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| Angelo Di Livio | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angelo Di Livio | |
| Date of birth | July 26, 1966 | |
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | |
| Height | 173cm | |
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1989 1989-1993 1993-1999 1999-2005 |
Roma Reggiana Nocerina Perugia Padova Juventus Fiorentina |
0 (0) 13 (0) 31 (1) 72 (4) 138 (13) 186 (3) 169 (8) |
| National team | ||
| 1995-2002 | Italy | 40 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Angelo Di Livio (born July 26, 1966 in Rome) is a former Italian football (soccer) midfielder. He was given the nicknamed soldatino (little soldier) during his playing career due to his characteristic way of running along sidefield.
Di Livio has played for Reggiana (1985-86), Nocerina (1986-87), Perugia (1987-89), Padova (1989-93), Juventus (1993-99), and Fiorentina (1999-2005). His running stamina and capability to cross the ball made him an important element in the "eleven" start of the strong Juventus FC from 1993 to 1999. With Juventus, he won three scudetti (Italian A League) and one Champions League title. In 2002, when AC Fiorentina went bankrupt and was re-born as Florentia Viola in Serie C2, Di Livio was the only player to stay with the team, showing his dedication for the bankrupted side, and played through the depths of Italian soccer to rise back to Serie A in 2004.
For Italy, Di Livio has been capped 40 times but never scored. He played for his country at Euro 96, the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His first cap came on September 6, 1995 against Slovenia; his last on June 18, 2002 against South Korea. For Italy, he was often used as a holding player to close up games when they were ahead by one, or otherwise needed to avoid conceding.
He is currently the coach of a youth team of AS Roma (Allievi "Coppa Lazio")[1], and his son also plays for the giallorossi youth system.
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