Aimo Diana

Aimo Diana

Diana as a Sampdoria player
Personal information
Full name	Aimo Stefano Diana
Date of birth	(1978-01-02) 2 January 1978 (age 39)
Place of birth	Brescia, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Right back
Youth career
	Brescia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Brescia	93	(4)
1999–2000	→ Verona (co-ownership)	25	(0)
2001–2003	Parma	26	(1)
2003	→ Reggina (loan)	16	(1)
2003–2006	Sampdoria	94	(16)
2006–2007	Palermo	41	(2)
2008–2011	Torino	60	(3)
2010	→ Bellinzona (loan)	15	(0)
2011	Bellinzona	16	(0)
2011–2012	Lumezzane	29	(1)
2013	Trento	13	(1)
Total		415	(28)
National team
1998–2000	Italy U21	3	(0)
2004–2007	Italy	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Aimo Stefano Diana (born 2 January 1978 in Brescia) is an Italian retired footballer. A player of wide range, he was capable of playing both as a wide midfielder or as a defender on the right flank.

A product of Brescia Calcio's youth system, Diana made his debuts for the first team in Serie B in 1997, and played his first Serie A game on 31 August of the same year, against Inter Milan. He played one season with Hellas Verona F.C. in a co-ownership deal, helping the side to a final ninth position in the top level, and left for Parma A.C. in 2001.

Diana was used irregularly by the Emilia-Romagna side, winning the Italian Cup in his first season, but hardly featuring at all in 2002–03. In January 2003 he moved on loan to Reggina Calcio along with Emiliano Bonazzoli, posteriorly signing for U.C. Sampdoria at the end of the campaign. A key member from the start for the Genovese, he helped the team qualify for the UEFA Cup in his second year, scoring five goals in 32 matches; in early May 2005 he scored the game's only at Juventus F.C. and, the following week, also found the net, in a 3–0 home success against ACF Fiorentina.