Duccio Innocenti (born 20 September 1975, in

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) is an Italian association football. He is currently managing the Lucchese football club and is a former player, who played as a defender. He won a gold medal at the

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in Bari with the

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Career

Player

Innocenti started his career at Fiorentina football club. Afterward he spent seasons with Pontedera of

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and Lucchese of Serie B, he was signed by

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in summer 1998. Innocenti made his Serie A debut on 13 September 1998 against Venezia. He followed Bari relegated in summer 2001, and played until summer 2003. He was signed by Lazio on free transfer on 2 July 2003. But on 18 July 2003, he was transferred to Atalanta as part of the deal of

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and Luciano Zauri. He was a regular player for Atalanta in their 2003-04 season, but then he was promoted back to Serie A, he only played 8 games. After Atalanta relegated again in summer 2005, he played 6 times. In January 2006, he was loaned to

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for their rescue mission on Serie A seat, and lastly Messina stayed in the top division, but the club not willing to sign him permanently. On 30 August 2006, he finally signed by AlbinoLeffe of Serie B. On 13 August 2007, he was signed by Serie B newcomer Grosseto. In February 2009, he was loaned, until the end of the season, to Vicenza Calcio From the season 2009-10 to 2011-12 he played for Lucchese in Eccellenza Tuscany.

Coach

In the season 2012-13 he is the manager of Lucchese in the Serie D.

References

External links

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