Simone Calori

{{short description|Italian footballer and coach}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Simone Calori

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|7|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevarchi, Italy

| height = {{Height|m=1.84}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1998–1999 | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Colligiana

| years2 = 1999–2000 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Cagliari

| years3 = 2000–2006 | caps3 = 130 | goals3 = 2 | clubs3 = Sangiovannese

| years4 = 2006–2007 | caps4 = 31 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Pisa

| years5 = 2007–2008 | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Mantova

| years6 = 2008–2010 | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Vicenza

| years7 = 2009 | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = → Perugia (loan)

| years8 = 2009–2010 | caps8 = 27 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = → Taranto (loan)

| years9 = 2010–2011 | caps9 = 23 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Pisa

| years10 = 2011–2012 | caps10 = 31 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = Salerno

| years11 = 2012–2013 | caps11 = 10 | goals11 = 0 | clubs11 = Giacomense

| years12 = 2013–2014 | caps12 = 14 | goals12 = 1 | clubs12 = Matera

| years13 = 2014–2015 | caps13 = 27 | goals13 = 0 | clubs13 = Rimini

| years14 = 2015–2016 | caps14 = 26 | goals14 = 0 | clubs14 = Group Castello

| years15 = 2016–2017 | caps15 = 22 | goals15 = 0 | clubs15 = Poggibonsi

| years16 = 2017–2019 | caps16 = 39 | goals16 = 0 | clubs16 = Sangiovannese

| manageryears1 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs1 = Sangiovannese

| club-update =

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Simone Calori (born 23 July 1980) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Born in Montevarchi, the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Calori started his career at Serie D club Colligiana. In 1999, he was signed by Cagliari.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} From 2000 to 2006, Calori spent 6 seasons with Sangiovannese, a team also located in the province of Arezzo. In 2006, he moved to Pisa, Tuscany. Calori played 31 matches in 2006–07 Serie C1. Calori also played all 4 matches in the promotion playoffs, winning promotion back to Serie B.

In July 2007, Calori moved to fellow Serie B club Mantova. He only played 18 games in 2007–08 Serie B, including 7 starts.[http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/57064.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport 2007–08 Profile] {{in lang|it}} On 25 June 2008, 5 days before the closure of 2007–08 financial year, Calori and Valerio Di Cesare were swapped with Mattia Marchesetti and Riccardo Fissore.{{cite news|publisher=AC Mantova|url=http://www.acmantova.it/news_estesa.asp?idnews=2813|title=CALORI E DI CESARE AL VICENZA, FISSORE E MARCHESETTI AL MANTOVA|date=25 June 2008|accessdate=25 June 2008|language=Italian |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080804121047/http://www.acmantova.it/news_estesa.asp?idnews=2813|archivedate =4 August 2008}} Calori also re-joined former Pisa team-mate Giovanni Passiglia at Vicenza. Both Mantova and Vicenza valued the players for €1.5 million, also signing 3-year contract.Vicenza Calcio SpA Report And Accounts on 30 June 2008 {{in lang|it}} Di Cesare was valued €1,000,000, Calori for €500,000; Marchesetti €1,000,000 and Fissore €500,000.

Calori failed to make his league debut for Vicenza. In January 2009 Calori left for Perugia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione in temporary deal.{{cite news|url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index.php/action.php?action=read&id=139489|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204202838/http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index.php/action.php?action=read&id=139489|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2013|title=UFFICIALE: tre acquisti per il Perugia|date=2 February 2009|accessdate=21 May 2012|publisher=Tutto Mercato Web|language=Italian}} In the next season Calori left for another third division club Taranto along with Julián Magallanes.{{cite news|url=http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1522716_cat-3049001001.shtml |title=Magallanes e Calori al Taranto |date=5 August 2009 |access-date=17 July 2010 |work=Vicenza Calcio |publisher=Hosted by Vicenza.com |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910055249/http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1522716_cat-3049001001.shtml |archive-date=10 September 2009 }}

In summer 2010, Vicenza sold Calori to Pisa for free (along with Passiglia) and Di Cesare to Torino for just €250,000. The club had to write-down the residual value of the contracts partially or in full.{{#tag:ref|Calori: €500,000 over 3 (year of contract) times 1 (remaining year of contract) = €166,667; Di Cesare: €1,000,000 over 3 minus €250,000 (revenue) = €83,333Vicenza Calcio Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it CCIAA]|name=Vicenzarelease|group=nb}}

Calori was signed by Serie D club Salerno in summer 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/legapro/?action=read&idnet=dHV0dG9sZWdhcHJvLmNvbS0zNDc5Mg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915071404/http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/legapro/?action=read&idnet=dHV0dG9sZWdhcHJvLmNvbS0zNDc5Mg|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2012|title=Salerno Calcio, dopo Biancolino ecco Calori e Chiavaro|date=2 September 2011|accessdate=21 May 2012|publisher=Tutto Lega Pro|language=Italian}} The club finished as the Group G winner and directly promoted back to the fourth division – the lowest level of the professional league.

In December 2012 he was signed by Giacomense.{{cite news|url=http://www.giacomense.it/Tesserato-Calori-Simone.htm|title=Tesserato Calori Simone|date=14 December 2012|accessdate=3 July 2013|publisher=AC Giacomense|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507135531/http://www.giacomense.it/Tesserato-Calori-Simone.htm|archive-date=7 May 2013|url-status=dead}}

Coaching career

On 28 April 2019, Serie D club Sangiovannese that he was playing for at the time, announced that he has been appointed the head coach of the team.{{cite press release|publisher=Sangiovannese|url=http://www.sangiovannese1927.it/notizie/1605806282782524_2532319276797882|title=PRIMA SQUADRA|date=28 April 2019|language=Italian}} He was sacked on 21 January 2020 after six defeats in a row.[https://www.valdarno24.it/2020/01/21/sangiovannese-esonerato-simone-calori-la-decisione-ieri-sera/ Sangiovannese. Esonerato Simone Calori. La decisione ieri sera], valdarno24.it, 21 January 2020

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