David Di Michele
{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = David Di Michele
| image = David Di Michele (2007).jpg
| caption = Di Michele in 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1976|1|6}}
| birth_place = Guidonia Montecelio, Italy
| position = Striker
| currentclub =
| years1 = 1993–1996 | clubs1 = Lodigiani | caps1 = 43 | goals1 = 6
| years2 = 1996–1998 | clubs2 = Foggia | caps2 = 68 | goals2 = 14
| years3 = 1998–2001 | clubs3 = Salernitana | caps3 = 92 | goals3 = 40
| years4 = 2001–2006 | clubs4 = Udinese | caps4 = 78 | goals4 = 23
| years5 = 2002–2004 | clubs5 = → Reggina (loan) | caps5 = 62 | goals5 = 15
| years6 = 2006–2007 | clubs6 = Palermo | caps6 = 48 | goals6 = 16
| years7 = 2007–2010 | clubs7 = Torino | caps7 = 43 | goals7 = 10
| years8 = 2008–2009 | clubs8 = → West Ham United (loan) | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2010 | clubs9 = → Lecce (loan) | caps9 = 19 | goals9 = 3
| years10 = 2010–2012 | clubs10 = Lecce | caps10 = 52 | goals10 = 19
| years11 = 2012–2013 | clubs11 = Chievo | caps11 = 11 | goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2013–2015 | clubs12 = Reggina | caps12 = 71 | goals12 = 19
| years13 = 2015–2016 | clubs13 = Lupa Roma | caps13= 8 | goals13 = 2
| totalcaps = 625 | totalgoals = 172
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006 | nationalteam1 = Italy | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2016 | managerclubs1 = Lupa Roma
| manageryears2 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs2 = Lupa Roma
| manageryears3 = 2022 | managerclubs3 = Turris
}}
David Di Michele ({{IPA|it|ˈdaːvid di miˈkɛːle}}; born 6 January 1976) is an Italian football manager and former player in the role of striker, last in charge as head coach of Serie C club Turris.
Throughout his playing career, he played for several Italian clubs, and also had a spell on loan with English side West Ham United. At international level, he played six matches for the Italy national football team from 2005 to 2006.
Playing career
=Club=
==Early years==
Di Michele, whose mother is from Casarano, began his career with Lodigiani in the Italian Serie C1 near to his hometown Guidonia Montecelio, and played for them from 1993 to 1996. He was then transferred to Foggia Calcio in the Italian Serie B.
He had a short stint in Foggia, playing just two seasons before being transferred to Salernitana. With Salernitana, he made his Serie A debut, however the following year Salernitana were relegated to Serie B.
==Udinese==
After two seasons with Salernitana in Serie B, he was transferred to Udinese on an undisclosed fee for the 2001–02 season.{{cite news |title=Udinese sign Di Michele |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/1476579.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=6 August 2001 |access-date=30 April 2012}} After the 2001–02 season with Udinese, he played two seasons with Reggina, only to be transferred back to Udinese in 2004–05. In the 2005–06 season, he played half a season with Udinese and took part in the UEFA Champions League.
In a 2004–05 Coppa Italia match against Lecce, he scored two goals, before replacing keeper Samir Handanović in goal, after the latter was sent off. He stopped a key penalty in the final minutes of the game to ensure a 5–4 victory for Udinese.{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/players/player=95854/index.html |title=David Di Michele UEFA Euro 2008 Profile |date=6 June 2007 |access-date=6 August 2007 |author=uefa.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627054052/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/players/player%3D95854/index.html |archive-date=27 June 2007 |url-status=dead}}
==Palermo==
Halfway through the 2005–06 season Di Michele's contract was sold to Palermo{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=385650.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060125021825/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=385650.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2006|title=Di Michele heads south to Palermo|date=16 January 2006|access-date=30 December 2008|publisher=UEFA}} for €5.35 million,US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 {{in lang|it}} with Simone Pepe, Salvatore Masiello and Nicola Santoni moving to oppose direction in co-ownership deals. He made his debut for Palermo in a Serie A home match against Parma, in which he scored two goals in a 4–2 win. In his 2005–06 season, Di Michele played 19 matches, scoring seven goals.
