Simone Calori
Italian footballer and coach
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Simone Calori (born 23 July 1980) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevarchi, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Colligiana | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Cagliari | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2006 | Sangiovannese | 130 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Pisa | 31 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Mantova | 18 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Vicenza | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Perugia (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Taranto (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Pisa | 23 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Salerno | 31 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Giacomense | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Matera | 14 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Rimini | 27 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Group Castello | 26 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Poggibonsi | 22 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Sangiovannese | 39 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Sangiovannese | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Born in Montevarchi, the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Calori started his career at Serie D club Colligiana. In 1999, he was signed by Cagliari.[citation needed] From 2000 to 2006, Calori spent 6 seasons with Sangiovannese, a team also located in the province of Arezzo. In 2006, he moved to Pisa, Tuscany. Calori played 31 matches in 2006–07 Serie C1. Calori also played all 4 matches in the promotion playoffs, winning promotion back to Serie B.
In July 2007, Calori moved to fellow Serie B club Mantova. He only played 18 games in 2007–08 Serie B, including 7 starts.[1] On 25 June 2008, 5 days before the closure of 2007–08 financial year, Calori and Valerio Di Cesare were swapped with Mattia Marchesetti and Riccardo Fissore.[2] Calori also re-joined former Pisa team-mate Giovanni Passiglia at Vicenza. Both Mantova and Vicenza valued the players for €1.5 million, also signing 3-year contract.[2][3] Di Cesare was valued €1,000,000, Calori for €500,000; Marchesetti €1,000,000 and Fissore €500,000.[3]
Calori failed to make his league debut for Vicenza. In January 2009 Calori left for Perugia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione in temporary deal.[4] In the next season Calori left for another third division club Taranto along with Julián Magallanes.[5]
In summer 2010, Vicenza sold Calori to Pisa for free (along with Passiglia) and Di Cesare to Torino for just €250,000. The club had to write-down the residual value of the contracts partially or in full.[nb 1]
Calori was signed by Serie D club Salerno in summer 2011.[7] The club finished as the Group G winner and directly promoted back to the fourth division – the lowest level of the professional league.
In December 2012 he was signed by Giacomense.[8]
Coaching career
On 28 April 2019, Serie D club Sangiovannese that he was playing for at the time, announced that he has been appointed the head coach of the team.[9] He was sacked on 21 January 2020 after six defeats in a row.[10]