Emanuele Filippini (born 3 July 1973) is an Italian retired

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who played as a

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, currently working as an

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for the

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. He played in several teams with his

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brother, Antonio, and spent most of his career with

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...

, amassing

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totals of 175 games and six goals over the course of eight seasons.

Playing career

Born in

, Filippini emerged through his hometown Brescia Calcio's youth system, and stayed there for eight professional seasons, after having started – on loan – with amateurs Ospitaletto, the first of many teams he shared with his sibling Antonio. The pair made their

debut on 31 August 1997, in a 1–2 away loss against

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. After one-and-a-half seasons on loan to Parma AC, Filippini moved alongside Antonio to

U.S. Città di Palermo Palermo Football Club, more simply known as Palermo F.C. or Palermo (; scn, Paliemmu, link=no, ), is an Italian football club based in the Sicilian city of Palermo, conventionally founded for the first time on 1 November 1900. Among the club� ...

. He scored four goals in his short spell, to help the Sicilian side return to the top division after 31 years. Filippini then hard three more solid campaigns, one each with S.S. Lazio,

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and

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(the first two with Antonio, the latter in the

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), before signing with

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in 2007. In his second season he appeared in only a handful of games – unlike his twin, which had joined the previous year – but helped the club in the successful promotion play-offs, after which he was released, at nearly 36, retiring shortly after.

Coaching career

In late January 2010, Brescia appointed Filippini as assistant coach of the ''Giovanissimi Nazionali'' youth team guided by Omar Danesi. On 25 June 2012, it was announced that both brothers would join lowly FeralpiSalò as youth system coordinators. In July 2012, he was awarded the

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in 2012. He subsequently served as Kenya U20 head coach for a short time in 2013. In February 2016 he took over as head coach of Promozione Lombardy amateurs Adrense. In June 2016, Filippini was hired as head coach of

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amateurs Ciliverghe. In June 2017 he took over as head coach of Serie D club Imolese, but resigned later on September, two days before the first game of the season, due to personal reasons. In October 2017 he was hired as new boss of Rezzato, another Serie D club. In August 2018 he accepted an offer from the Italian Football Federation to work as Carmine Nunziata's assistant in charge of the U17 national team. Both Nunziata and Filippini were successively promoted in charge of the U19 national team in July 2020.

References

External links

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Gazzetta dello Sport profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Filippini, Emanuele 1973 births Living people Italian twins Footballers from Brescia Twin sportspeople Italian footballers Association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Brescia Calcio players Parma Calcio 1913 players Palermo F.C. players S.S. Lazio players Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players Bologna F.C. 1909 players U.S. Livorno 1915 players Italian football managers