Simone Calori (born 23 July 1980) is an

Italian football Football ( it, calcio ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only ...

coach and a former player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Born in

Montevarchi Montevarchi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. History The town of Montevarchi sprang up around 1100, near to a fortified Benedictine monastery, founded by bishop Elempert (986–1010) of Arezzo. At first the cas ...

, the Province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Calori started his career at Serie D club Colligiana. In 1999, he was signed by Cagliari. 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 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff pha ...

. 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. On 25 June 2008, 5 days before the closure of 2007–08 financial year, Calori and

Valerio Di Cesare Valerio Di Cesare (born 23 May 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Bari. Career Di Cesare moved his first footsteps into Lazio's youth system. During the summer of 2001, he accepted an offer from Che ...

were swapped with

Mattia Marchesetti Mattia Marchesetti (born 28 September 1983) is an Italian footballer. Biography Born in Crema, Lombardy, Marchesetti started his career at provincial capital – Cremona for Cremonese. In July 2004 he was signed by Serie A club Chievo in temp ...

and

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. Calori also re-joined former Pisa team-mate Giovanni Passiglia at

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a thr ...

. 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 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

. In January 2009 Calori left for

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of Lega Pro Prima Divisione in temporary deal. In the next season Calori left for another third division club

Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ...

along with

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. 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. Calori was signed by Serie D club Salerno in summer 2011. 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.

Coaching career

On 28 April 2019,

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

club Sangiovannese that he was playing for at the time, announced that he has been appointed the head coach of the team. He was sacked on 21 January 2020 after six defeats in a row.Sangiovannese. Esonerato Simone Calori. La decisione ieri sera
valdarno24.it, 21 January 2020

Footnotes

References

External links

Lega Serie B Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calori, Simone Italian footballers Serie B players A.S.D. Olimpia Colligiana players A.S.D. Sangiovannese 1927 players Pisa S.C. players Mantova 1911 players L.R. Vicenza players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Taranto F.C. 1927 players U.S. Salernitana 1919 players F.C. Matera players Rimini F.C. 1912 players Association football defenders Sportspeople from Arezzo 1980 births Living people Italian football managers Footballers from Tuscany