Luigi Di Biagio

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Luigi Di Biagio
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Luigi Di Biagio (2013)
Personnel
birthday 3rd June 1971
place of birth Rome ,  Italy
size 175 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
Lazio Rome
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1988-1989 Lazio Rome 1 0(0)
1989-1992 AC Monza Brianza 62 0(7)
1992-1995 US Foggia 87 (12)
1995-1999 AS Roma 114 (16)
1999-2003 Inter Milan 117 (13)
2003-2006 Brescia Calcio 84 (16)
2007 Ascoli Calcio 7 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993 Italy Olympia 4 0(0)
1998-2002 Italy 31 0(2)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2008 La Storta Roma (Youth)
2008-2011 Atletico Roma (Youth)
2011-2013 Italy U-20
2013-2019 Italy U-21
2018 Italy (interim)
2020– SPAL Ferrara
1 Only league games are given.

Luigi Di Biagio (born June 3, 1971 in Rome ) is a former Italian football player and current coach .

Career

In the club

Defensive midfielder Di Biagio began his professional career in the youth of Brescia Calcio . He made his debut in Serie A in the jersey of Lazio Rome , but he did not come out here about this debut, which is why he subsequently switched to Serie B club AC Monza Brianza . After three seasons in which he could play in the regular formation, he returned to Serie A for US Foggia . This time succeeded Di Biagio to assert themselves in the top league, thanks to his convincing performance, the top clubs from the League were aware of him and the midfielder moved to the 1996/97 season for AS Roma . After four seasons in the Roma jersey , Di Biagio moved to Inter Milan . Here, too, he was able to assert himself right away and from then on belonged to the top performers of the Nerazzurri . For the 2003/04 season Di Biagio returned to his home club Brescia Calcio. For the 2006/07 season he left Brescia to initially play for the amateur club La Storta in his hometown. During the winter break, however, he returned to professional business when he switched to relegation-threatened Ascoli Calcio , where he ended his active career in the summer of 2007.

In the national team

After he was appointed in 1993 by Arrigo Sacchi in the squad of the Italian national team, but was not used, Luigi Di Biagio made his debut on January 28, 1998 against Slovakia in the Squadra Azzurra . In the same year he was coached by Cesare Maldini in the Italian squad for the 1998 World Cup . Here he achieved fame when he outwitted goalkeeper Fabien Barthez on penalties against hosts France in the quarterfinals and lured them into the wrong corner, but his hard shot only hit the crossbar. Italy was eliminated from the tournament. Two years later he was again a penalty taker in the semifinals against the Netherlands in the 2000 European Football Championship , this time he scored and Italy qualified for the final, in which France lost 2-1 after a golden goal . Di Biagio also played under coach Giovanni Trapattoni at the 2002 World Cup , where Italy was eliminated in the round of 16 against South Korea .

Success as a player

As a trainer

Since the end of his career, Di Biagio has been working as a youth coach at the Roman club La Storta Roma . He has been coaching the Italian U-21 national team since 2013 . In February 2018 he was appointed coach of the Italian national team by the Italian Football Association for the test matches against Argentina and England in March 2018 . With the engagement of Roberto Mancini as the new national coach in May 2018, Di Biagio's interim period ended. In February 2020 he took over the team of the Italian first division club SPAL Ferrara , which was bottom of the table after 23 matchdays.

Web links

Commons : Luigi Di Biagio  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nazionale, Gigi Di Biagio Ct per Argentina e Inghilterra: "Opportunità importante". February 5, 2018, accessed February 9, 2018 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (ed.): SARÀ DI BIAGIO A GUIDARE GLI AZZURRI CONTRO ARGENTINA E INGHILTERRA. In: FIGC. February 5, 2018, accessed February 9, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (ed.): DI BIAGIO TO LEAD THE AZZURRI AGAINST ARGENTINA AND ENGLAND. In: FIGC. February 5, 2018, accessed February 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ ilrestodelcarlino: Spal, Di Biagio si presenta. "Salvezza? Ci credo, la squadra è forte". February 11, 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Di Biagio, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome