Matteo Contini
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 April 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Gemonio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Legnago Salus (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Milan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
1999–2000 | → Livorno (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2000–2001 | → SPAL (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Monza | 25 | (0) |
2002–2003 | L'Aquila | 33 | (2) |
2003–2004 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
2003–2004 | → Avellino (loan) | 39 | (1) |
2004–2007 | Parma | 89 | (2) |
2007–2010 | Napoli | 75 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Zaragoza | 39 | (1) |
2011–2013 | Siena | 26 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Atalanta | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Bari (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Bari (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Ternana (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2017 | Carrarese | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Pergolettese | 10 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2018–2019 | Pergolettese | ||
2020 | Pergolettese | ||
2021–2022 | Giana Erminio | ||
2024– | Legnago Salus | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Matteo Contini (born 16 April 1980) is an Italian football coach and former player. He played as a centre-back or left-back. He is currently in charge as head coach of Serie C Group B club Legnago Salus.
Playing career
[edit]AC Milan
[edit]Contini started his professional career in the A.C. Milan youth system. He was then farmed to Serie C1 teams Livorno (loan), SPAL (loan), Monza (co-ownership) and L'Aquila (co-ownership) between 1999 and 2003 and Serie B team Avellino in 2003–04 Serie B season.
Parma
[edit]Contini's 50% registration rights was bought by Parma in 2004 for €180,000 fee[1][2] that became full ownership in 2005 for an additional fee of €400,000.[3] He played for Parma in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.
Napoli
[edit]In 2007, Contini was signed by S.S.C. Napoli for €3.2 million.[4] He played for Napoli in Serie A as well as in the Italian Cup, 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup and 2008–09 UEFA Cup.[5]
Zaragoza
[edit]On 27 January 2010 Contini was loaned to Real Zaragoza with option to purchase.[6][7][8]
On 8 July 2010, Zaragoza made the purchase option, for €2 million[9] and signed Contini on a three-year deal.[10]
Siena
[edit]On 8 August 2011, after a year and a half in Spain, Contini returned to Italy, taken from Siena on a season-long loan for €300,000[11][12] with option to buy the registration rights.[13] He wore number 80 shirt for 2011–12 Serie A.[14] In July 2012, Contini signed a permanent deal with Siena, which the club declared the total cost including misc cost was €1,374,239.[11] He signed a two-year contract. Contini changed to wear number 22 in 2012–13 Serie A.[15]
Atalanta
[edit]Six months after joining Siena definitively, Contini joined Atalanta for €1 million in an initial 3+1⁄2-year contract.[16][17][18] Contini kept to use number 22 shirt for "blue-black".[19] On 30 August 2013, he went on loan to Juve Stabia.[20]
In the next three seasons, he was loaned to Bari (twice)[21][22][23] and Ternana.[24][25]
He retired in 2018 after a season with Serie D amateurs Pergolettese.
Coaching career
[edit]After retirement, he stayed at Pergolettese as a youth coach. On 6 November 2018, he was promoted to head coach of the Serie D club and guided his club to promotion to Serie C by the end of the season. He was dismissed on 12 November 2019 after the club started their Serie C season with five draws and nine losses in the first 14 games.[26] He was re-hired by Pergolettese on 19 June 2020.[27] He resigned from Pergolettese on 15 November 2020.[28]
On 11 November 2021, he was hired by Serie C club Giana Erminio.[29] After suffering relegation to Serie D following a 2–4 aggregate loss Trento in the playoffs, on 27 May 2022 Giana Erminio announced Contini's departure from the club.[30]
On 27 September 2024, Contini returned to management as the new head coach of struggling Serie C club Legnago Salus.[31]
References
[edit]- ^ A.C. Milan S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2004, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
- ^ Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2005, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
- ^ A.C. Milan S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2005, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
- ^ SSC Napoli SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
- ^ La Gazzetta dello Sport 2010 profile (in Italian)
- ^ "Contini set for Spanish switch". Sky Sports (in Italian). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Contini nuevo jugador del Real Zaragoza" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 27 January 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Ufficiale: Contini al Real Saragozza" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
- ^ "Matteo Contini continuará defendiendo al Real Zaragoza" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ a b AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
- ^ "Contini è del Siena Arriva in prestito con diritto di riscatto" (in Italian). AC Siena. 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Defender Matteo Contini joins Siena on loan". Mail.com. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Contini ha scelto il numero 80, Gazzi il 14" (in Italian). AC Siena. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Scelti i numeri di maglia" (in Italian). AC Siena. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
- ^ "Acquisti e cessioni: il riepilogo" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Arrivi e cessioni: il bilancio" (in Italian). AC Siena. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Test in famiglia. Primo allenamento a Zingonia per Contini e Livaja" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Contini e Scozzarella alla Juve Stabia" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Arrivano De Luca e Contini dall'Atalanta" (Press release) (in Italian). F.C. Bari 1908. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Mercato: Contini ancora al Bari" (Press release) (in Italian). F.C. Bari 1908. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Mercato Atalanta, Matteo Contini in prestito al Bari" (Press release) (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Dall'Atalanta arriva il difensore Matteo Contini" (Press release) (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Il riepilogo di tutte le operazioni fatte" (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "ESONERATO MATTEO CONTINI. IL COMMENTO DEL PRESIDENTE MARINELLI" (Press release) (in Italian). Pergolettese. 12 November 2019.
- ^ "RICONFERMATO MATTEO CONTINI" (in Italian). Pergolettese. 19 June 2020.
- ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" [Press Release] (in Italian). Pergolettese. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Matteo Contini è il nuovo allenatore della Giana Erminio" (in Italian). Giana Erminio. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Giana Erminio, è addio con Contini: non sarà lui il tecnico della prossima stagione" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Legnago, Matteo Contini è il nuovo allenatore". Triveneto Goal. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Lega Serie A profile (in Italian)
- AIC profile (data by football.it) (in Italian) [dead link ]
- Matteo Contini at WorldFootball.net
- Matteo Contini at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Italian men's footballers
- Footballers from the Province of Varese
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football fullbacks
- La Liga players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Serie D players
- AC Milan players
- US Livorno 1915 players
- SPAL players
- US Avellino 1912 players
- AC Monza players
- L'Aquila 1927 players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- SSC Napoli players
- Real Zaragoza players
- Siena FC SSD players
- Atalanta BC players
- SS Juve Stabia players
- SSC Bari players
- Ternana Calcio players
- US Pergolettese 1932 players
- Italian football managers
- Serie C managers
- Italian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen