Simone Masini (born 23 October 1984) is an Italian retired

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and current manager. Masini spent most of his career in Italian third tier (Serie C1, Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Lega Pro Divisione Unica).

Biography

Lucchese

Born in

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, Tuscany, Masini started his professional career in Lucchese, about 17 km away. He scored 10 goals in

2003–04 Serie C1 The 2003–04 Serie C1 was the twenty-sixth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. League standings Serie C1/A Play-off =Semifinal= , - , style="background:#eee" colspan=4 , , - =Final= ...

but scored once next season. On 31 January 2005 he left for

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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 exchange with Giuseppe De Feudis, a day after winning Acireale as substitute. Masini returned to Lucca on 1 July 2005, scored 24 goals in 3

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

seasons.

Ascoli

On 10 July 2008 he left for

club

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in co-ownership deal. In June 2009 Lucchese transferred the remain 50% registration rights to Ascoli. On 27 July 2009 he left for

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. On 21 July 2010 Ascoli announced that Masini would join

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but never finalized. In October 2010 Ascoli re-registered Masini as no.6 after just played for Ascoli in pre-season. On 31 January 2011, he swapped club with

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was struggling to avoid relegation as the team was at the second from the bottom in round 21. He scored in his debut against Bassano, losing 1–2. The coach then continued to use Masini paired with team topscorer Carlo Ferrario. However he failed to score again and losing his starting place.

Catanzaro

On 31 August 2011 he was signed by Catanzaro on loan with an option to purchase.

Mantova

In summer 2013 Masini was signed by

Mantova Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Europ ...

Lega Pro clubs

On 4 September 2015 Masini was signed by

Melfi Melfi (Neapolitan language, Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Vulture area of the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Geographically, it is midway between Naples and Bari. In 2015 it had a population of 17,7 ...

in a one-year contract.

International career

He capped for feeder teams of Italy U-21: the Italy U-20 team and

Italy under-21 Serie B representative team Italy national under-21 football B team is the Italy national football team that represents Serie B at competitions and is controlled by the Lega B. Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was credited as Under-21 Serie B TIM until 2010. They are ...

in 2003–04 and 2004–05 season. He also capped for Italy U-21 B team especially for

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

and for a preparation match against Serie D Best XI before the tournament.

Coaching career

On 23 May 2018, the president of Tuttocuoio announced, that Masini would be the club's new manager starting from the 2018/19 season. After three defeats in the last four games, Masini was fired on 17 January 2019.SERIE D GIR. E, il TUTTOCUOIO esonera l'allenatore Simone MASINI
toscanagol.it, 17 January 2019

References

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FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Masini, Simone Italian men's footballers Serie B players Lucchese 1905 players AC Cesena players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players AC Monza players US Catanzaro 1929 players AC Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Pisa 1984 births Living people Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy