Samuele Olivi (born 1 August 1980) is an Italian

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manager and former player, who played as a defender. He is currently a technical collaborator to

Andrea Dossena Andrea Dossena (; born 11 September 1981) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a left winger or left back. He is the head coach of Renate. Dossena started his professional career at Verona in 2001, having progressed thro ...

at Renate.

Club career

Olivi started his career at hometown club

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

. In 2000, Cesena were relegated from

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, and he was transferred to

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, where he played for seasons. He was a regular starter during the 2003–04 season, featuring in 44 out of 46 matches. The next season, however, he only made 10 appearances. In January 2005, he was signed by

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

, also in Serie B. In the first seasons he was a regular starter. In the 2006–07 season, he played 22 Serie B matches, all as starter, and in the next season he played 28 matches, starting in 21 of them. After alternating between the starting eleven and the bench, he joined

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

in August 2009. He was released along with

Massimo Ganci Massimo Ganci (born 17 November 1981) is an Italian former footballer who last played for Unipomezia Virtus as a forward. He played 10 games in the Serie A in the 2004–05 season for Reggina Calcio. Career Ganci started his professional caree ...

on 29 August 2011. On 31 August he was signed by

U.S. Grosseto F.C. Unione Sportiva Grosseto 1912 is an Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912 as ''Unione Ginnico Sportiva Grossetana''. The team's most associated nickname is ''grifone'', after it ...

On 7 June 2013 he was signed by

Mantova F.C. Mantova 1911 Società a Responsabilità Limitata (Mantova 1911 s.r.l.), commonly referred to as Mantova, is an Italian football club based in Mantua ( it, Mantova), Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005 ...

in 2+1 year contract.

International career

Olivi was in the Italy U18 squad that lost to Portugal U18 Team in the

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final. He also capped for the Italy U20 team that lost to the Portugal U20 side in the 2000

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semi-final, but that won against the Ivory Coast U20 side in the third-place match. He was capped for the Italy U21 side during the team's

2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002. Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time. Qua ...

qualifying campaign.

Coaching career

In June 2022, he was unveiled as part of

's staff at

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

club Renate.

References

External links

Profile at Football.it

Profile at FIGC
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