Daniele Adani

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Daniele Adani
Personal information
Full name	Daniele Adani
Date of birth	July 10, 1974 (1974-07-10) (age 33)
Place of birth	Correggio, Italy
Height	1.83 m
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Empoli
Youth clubs
	Modena
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1994 1994 1994-1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-06 2006-present	Modena Lazio Brescia Fiorentina Internazionale Brescia Ascoli Empoli	48 (1) 0 (0) 159 (8) 75 (4) 30 (2) 13 (0) 3 (0) 15 (0)
National team2
2000-2004	Italy	5 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniele Adani (born 10 July 1974 in Correggio, Emilia Romagna) is an Italian football player, who currently plays for Empoli as a defender.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Honors and awards 2.1 Fiorentina 3 External links

[edit] Biography

Adani started his career in Serie B team Modena and made his first team appearances at age of 18. In summer of 1994, Adani transferred to Serie A team S.S. Lazio, but did not made any appearance. He stayed for 2 months, and transferred to Brescia in November. He followed the club's promotion and relegation between Serie A and Serie B. In 1999, Adani transferred to Fiorentina, winning the Coppa Italia of the 2000/2001 season.

In 2002, Fiorentina faced bankruptcy, and Adani moved to Internazionale on a free transfer.[1] Though Adani wasn't regarded as member of the first team, he would be in the starting lineup more times than expected, managing to score two goals, incidentally never achieving a win. Adani broke his nose once while playing and (probably to avoid losing his position) decided to play with a tittanium mask on the nose, as Paolo Maldini had done previously. Adani also wore a similar non-metallic mask after he recovered, but dropped it shortly after.

In 2004, Adani returned to Brescia, but failed to avoid relegation. In 2005, he transferred to Ascoli, thus staying one more season on the top division. In 2006, he moved to Empoli F.C., a move that was proved right when Ascoli finish last on the following season.

Adani received five caps for Italy national team between 2000 and 2004.

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Fiorentina

• Coppa Italia winner: 2001

[edit] External links

• (Italian) National Team Stats. at FIGC official site
• Stats. at Inter Archive
• (Italian) Stats. at Ascoli official site
• (Dutch) Stats. at Voetbal International
• Profile at UEFA.com

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