Alessio Dionisi

Alessio Dionisi
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 44)
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

Alessio Dionisi (born 1 April 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie B club Palermo.

Playing career

A centre back with free kick abilities, Dionisi spent most of his career at Serie C2 and Serie D levels, with his highlight being at Tritium, a club he captained and with whom he won promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and also played in the Italian third tier for a season.

Coaching career

Early years

Dionisi retired from active playing football in 2014, immediately being named head coach of Serie D club Olginatese, which was his final club as a player. He then managed again at the Serie D level with Borgosesia from 2015 to 2017, and Fiorenzuola in the 2017–18 season.

He was then named head coach of Serie D club Imolese in 2018, guiding the club to second place in the league. After the club was admitted to Serie C to fill a vacancy, he was confirmed at Imolese and successfully guided the small club from Emilia-Romagna to 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 by Piacenza in the semi-finals.

Venezia

His impressive results with Imolese won him the attention of Venezia, who appointed him head coach on 3 July 2019.[1] With Venezia readmitted to Serie B in place of Palermo,[2] he guided the Venetians to keep their place in the Italian second division.

Empoli

On 19 August 2020, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie B club Empoli.[3] On his first season in charge, he led Empoli to become 2020–21 Serie B champions and ensure themselves promotion to Serie A.[4]

Sassuolo

His impressive results at Empoli led to Serie A club Sassuolo offering him the vacant role of head coach after Roberto 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 the Neroverdi struggling in the bottom positions of the league.[7]

Palermo

On 7 June 2024, Dionisi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls Palermo.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 24 February 2024[citation needed]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Olginatese Italy 27 May 2014 16 October 2014 9 1 3 5 2 9 −7 011.11
Borgosesia Italy 26 May 2015 2 June 2017 76 29 25 22 94 75 +19 038.16
Fiorenzuola Italy 2 June 2017 14 May 2018 43 19 17 7 55 35 +20 044.19
Imolese Italy 31 May 2018 26 June 2019 50 22 18 10 72 51 +21 044.00
Venezia Italy 3 July 2019 14 August 2020 40 13 14 13 40 44 −4 032.50
Empoli Italy 19 August 2020 15 June 2021 42 22 16 4 79 41 +38 052.38
Sassuolo Italy 16 June 2021 25 February 2024 107 32 25 50 153 191 −38 029.91
Total 366 138 118 110 493 440 +53 037.70

Honours

Head coach

Empoli

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Il Venezia ha il suo nuovo allenatore: Alessio Dionisi guiderà gli arancioneroverdi" (in Italian). Veneziatoday. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Figc: Palermo escluso da Serie B, ripescato Venezia" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Alessio Dionisi è il nuovo allenatore dell'Empoli" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 19 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Quelli che salgono. Dionisi e Caserta: i volti nuovi delle panchine italiane" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Risolto il contratto con Alessio Dionisi" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "ALESSIO DIONISI È IL NUOVO TECNICO DEL SASSUOLO" (in Italian). US Sassuolo Calcio. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ "COMUNICATO US SASSUOLO CALCIO" (in Italian). US Sassuolo Calcio. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  8. ^ "ALESSIO DIONISI È L'ALLENATORE DEL PALERMO". Palermo FC (in Italian). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Alessio Dionisi Coach of the Month for September". Serie A. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.


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