Aimo Diana

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Aimo Diana
Personal information
Full name	Aimo Stefano Diana
Date of birth	January 2, 1978 (1978-01-02) (age 31)
Place of birth	Brescia, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder, defender
Club information
Current club	Torino
Number	19
Youth career
	Brescia
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–2001 1999–2000 2001–2003 2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2008–	Brescia → Verona (co-ownership) Parma → Reggina (loan) Sampdoria Palermo Torino	093 0(4) 025 0(0) 026 0(1) 016 0(1) 065 (10) 041 0(2) 044 0(2)
National team2
1998–2000 2004–2007	Italy U21 Italy	03 00(0) 013 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 2, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Aimo Stefano Diana (born 2 January 1978 in Brescia) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Torino F.C. in the Italian first division.

A player of wide range, he can appear as a midfielder or a right back on the same side.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

A product of Brescia Calcio's youth system, Diana made his debuts for the first team in the second division in 1997, and played his first Serie A match on August 31 of the same year, against Inter Milan. He was loaned out to Hellas Verona in 1999 before leaving for good to Parma F.C..

Diana did not obtain particular success with the Emilian side, and he left Parma on January 2003 in a six-months loan to Reggina Calcio, along with Emiliano Bonazzoli, posteriorly signing for U.C. Sampdoriain the end of the season. A key member from the start for the Genovese, Diana helped it qualify for the UEFA Cup in 2004-05, has he netted five league goals in 32 contests; in early May 2005, he scored the game's only at Juventus and, the following week, also found the net, in a 3-0 home success against ACF Fiorentina.

In 2006, Diana signed for U.S. Città di Palermo, being regularly used in one 1/2 seasons and scoring two goals, including the equalizer in a 2–1 win by the Rosanero against AC Milan. On January 30, 2008, he was sold to Torino F.C. in a permanent move.^[1]

[edit] International career

After impressing for Sampdoria, Diana received his first call-ups to the national team, making his debut in a friendly match against Spain, on April 28, 2004.

A regular for Marcello Lippi on the Azzurri, an injury prevented him from being picked to the squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in Germany.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• US Palermo profile (Italian)
• National team data (Italian)

v • d • e Torino F.C. – current squad 1 Sereni · 3 M.Pisano · 4 Džemaili · 5 Corini · 6 Ogbonna · 7 Ventola · 8 Barone · 9 Abbruscato · 10 Rosina (Capt.) · 14 Natali · 15 Dellafiore · 16 Rivalta · 19 Diana · 21 Franceschini · 22 Di Loreto · 24 Säumel · 27 P. Zanetti · 28 Vailatti · 30 Stellone · 31 A.M.Fontana · 32 Colombo · 33 Rubin · 50 Pratali · 77 Gasbarroni · 90 Bianchi · 99 Calderoni · Coach: Camolese

Persondata
NAME	Diana, Aimo Stefano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Diana, Aimo
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1978-1-2
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brescia , Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH