David D'Antoni (born 28 January 1979) is an

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and former player. He is currently in charge as head coach of

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club Guidonia Montecelio.

Playing career

Born in

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, D'Antoni played for Ladispoli at

in the Lazio region. He was then signed by

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and made his debut in Serie A on 25 October 1998 against

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. He then played at

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clubs and won promotion with

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. He then played for

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 is an Italian professional football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recently in 2011. The current ...

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and

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. In January 2005, he joined

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. In his professional career, D'Antoni played over 150 games at the Italian

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level.

Coaching career

In 2014, D'Antoni was named the new head coach of

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amateur club Nuova Sorianese. In 2015, following his club's merger with Monterosi, he was named the head coach of the resulting new club Nuova Monterosi, with whom he won the 2015–16 Eccellenza title and guided them in the successive

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campaign. From 2017 to 2019 he worked as youth coach of

. In June 2019 he left Frosinone to return to Monterosi as head coach. Under his tenure, Monterosi won the

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league, thus ensuring themselves a historical first promotion to

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. D'Antoni was confirmed in charge of Monterosi for the club's debut Serie C season but was relieved from his managerial duties on 9 November 2021 following a negative string of results. In July 2022, D'Antoni was appointed the new head coach of ambitious Serie D club Cynthialbalonga. He left the club by the end of the

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season. On 21 September 2023, D'Antoni was hired by fellow Serie D club Romana. After completing the season with Romana, he successively left for fellow Serie D club Guidonia Montecelio.

Honours

Manager

Monterosi *

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(Group G) *Eccellenza Lazio: 2015–16 (Group A, as Nuova Monterosi)

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