David Dei (born 20 January 1974) is an Italian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

er who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

Career

Dei made his

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

debut on 23 May 1999 against

Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Football in Italy, Italian association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a ...

. Dei became

Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...

first choice in 2007–08 season, took the place from

Generoso Rossi Generoso Rossi (born 3 January 1979) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career Rossi started his career at A.S. Bari. he was on loan to Serie C ...

and eventually Rossi left the club in January. But in 2008–09 season,

Michael Agazzi Michael Agazzi (; born 3 July 1984) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently working as a youth coach at Real Calepina. Club career Early career Agazzi was a youth product of Atalanta. He start his professiona ...

became first choice, Dei became backup again. After retirement Dei became a goalkeeper coach, which he served for

Massimo Rastelli Massimo Rastelli (born 27 December 1968) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current head coach of club Avellino. Career Playing A second striker/winger, Rastelli started his career with Serie D ...

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

. They were hired by

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

on 12 June 2015.

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello sport
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dei, David Italian footballers S.S. Arezzo players ACF Fiorentina players Benevento Calcio players A.C. Ancona players U.S. Pistoiese 1921 players Empoli F.C. players F.C. Crotone players U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players Serie A players Association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from Arezzo 1974 births Living people Footballers from Tuscany