Davide Dionigi

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

Davide Dionigi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-01-10) 10 January 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	Reggio Emilia, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1990–1991	Modena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	Modena	20	(1)
1992–1993	Milan	0	(0)
1993	Vicenza	1	(0)
1993–1994	Como	28	(14)
1994	Reggiana	7	(0)
1994–1995	Como	23	(3)
1995–1996	Torino	22	(1)
1996–1997	Reggina	37	(24)
1997	Fiorentina	2	(0)
1998–1999	Piacenza	59	(13)
2000	Sampdoria	35	(12)
2001–2002	Reggina	51	(17)
2002–2004	Napoli	63	(27)
2004–2005	Reggina	10	(0)
2005	→ Bari (loan)	21	(4)
2005–2006	→ Ternana (loan)	24	(3)
2006–2007	→ Spezia (loan)	15	(1)
2007	→ Crotone (loan)	11	(0)
2007–2009	Taranto	31	(11)
2009	Andria BAT	15	(1)
International career
1991–1992	Italy U-18	13	(5)
1994–1995	Italy U-21	7	(5)
Managerial career
2010–2012	Taranto
2012–2013	Reggina
2014	Cremonese
2015	Varese
2015	Matera
2017–2018	Catanzaro
2020	Ascoli
2020–2021	Brescia
2022	Cosenza
2025–	Reggiana
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Dionigi started his career at Modena and played 20 games in Serie B. He then signed for AC Milan and played on their youth team. He then transferred to Vicenza (Serie B) and left for Como in November 1993. He won promotion with Como, partially due to his 14 goals. In summer 1994, he left for Reggiana of Serie A, but in November 1994, he went 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 the summer of 1996, he had to search for a club again due to Torino's relegation. This time, joined Reggina of Serie B. He won the 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 the relegation of Piacenza, and Sampdoria missed the chance to promote. In January 2001, he re-joined Reggina, this time in Serie A to avoid relegation. But Reggina was relegated at last, but Dionigi was one of the players to help the club back to Serie 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 spell at Reggio Calabria since 9 July 2004. After playing another 10 Serie A games, he left on loan to Bari, Ternana, Spezia, and lastly Crotone, all of which were Serie B clubs.

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

Managerial career

From 9 November 2010 until 26 June 2012, he has been the head coach of Taranto.^[1]

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

On 24 June 2020, he was appointed at the helm of Serie B club Ascoli.^[2] 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.^[3] He was removed from his coaching position less than two months later, on 3 February 2021.^[4]

On 17 June 2022, Dionigi was hired by Serie B club Cosenza on a one-year contract.^[5] He was dismissed on 31 October 2022, with Cosenza on sixteenth place in the league table.^[6]

On 31 March 2025, Dionigi was appointed as the new head coach of his hometown club Reggiana.^[7] Under his tenure, he successfully managed to turn the team's fortunes and bring Reggiana out of the relegation zone, being successively confirmed in charge of the club as a consequence.

Managerial statistics

As of 30 January 2021^[8]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Taranto	9 November 2010	26 June 2012	63	30	24	9	71	42	+29	047.62
Reggina	2 July 2012	17 March 2013	35	10	13	12	38	44	−6	028.57
Cremonese	12 March 2014	27 May 2014	9	3	2	4	10	10	+0	033.33
Varese	1 March 2015	9 March 2015	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	000.00
Matera	3 July 2015	6 October 2015	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	016.67
Catanzaro	8 October 2017	6 March 2018	20	6	4	10	18	26	−8	030.00
Ascoli	24 June 2020	24 August 2020	9	4	2	3	13	13	+0	044.44
Brescia	10 December 2020	3 February 2021	10	3	2	5	13	16	−3	030.00
Total			154	57	49	48	166	163	+3	037.01

Honours an awards

Reggina

• Serie B third-place; promotion: 2002

Como

• Serie C1 play-offs; promotion: 1994

Individual

• Serie B top scorer: 1997