Daniele Amadeo Tiatto (born 22 May 1973) is an Australian former

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who played as a winger and

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, He notably played for

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joining the club in 1998 whilst the club were playing in the third level of English football, he was promoted three times with City in his six years with the club and would go on to play in the

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for them. He also played in England for

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...

and

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

, and took in spells in Europe with

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and

FC Baden FC Baden is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau, which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including five women's teams. They play in the Swiss Promo ...

. In his native country he has played for

Bulleen Lions FC Bulleen Lions is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the Melbourne suburb Bulleen. Founded in 1974 by Melbourne's Italian community, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, the second high ...

Melbourne Knights Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

St Albans Saints St Albans Saints Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in St Albans, Victoria. Established by local Croatian Australians as Dinamo, the club is a regular participant in the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament. The c ...

Werribee City Werribee City Football Club is an Australia semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Werribee, Melbourne, currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 competition. The club plays its home games at Galvin Park ...

and

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. He was capped 23 times by

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scoring a single goal.

Club career

Early years

Tiatto commenced his senior career with Bulleen in the

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(VPL), eventually impressing enough to secure a move to the National Soccer League with

. There he signalled his ability as a dashing left winger, helping the Knights in their golden era as they claimed back-to-back championships. In 1996, he joined

of the

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on a temporary basis, but did not earn a permanent contract. A spell at Swiss club

followed, before Tiatto moved to the English club

on loan on 25 November 1997. He played 15 times for Stoke in 1997–98 scoring once which came in a 2–1 defeat at home to

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

on 7 March 1998.

Manchester City

In the summer of 1998 Tiatto was signed by

for a fee of £300,000. Tiatto struggled to hold down a first team place during his first season at Manchester City, partially due to indiscipline. The next season was more successful for Tiatto, making 35 appearances as Manchester City gained promotion to the Premiership. The 2000–01 season saw Manchester City relegated, however, Tiatto performed well for the struggling club leading to speculation he would move on to another Premiership team. He also won Manchester City's Player of the Year award for the season. The 2001–02 season saw Tiatto again form part of a promotion winning side. On the return to the top division Tiatto again found his first team opportunities limited. A sending off against

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six minutes after coming on a substitute resulted in a long exile from the first team. Injuries also restricted appearances, with Tiatto making just 13 starts in the final two years of his time at Manchester City. Tiatto signed for

on a two-year deal in the summer of 2004, after his contract Manchester City expired.

Leicester City

Usually employed as a left-winger for Leicester City, Tiatto played anywhere down the left side, or in central midfield. He was a firm favourite with Leicester City fans and he was voted Leicester's 2005 Player of the Season by supporters. However, Tiatto had a bad season in the 2005–06 season, mainly due to indiscipline and injury. Tiatto was the Leicester City club captain, having taken over the armband from Matt Elliott when the Scottish defender retired in 2005, before losing it to

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at the end of the 2005–06 season.

Brisbane Roar

In February 2007, Tiatto signed a pre-contract agreement with

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in the Hyundai

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for the 2007–08 season. On 1 July, Tiatto made his debut for the Roar coming on as a substitute against

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n team

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. Tiatto featured prominently in his sides two all draw against

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in Round One of the 2007–08

season. However Tiatto was subsequently cited after the match for serious conduct relating to an ugly incident with

defender

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, and received a two match suspension. During round 21, Tiatto scored his first goal for

with a superb strike against Perth Glory. Soon after he threw his support behind axed keeper Liam Reddy to return in place of stand-in keeper Griffin McMaster for the A-League finals. He has been released from the Roar.

Melbourne Knights

After having a falling out with Roar coach

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, Tiatto was sacked from Brisbane. However in 2010, he signed a one-year deal with VPL club

, the club he played for before moving overseas. He later played for

and

International career

Tiatto won 25 caps for the Australian national team (scoring 1 goal) before his retirement from international football in October 2005. He also represented Australia at under 23 level when he played at the

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Career statistics

Club

Sources: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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(1998) and the

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(2003).

International

Source:

Honours

Australia *

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Melbourne Knights * NSL Championship: 1994-1995, 1995–1996 Individual *

Queensland Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record ...

Member's Player of the Year: 2007-2008

References

External links

Queensland Roar profile

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