Matteo Contini
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Gemonio, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| 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 D club Legnago Salus.
AC Milan
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
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
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
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
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
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.