - 24 3
2002–03 Prato  ITA 2 0 - - 3 0 - - 5 0
2003 Fiorentina (loan)  ITA 3 0 6 0 - - - - 9 0
2003–04 Prato  ITA 20(+2 p/o) 4 - - 3 0 - - 25 4
2004–05 AlbinoLeffe (co-ownership)  ITA 18 0 1 0 1 0 - - 20 0
2005–06 AlbinoLeffe (co-ownership)  ITA 8 0 1 1 0 0 - - 9 1
2006 Prato (loan)  ITA 11(+2 p/o) 4(+1 p/o) - - - - - - 13 5
2006–07 Prato  ITA 25 10 - - 6 5 - - 31 15
2007–08 Livorno  ITA 26 4 - - 1 0 - - 27 4
2008–09 Livorno  ITA 32(+4 p/o) 13(+3 p/o) - - 3 4 - - 39 20
2009–10 Livorno  ITA 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
2009–10 West Ham United  ENG 27 7 - - 1 0 1 1 29 8
2010–11 West Ham United  ENG 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
2010-11 Brescia  ITA 32 6 - - 1 1 0 0 33 7
Total 231(+8 p/o) 51(+4 p/o) 20 2 20 10 1 1 280 68
  • p/o=play-off or play-out

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Gazzetta.it". Gazzetta.it. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/73609.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  2. ^ "Livorno vs. Cagliari". www.soccerway.com. 2009-08-28. http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2009/08/23/italy/serie-a/as-livorno-calcio/cagliari-calcio/817279/. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
  3. ^ "West Ham confirm Diamanti signing". BBC Sport. 2009-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8226184.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
  4. ^ "Latics take the spoils". West Ham United F.C.. 2009-09-12. http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1795083,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  5. ^ "West Ham 2–3 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 19 September 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8256614.stm. Retrieved 19 September 2009. 
  6. ^ "A quartet of happy Hammers". 2010-05-05. http://www.whufc.com/articles/20100504/peerless-parker_2236884_2043609. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
  7. ^ "Diamanti departs". West Ham United FC. 24 August 2010. http://www.whufc.com/articles/20100824/diamanti-departs_2236884_2132614. Retrieved 24 August 2010. 
  8. ^ "Diamanti was introduced". Brescia Calcio. 25 August 2010. http://www.bresciacalcio.it/home/249-la-presentazione-di-alessandro-diamanti.html. Retrieved 27 August 2010.  (italian)
  9. ^ "Report: Brescia v Catania - Italian Serie A - ESPN Soccernet". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 2011-05-08. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/304849?cc=5901. Retrieved 2011-07-08. 
  10. ^ "BBC Sport - Football - West Ham United demand Alessandro Diamanti suspension". BBC News. 8 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/9533795.stm. Retrieved 2011-07-08. 
  11. ^ "Ufficiale: Diamanti ceduto al Bologna". Brescia Calcio. 1 August 2011. http://www.bresciacalcio.it/home/1323-ufficiale-diamanti-ceduto-al-bologna.html. Retrieved 1 August 2011.  (italian)
  12. ^ "Diamanti joins Bologna". FIFA.com. 1 August 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1484928.html. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
  13. ^ "Prandelli picks Ledesma and Diamanti in Italy squad to face Romania". www.footballitaliano.co.uk. 2010-11-15. http://www.footballitaliano.co.uk/p6_65_4793_prandelli-picks-ledesma-and-diamanti-in-italy-squad-to-face-romania.html. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  14. ^ "Mario Balotelli suffers racist abuse from Italy and Romania fans". London: www.guardian.co.uk. 2010-11-17. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/17/romania-italy-international-friendly-racism-fans. Retrieved 2010-11-18. 

[edit] External links

Bologna F.C. 1909 – current squad
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