In March 2007, Di Michele was found guilty of illegal betting and received a three-month ban from Serie A. He also received a $27,000 fine. Betting was not illegal for Italian players until November 2005, but Di Michele, along with three others, placed bets through an illegal bookmaker. However, he was allowed to play in friendlies, and to take part in training, so he was able to retain match fitness.{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/31072007/58/serie-di-michele-banned-betting-scandal.html|title=Serie A – Di Michele banned in betting scandal|date=31 July 2007|access-date=5 April 2008|agency=Reuters}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
==Torino and West Ham United loan==
On 5 July 2007 Palermo announced they had sold him to Torino,{{cite web|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0607/news_scheda.jsp?id=7270 |title=Di Michele ceduto al Torino |date=5 July 2007 |access-date=5 July 2007 |language=it |author=US Città di Palermo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222510/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0607/news_scheda.jsp?id=7270 |archive-date=27 September 2007 }} for €3.5 millionUS Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 {{in lang|it}} He signed a four-year contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/1474/61/|title=Il Torino acquista Di Michele|date=5 July 2007|access-date=29 October 2010|work=Torino FC|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312070839/http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/1474/61/|archive-date=12 March 2012}} On 31 July FIGC announced Di Michele was suspended until November.{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=565876.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143301/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=565876.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Di Michele accepts FIGC ban|date=31 July 2007|access-date=11 February 2010|publisher=UEFA}} He made 25 appearances with the granata, scoring a total of six goals in the 2007–08 season.
On 2 September 2008, Di Michele was loaned to West Ham United, with an option for the English club to make the deal permanent.{{cite news |url=http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/3377/61/ |publisher=Torino FC |title=Di Michele al West Ham |language=it |access-date=2 September 2008 |date=2 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905040311/http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/3377/61/ |archive-date=5 September 2008}} He made his debut for West Ham in the 3–2 defeat to West Bromwich Albion on 13 September 2008, coming on as a substitute for the injured Dean Ashton.[http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1392286,00.html Keen hails new recruits] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219055634/http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0%2C%2C12562~1392286%2C00.html |date=19 February 2009 }} In his second game for West Ham, on 20 September 2008, he scored his first goals in English football, and for West Ham, in the 3–1 home win against Newcastle United[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7613922.stm West Ham 3–1 Newcastle] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922133248/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7613922.stm |date=22 September 2008 }} However, at the end of the season manager Gianfranco Zola did not take up the option of making the deal permanent.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8081520.stm|title=Neill turns down new Hammers deal|date=3 June 2009|access-date=3 June 2009|author=BBC Sport|work=BBC News}}
During 2009–10 season, Ultras of Torino attacked the players during Di Michele's birthday party.{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/07-01-2010/torino-senza-pace-602573468254.shtml|title=Il Torino è senza pace Ora si parla di sciopero|date=7 January 2010|access-date=15 May 2010|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|last=Fabrizio|first=Turco|language=it}}{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=722099&cc=4716|title=Torino fans in player restaurant attack|date=7 January 2010|access-date=15 May 2010|work=Soccernet|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021093142/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=722099&cc=4716|url-status=dead}} After the incident the players involved: Di Michele, Massimo Loviso, Riccardo Colombo, Aimo Diana, Marco Pisano, Francesco Pratali, Paolo Zanetti were transferred to other clubs and only Rolando Bianchi, Matteo Rubin and Angelo Ogbonna were remained.
==Lecce==
Di Michele signed for U.S. Lecce in January 2010. Having gained a place in the starting eleven, he was one of the decisive men in Lecce's successful Serie B campaign. In his first season back in Serie A with Lecce, he scored 8 goals in 23 appearances. On 24 June 2011, he renewed his contract for one more year.{{cite news|url=http://www.uslecce.it/PaginaEvento.aspx?ID_TIPO_EVENTO=1&ID_EVENTO=3699|title=Rinnovo per Di Michele|date=24 June 2011|access-date=19 August 2011|work=US Lecce|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403034455/http://www.uslecce.it/PaginaEvento.aspx?ID_TIPO_EVENTO=1&ID_EVENTO=3699|archive-date=3 April 2012|url-status=dead}} In the 2011–12 Serie A season, he led the team with 11 goals scored in league play. However, at the end of the season Lecce were relegated back to Serie B after a 17th-place finish.
==Chievo==
On 13 July 2012, Di Michele moved to A.C. ChievoVerona.{{cite news|url=http://chievocalcio.tv/it/news/ufficiale-di-michele-firma-con-il-chievo|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113201930/http://chievocalcio.tv/it/news/ufficiale-di-michele-firma-con-il-chievo|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2013|title=Ufficiale: Di Michele firma con il Chievo|date=13 July 2012|access-date=13 July 2012|work=A.C. ChievoVerona|language=it}}
==Later years==
In January 2013, Di Michele rescinded his contract with Chievo and was signed by his former club Reggina, eight years after leaving them. He joined the Serie B club to cover the loss of Fabio Ceravolo, who transferred to Ternana for €500,000.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130112153743/http://www.tuttoreggina.com/?action=read&idnotizia=13798 UFFICIALE: Di Michele alla Reggina |date=1 January 2013]
In 2015, he left Reggina to join newly promoted Lega Pro club Lupa Roma.
