Matteo Serafini

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matteo Serafini

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brescia, Italy

| height = 1.89 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1996–1997

| youthclubs1 = Cremonese

| years1 = 1997–2001

| years2 = 2001–2002

| years3 = 2003–2004

| years4 = 2004–2006

| years5 = 2005

| years6 = 2005–2006

| years7 = 2006–2007

| years8 = 2007–2009

| years9 = 2008

| years10 = 2009–2015

| years11 = 2015–2016

| years12 = 2016–2017

| years13 = 2017

| years14 = 2017–2018

| years15 = 2018–2019

| clubs1 = Cremonese

| clubs2 = Livorno

| clubs3 = Arezzo

| clubs4 = Siena

| clubs5 = → Catania (loan)

| clubs6 = → Empoli (loan)

| clubs7 = Brescia

| clubs8 = Vicenza

| clubs9 = → Piacenza (loan)

| clubs10 = Pro Patria

| clubs11 = Venezia

| clubs12 = Triestina

| clubs13 = Crema

| clubs14 = Ciserano

| clubs15 = AC Calvina Sport

| caps1 = 60

| goals1 = 5

| caps2 = 19

| goals2 = 2

| caps3 = 43

| goals3 = 16

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 0

| caps5 = 20

| goals5 = 5

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 0

| caps7 = 38

| goals7 = 11

| caps8 = 37

| goals8 = 0

| caps9 = 17

| goals9 = 3

| caps10 = 129

| goals10 = 53

| caps11 = 32

| goals11 = 20

| caps12 = 26

| goals12 = 7

| caps13 = 1

| goals13 = 0

| caps14 = 31

| goals14 = 10

| caps15 = 29

| goals15 = 8

| manageryears1 = 2019

| managerclubs1 = AC Calvina Sport

}}

Matteo Serafini (born 21 April 1978) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Born in Brescia, Serafini started his career at Cremonese. He played his first professional season for the club in 1997–98 Serie C1, helping the club return to Serie B in just one year in summer 1998. The club was relegated again in summer 1999, and the following season saw Cremonese fall to Serie C2 in summer 2000.

In summer 2001, he joined Livorno of Serie C1. He won promotion with the club, but his just played one game in first half of 2002–03 season, before moved to Arezzo of Serie C1.

On 8 June 2004, he signed for A.C. Siena and made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 12 September 2004.

He made six more appearances before leaving on loan to Catania (Serie B) and Empoli (Serie A).

On 7 August 2006, he joined Brescia of Serie B. Here he made his biggest football career success - on 10 March 2007 he scored a spectacular hat-trick in the match between Brescia and Juventus during the season which Juventus was in Serie B:{{cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2007/03/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_b/brescia-juventus/brescia-juventus/brescia-juventus.html |title=Il Brescia schiaccia la Juve Splendida tripletta di Serafini |date=10 March 2007 |accessdate=20 May 2015 |language=it}} The three goals, all in the first half of the game, were the result of a lob from 40 meters, a bicycle kick, and a precise powerful shot from 30 meters, against the World Cup winner goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

On 4 July 2007, he joined Vicenza of Serie B.

In 2009, he joined Aurora Pro Patria 1919.{{cite news|url=http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1522748_cat-3049001001.shtml |title=Operazioni calciomercato |date=24 August 2009 |accessdate=8 March 2010 |work=Vicenza Calcio |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827112750/http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1522748_cat-3049001001.shtml |archivedate=27 August 2009 }}

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of the 2018–19 season, Serafini was hired as manager of AC Calvina Sport.[https://www.calvina1946.it/ufficiale-matteo-serafini-tecnico-della-prima-squadra-per-la-stagione-2019-2020/ Ufficiale: Matteo Serafini tecnico della prima squadra per la stagione 2019-2020], calvina1946.it, 2 July 2019 He was fired by Calvina on 7 October 2019.{{cite press release|publisher=Calvina Sport|url=https://www.calvina1946.it/comunicato-ufficiale-esonerato-matteo-serafini/|title=Comunicato ufficiale: esonerato Matteo Serafini|date=7 October 2019|language=Italian}}