Michele Di Piedi

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Michele Di Piedi

Full name	Michele Di Piedi
Date of birth	December 21, 1980 (1980-12-21) (age 27)
Place of birth	Palermo, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Nuorese
Youth clubs
?-1997 1999	Panormus Fiorentina
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2003 2002-2003 2003 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Siracusa Perugia Sheffield Wednesday → Odd Grenland → Bristol Rovers (loan) Sora APOEL Gela Doncaster Rovers Nuorese	0? (?) 00 (0) 39 (5) 0? (?) 05 (0) 03 (0) 05 (?) 09 (0) 03 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Michele Di Piedi (born December 4, 1978 in Palermo), is an Italian professional footballer, most famous for playing for Sheffield Wednesday.

Signed from Perugia and was Paul Jewell's first acquisition for the South Yorkshire club, Di Piedi made his debut for Sheffield Wednesday in their first game since relegation from The Premiership against Wolverhampton Wanderers at The Molineux on 13 August 2000 at the age of 19 as a 60th minute substitute for Gilles De Bilde, with Andy Booth scoring a 79th minute equaliser after Kevin Pressman was sent off in the first minute. He showed signs he was full of energy, chasing lost causes and what he lacked in skill he made up for with his effort. His first goal for the club was a spectacular strike on his first start and was the only goal in a game away at Grimsby on 26 August.^[1] He scored some wonderful goals for The Owls, his last-minute strike at Birmingham City is well remembered by those who saw it, as he tore his shirt off, placed it on the corner flag and waved it in the air in front of the thousands of travelling Owls fans at St Andrews.^[2] His debut season was a big success with some great goals and performances which won him a four year contract.^[3] His second season was ruined by injuries and he never fulfilled his earlier impact, although he did wow the crowds with a fantastic long-range overhead kick against Sunderland in the Carling Cup that saw the team progress against Premiership opposition.[6] He scored seven goals in ten starts and thirty four substitute appearances for Wednesday. After spending time on loan at Norwegian side Odd Grenland in 2002 and Bristol Rovers in 2003 he was released by the club due to his child being ill and he returned to Italy to play for A.S. Sora but returned the next year for a trial at Bournmouth, after he had been recommended to them by Efan Ekoku.^[4] However, he failed to earn a permanent contract after breaking his neck in training.^[5] He then had a spell at Cypiot side Apoel Nicosia before moving to Sicily to play for Serie C2 side Gela FC. He would again return to England in the summer of 2006, signing for Doncaster Rovers after having trials at Gillingham and Yeovil Town.^[6] Unfortunately he only made three appearances and did not score before returning to his native country again.