Diego De Ascentis
{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Diego De Ascentis
| image = De Ascentis UDI-ATA 1-3.jpg
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|7|31}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1993–1995 | youthclubs1 = Como
| years1 = 1995–1996 | clubs1 = Como | caps1 = 31 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1996–1999 | clubs2 = Bari | caps2 = 86 | goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1999–2000 | clubs3 = Milan | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2000–2005 | clubs4 = Torino | caps4 = 167 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = Livorno | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2006–2007 | clubs6 = Torino | caps6 = 30 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2007–2010 | clubs7 = Atalanta | caps7 = 65 | goals7 = 1
| totalcaps = 428 | totalgoals = 8
| nationalyears1 = 1997 | nationalteam1 = Italy U21 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1997 | nationalteam2 = Italy Olympic Team | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 5 March 2010
| ntupdate = 00:00, 11 October 1997 (UTC)
}}
Diego De Ascentis (born 31 July 1976) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
De Ascentis started his career at Como in 1993 before moving to Bari in 1996. Three years later, he transferred to AC Milan for a season.
In 2000, he transferred to Torino. After Torino went bankrupt in 2005 he moved to Genoa, joining the club in July 2005; however, Genoa was demoted to Serie C1 later that month as punishment for match-fixing, prompting De Ascentis to transfer to Livorno. After the reformed Torino regained promotion to Serie A, he rejoined the Turin club for another season.
He signed a three-year contract with Atalanta in the summer of 2007{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} and was released in the summer of 2009. He re-signed with the club on 8 October that year,[http://www.atalanta.it/atalanta/news.do?dispatch=read&id=1403 DE ASCENTIS ALL'ATALANTA FINO A FINE CAMPIONATO]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/10/08/1549563/official-atalanta-re-sign-midfielder-diego-de-ascentis Official: Atalanta Re-Sign Midfielder Diego De Ascentis – Goal.com] and departed again at the end of the 2009–10 season.
International career
De Ascentis was capped for the U-21 and Olympic teams (the former of which won the 1997 Mediterranean Games).
References
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External links
- {{in lang|it}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080819055246/http://www.atalanta.it/atalanta/show.do?dispatch=page&area=deascentis Atalanta B.C. Official Player Profile]
- {{in lang|it}} [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1745 Diego De Ascentis] at FIGC.it
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Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Category:US Livorno 1915 players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Footballers from Como
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in football