=International=
At international level, Di Michele made six appearances for the Italy national football team between 2005 and 2006. He made his senior debut for Italy on 30 March 2005, at the age of 29, under coach Marcello Lippi, in a 0–0 friendly home draw against Iceland.{{cite web |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/nazionale/2005/03/30islanda.shtml |title=Italia-Islanda, pallido 0-0 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |date=30 March 2005 |access-date=15 April 2019 }} He made his final appearance for Italy on 6 September 2006, under Roberto Donadoni, in a 3–1 away loss to France in a European qualifier.{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/sport/calcio/nazionale/francia-italia/francia-italia/francia-italia.html |title=Donadoni, lezione francese Cassano e Semioli deludono |publisher=La Repubblica |language=it |date=6 September 2006 |access-date=15 April 2019 }}
Coaching career
Di Michele retired in December 2015 to switch to a non-playing staff role at his latest club Lupa Roma. In April 2016, he was named new joint head coach of the club, together with Angelo Quinzi, in place of Alessandro Cucciari.{{cite news |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/lega-pro-serie-d/lega-pro/2016/04/18-10657060/lega_pro_lupa_roma_la_panchina_a_di_michele_e_quinzi/ |publisher=Corriere dello Sport - Stadio |access-date=21 February 2017 |date=18 April 2016 |title=Lega Pro Lupa Roma, la panchina a Di Michele e Quinzi |language=it}}
He was successively confirmed as head coach for the new season, but successively dismissed in October 2016 due to poor results.{{cite news |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/lega-pro-serie-d/lega-pro/2016/10/11-16249373/lega_pro_lupa_roma_esonerato_l_allenatore_di_michele/ |publisher=Corriere dello Sport - Stadio |access-date=21 February 2017 |date=11 October 2016 |title=Lega Pro Lupa Roma, esonerato l'allenatore Di Michele |language=it}} He was then re-hired one month later by a new club management who took over from former president Alberto Cerrai.{{cite news |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/lega-pro-serie-d/lega-pro/2016/11/08-17226555/lega_pro_lupa_roma_via_maurizi_torna_di_michele/ |publisher=Corriere dello Sport - Stadio |access-date=21 February 2017 |date=8 November 2016 |title=Lega Pro Lupa Roma, Di Michele torna in panchina. Via Maurizi |language=it}} He left the club by the end of the 2016–17 season after failing to save the team from relegation.
In 2018, Di Michele joined Frosinone as a youth coach in charge of the Under-17 team.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttofrosinone.com/news/under-17-alla-scoperta-di-mister-di-michele-47993 |publisher=TuttoFrosinone |language=it-IT |accessdate=29 August 2022 |date=31 March 2021 |title=Under 17 - Alla scoperta di mister Di Michele}} He left Frosinone in July 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/frosinone-ecco-gli-allenatori-delle-under-nazionali/ |publisher=Frosinone Calcio |language=it-IT |accessdate=29 August 2022 |date=18 July 2022 |title=FROSINONE, ECCO GLI ALLENATORI DELLE UNDER NAZIONALI}}
On 25 October 2022, Di Michele was hired as new head coach of Serie C club Turris.{{cite web |url=https://www.lacasadic.com/calciomercato/di-michele-turris-ufficiale-allenatore-comunicato-25-ottobre-2022/ |publisher=La Casa di C |language=it-IT |accessdate=25 October 2022 |date=1 December 2022 |title=Ufficiale, Di Michele è il nuovo allenatore della Turris}} He was however sacked on 23 December 2022, after failing to improve the results of the team.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-c/ufficiale-turris-esonerato-il-tecnico-david-di-michele-1771304 |publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb |language=it-IT |accessdate=24 December 2022 |date=23 December 2022 |title=Turris, esonerato il tecnico David Di Michele}}
Honours
Individual
- Coppa Italia top scorer: 1999–2000{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italcuptops.html |title=Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers |author1=Roberto Di Maggio |author2=Davide Rota |date=4 June 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029033413/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italcuptops.html |archive-date=29 October 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [http://aic.football.it/scheda/581 AIC profile] {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.legaseriea.it/it/giocatori/wd/DMCDV Lega Serie A profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415143759/http://www.legaseriea.it/it/giocatori/wd/DMCDV |date=15 April 2019 }} {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2940&squadra=1 FIGC profile] {{in lang|it}}
{{Coppa Italia top scorers}}
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