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Date of birth | 30 April 1978 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nocera Inferiore, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Parma | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Parma | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
1999 | → Padova (loan) | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||
1999–2000 | → Alzano Virescit (loan) | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Chievo | 47 | (4) | ||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Parma | 62 | (4) | ||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Palermo | 71 | (5) | ||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Torino | 82 | (2) | ||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Cagliari | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Livorno | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||
Total | 356 | (23) | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Italy | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
2016– | Delhi Dynamos (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Simone Barone, Ufficiale OMRI (born 30 April 1978) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. He currently works as an assistant manager for Indian Super League club Delhi Dynamos. He played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, before coming to prominence with Palermo. At international level, he was part of the Italian side that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and represented the national side on 16 occasions between 2004 and 2006, scoring once.
Barone started his career making his first team debut on 4 May 1997 for Parma, against Atalanta. He then played for Padova of Serie C1 in 1998, Alzano Virescit of Serie B in 1999.
In summer 2000, he joined Chievo in a co-ownership deal, where he played for 2 seasons. He was loaned back to Parma in 2002–03 season, then bought back permanently in 2003, with Amauri moved to Chievo.
On 16 July 2004, he transferred to Palermo for €5M. He signed a 4-year contract. He was the regular of the team, and the team qualified for 2006–07 UEFA Cup (after the Calciopoli trials).
On 5 August 2006, Simone moved to Serie A newcomer Torino after the club signed Mark Bresciano and Fábio Simplício from Parma. He played 3 seasons for the Serie A struggler and left the club after relegated in 2009.