Alessio Dionisi(born 1 April 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach ofSerie BclubPalermo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Playing career
editAcentre backwithfree kickabilities, Dionisi spent most of his career atSerie C2andSerie Dlevels, with his highlight being atTritium,a club he captained and with whom he won promotion toLega Pro Prima Divisioneand also played in the Italian third tier for a season.
Coaching career
editEarly years
editDionisi retired from active playing football in 2014, immediately being named head coach ofSerie DclubOlginatese,which was his final club as a player. He then managed again at the Serie D level withBorgosesiafrom 2015 to 2017, andFiorenzuolain the 2017–18 season.
He was then named head coach of Serie D clubImolesein 2018, guiding the club to second place in the league. After the club was admitted toSerie Cto fill a vacancy, he was confirmed at Imolese and successfully guided the small club fromEmilia-Romagnato 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 byPiacenzain the semi-finals.
Venezia
editHis impressive results with Imolese won him the attention ofVenezia,who appointed him head coach on 3 July 2019.[1]With Venezia readmitted toSerie Bin place ofPalermo,[2]he guided the Venetians to keep their place in the Italian second division.
Empoli
editOn 19 August 2020, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie B clubEmpoli.[3]On his first season in charge, he led Empoli to become2020–21 Serie Bchampions and ensure themselves promotion toSerie A.[4]
Sassuolo
editHis impressive results at Empoli led to Serie A clubSassuolooffering him the vacant role of head coach afterRoberto 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 theNeroverdistruggling in the bottom positions of the league.[7]
Palermo
editOn 7 June 2024, Dionisi was unveiled as the new head coach ofSerie Bpromotion hopefulsPalermo.[8]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 24 February 2024[citation needed]
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Honours
editHead coach
editEmpoli
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^"Il Venezia ha il suo nuovo allenatore: Alessio Dionisi guiderà gli arancioneroverdi"(in Italian). Veneziatoday. 3 July 2019.Retrieved12 July2019.
- ^"Figc: Palermo escluso da Serie B, ripescato Venezia"(in Italian). La Repubblica. 12 July 2019.Retrieved12 July2019.
- ^"Alessio Dionisi è il nuovo allenatore dell'Empoli"(in Italian).Empoli F.C.19 August 2020.
- ^ab"Quelli che salgono. Dionisi e Caserta: i volti nuovi delle panchine italiane"(in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 4 May 2021.Retrieved4 May2021.
- ^"Risolto il contratto con Alessio Dionisi"(in Italian).Empoli F.C.15 June 2021.Retrieved21 June2021.
- ^"ALESSIO DIONISI È IL NUOVO TECNICO DEL SASSUOLO"(in Italian).US Sassuolo Calcio.16 June 2021.Retrieved21 June2021.
- ^"COMUNICATO US SASSUOLO CALCIO"(in Italian).US Sassuolo Calcio.25 February 2024.Retrieved26 February2024.
- ^"ALESSIO DIONISI È L'ALLENATORE DEL PALERMO".Palermo FC(in Italian). 7 June 2024.Retrieved7 June2024.
- ^"Alessio Dionisi Coach of the Month for September".Serie A. 2 October 2023.Retrieved2 October2023.
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