Alessandro Diamanti
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Alessandro Diamanti is an Italian professional football player who is currently playing his club football as a second striker for Bologna F.C. 1909
.
. 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.
side Livorno
. Diamanti made 14 starts and 12 substitute appearances in his first season with the Tuscany side. 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
.
for an undisclosed fee (reported to be £6.0m) 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. 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. 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. Diamanti made one substitute appearance for West Ham in the 2010/11 season before being sold to 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.
Alessandro was introduced in Brescia
25 August 2010, and chose to continue with shirt number 32. 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.
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.
side Bologna
in a co-ownership deal with Brescia.
for a friendly match against Romania
on 17 November. He played only the first-half of his debut international game before being substituted.
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
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Prato
Diamanti started his football career playing for his hometown club, PratoA.C. Prato
Associazione Calcio Prato is an Italian association football club, based in Prato, Tuscany.Prato currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B, having last been in Serie B in 1964.The team's colors are blue and white.- History :...
. He was loaned to clubs in Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
including the newly formed Florentia Viola. In the summer of 2004, he joined U.C. AlbinoLeffe
U.C. AlbinoLeffe
Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and...
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.
Livorno
Having scored 15 goals in 31 outings during season 2006–07 he signed for Italian Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
side Livorno
A.S. Livorno Calcio
Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon...
. Diamanti made 14 starts and 12 substitute appearances in his first season with the Tuscany side. 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
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
.
On 23 August 2009, Diamanti played in Livorno's opening day fixture in Serie A, a 0–0 home draw against Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
.
West Ham United
The following week, however, he signed a five-year deal with English Premier League club West Ham UnitedWest Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
for an undisclosed fee (reported to be £6.0m) and made his debut in the Hammers 1–0 defeat away to Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
on 12 September. In the process, Diamanti became the 800th player in West Ham United's history. 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
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
on 19 September 2009. 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. Diamanti made one substitute appearance for West Ham in the 2010/11 season before being sold to Brescia.
Brescia
On 24 August 2010, Serie A club BresciaBrescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
bought Diamanti for €2.2m from West Ham. And should Brescia
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
secure their Serie A status for the coming campaign, then another €300,000 will be payable to the club.
Alessandro was introduced in Brescia
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
25 August 2010, and chose to continue with shirt number 32. In his debut season at Brescia, Diamanti scored 6 Serie A goals, only behind Andrea Caracciolo
Andrea Caracciolo
Andrea Caracciolo , is an Italian footballer who plays for Genoa.-Career:His first football appearances were for Sancolombano of Italian Serie D ; later playing for Como and Pro Vercelli, both in professional leagues, before being signed by Brescia, the team in which he made his Serie A debut on 6...
as top scorer of the season for the club. His sixth goal came in a 2-1 loss against Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
which confirmed Brescia's relegation to the Serie B, just one season after promotion to the Italian topflight.
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.
Bologna
On 1 August 2011, Diamanti signed by Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
side Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
in a co-ownership deal with Brescia.
International career
On 14 November 2010 Diamanti was included in the Italy squad by Italy manager Cesare PrandelliCesare Prandelli
Cesare Claudio Prandelli is an Italian football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of the Italy national football team.-Playing career:...
for a friendly match against Romania
Romania national football team
The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the first three World Cups.However, after that...
on 17 November. He played only the first-half of his debut international game before being substituted.
Club statistics
| Season | Club | Nat | Apps (League) |
Goals | Apps (Primavera) |
Goals | Apps (Cup) |
Goals | Apps FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
Goals | Total Apps |
Total Goals |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–00 | Prato A.C. Prato Associazione Calcio Prato is an Italian association football club, based in Prato, Tuscany.Prato currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B, having last been in Serie B in 1964.The team's colors are blue and white.- History :... |
 Italy |
1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | Empoli Empoli F.C. Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions... (loan) |
Italy |
0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | |
| 2001–02 | Prato A.C. Prato Associazione Calcio Prato is an Italian association football club, based in Prato, Tuscany.Prato currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B, having last been in Serie B in 1964.The team's colors are blue and white.- History :... |
Italy |
0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | Fucecchio (loan) | Italy |
24 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 3 | |
| 2002–03 | Prato A.C. Prato Associazione Calcio Prato is an Italian association football club, based in Prato, Tuscany.Prato currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B, having last been in Serie B in 1964.The team's colors are blue and white.- History :... |
Italy |
2 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 | |
| 2003 | Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A... (loan) |
Italy |
3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | Prato A.C. Prato Associazione Calcio Prato is an Italian association football club, based in Prato, Tuscany.Prato currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B, having last been in Serie B in 1964.The team's colors are blue and white.- History :... |
Italy |
20(+2 p/o) | 4 | - | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 4 | |
| 2004–05 | AlbinoLeffe U.C. AlbinoLeffe Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and... (co-ownership) |
Italy |
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | AlbinoLeffe U.C. AlbinoLeffe Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and... (co-ownership) |
Italy |
8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 1 | |
| 2006 | Prato A.C. Prato Associazione Calcio Prato is an Italian association football club, based in Prato, Tuscany.Prato currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B, having last been in Serie B in 1964.The team's colors are blue and white.- History :... (loan) |
Italy |
11(+2 p/o) | 4(+1 p/o) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 5 | |
| 2006–07 | Prato A.C. Prato Associazione Calcio Prato is an Italian association football club, based in Prato, Tuscany.Prato currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B, having last been in Serie B in 1964.The team's colors are blue and white.- History :... |
Italy |
25 | 10 | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | 31 | 15 | |
| 2007–08 | Livorno A.S. Livorno Calcio Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon... |
Italy |
26 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 4 | |
| 2008–09 | Livorno A.S. Livorno Calcio Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon... |
Italy |
32(+4 p/o) | 13(+3 p/o) | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 39 | 20 | |
| 2009–10 | Livorno A.S. Livorno Calcio Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon... |
Italy |
1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
 England |
27 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | |
| 2010–11 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
England |
1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | Brescia Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence... |
Italy |
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
External links
- Italian Wikipedia
- ESPN Profile