Simone Del Nero
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| Full name | Simone Del Nero | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1981 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Carrara, Italy | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Wing-back, Midfielder | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Massese | |||||||||||
| Number | 23 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| Empoli | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Empoli | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Brescia | 105 | (7) | |||||||||
| 2001–2002 | → Livingston (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2003 | → Palermo (loan) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Lazio | 22 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2012 | → Cesena (loan) | 11 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 8 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2013– 2015 | Massese | |||||||||||
| 2014 | → Fortaleza (loan) | 7 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Tigres | 20 | (5) | |||||||||
| 2016– | Carrarese | |||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Italy U21 | 13 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2011. |
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Simone Del Nero (born 4 August 1981 in Carrara, Massa-Carrara) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Having grown up in the youth system of Empoli, Del Nero played just four senior games in two years for the Tuscans before moving to Brescia. Upon joining the Rondinelle, Del Nero at first played with the youth team, developing as a player under the guidance of youth coach and former professional, Luciano De Paola.
Del Nero made fleeting appearances for the senior side, before a disappointing stint on loan with Scottish outfit Livingston. He returned to Brescia for the 2002–03 season, where he made three appearances before another loan spell, this time to Sicily with Palermo, at the time in Serie B. However, Del Nero did not play a game with the rosanero and returned north at the season's end.
Del Nero had a breakout year in 2003–04, the first in which he established himself as a regular and consistently played in the senior side. In 2004–05, he remained a regular, but did not manage to save his team from relegation.
Del Nero was one of the most talented young players at Brescia with his former coach, Mario Somma, a great admirer. He remained a regular under Rolando Maran and Zdeněk Zeman in his last two years at the club, 2005–06 and 2006–07, both of which were spent in Serie B.
In the summer of 2007, Del Nero was available on a free transfer as he was out-of-contract at Brescia and was quickly signed to a five-year deal by giants Lazio, who were preparing for a return to the UEFA Champions League, having just finished third in Serie A.
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