Davide Dionigi

Davide Dionigi (born 10 January 1974) is an Italian football coach and a former player. He was most recently the manager of Serie B club Cosenza.

Player
Dionigi started his career at hometown club Modena and played 20 games in Serie B. He then signed by AC Milan and played on their youth team. He then transferred to Vicenza (Serie B), and in November 1993 left for Como. He won promotion with Como partially by his 14 goals. In summer 1994, he left for Reggiana of Serie A, but in November 1994 he left on loan back to Como, this time at Serie B. In summer 1995, he signed for his third Serie A team, A.C. Torino, due to Como's relegation. In summer 1996, he had to search club again, due to Torino relegation. This time, joined Reggina of Serie B. He won top-scorer that season, and he was signed by another Serie A team Fiorentina. He played his worst Serie A start, and moved to Piacenza in October 1998, where he played two seasons. In January 2000, Piacenza sent him to Sampdoria of Serie B, but they met again six months later, due to relegation of Piacenza and Sampdoria missed the chance to promote. In January 2001, he re-joined Reggina, this time at Serie A to avoid relegation. But Reggina relegated at last, but Dionigi was one of the players to help the club back to Series A just a year later. He was dropped from the club Serie A plan, and he joined former coach Franco Colomba at Napoli of Serie B on 31 August 2002. He played in Naples until the club went bankrupt two years later. Dionigi started his third spells at Reggio Calabria since 9 July 2004. After played another 10 Serie A games, he left on loan to Bari, Ternana, Spezia and lastly Crotone, all were Serie B clubs.

In summer 2007, he joined Taranto of Serie C1, where he last played since at Como 1993–94 season.

Manager
Since 9 November 2010 until 26 June 2012 he has been the head coach of Taranto.

On 2 July 2012 he was named new head coach of Reggina.

On 24 June 2020 he was appointed at the helm of Serie B club Ascoli. He left the club by the end of the season after guiding them to safety.

On 10 December 2020 he joined Serie B club Brescia, as the third head coach of the season for the Rondinelle. He was removed from his coaching position less than two months later, on 3 February 2021.

On 17 June 2022 Dionigi was hired by Serie B club Cosenza on a one-year contract. He was dismissed on 31 October 2022, with Cosenza on sixteenth place in the league table.

Honours an awards

 * Serie B Top-scorer: 1997
 * Promotion through
 * Serie B Third Place: 2002 (Reggina)
 * Serie C1 playoffs winner: 1994 (Como)