Alessio Dionisi Explained

Alessio Dionisi (born 1 April 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of club Palermo.

Playing career

A centre back with free kick abilities, Dionisi spent most of his career at Serie C2 and Serie D levels, with his highlight being at Tritium, a club he captained and with whom he won promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and also played in the Italian third tier for a season.

Coaching career

Early years

Dionisi retired from active playing football in 2014, immediately being named head coach of Serie D club Olginatese, which was his final club as a player. He then managed again at the Serie D level with Borgosesia from 2015 to 2017, and Fiorenzuola in the 2017–18 season.

He was then named head coach of Serie D club Imolese in 2018, guiding the club to second place in the league. After the club was admitted to Serie C to fill a vacancy, he was confirmed at Imolese and successfully guided the small club from Emilia-Romagna to a historic third place in the league (the best result in the club's history) and a place in the promotion playoffs, where his club was defeated by Piacenza in the semi-finals.

Venezia

His impressive results with Imolese won him the attention of Venezia, who appointed him head coach on 3 July 2019.^[1] With Venezia readmitted to Serie B in place of Palermo,^[2] he guided the Venetians to keep their place in the Italian second division.

Empoli

On 19 August 2020, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie B club Empoli.^[3] On his first season in charge, he led Empoli to become 2020–21 Serie B champions and ensure themselves promotion to Serie A.^[4]

Sassuolo

His impressive results at Empoli led to Serie A club Sassuolo offering him the vacant role of head coach after Roberto De Zerbi's departure; after rescinding his contract with Empoli on 15 June 2021,^[5] Dionisi signed a two-year deal with Sassuolo the following day, effective from 1 July 2021.^[6]

After guiding Sassuolo to two consecutive mid-table placements in the Serie A, Dionisi was sacked on 25 February 2024 following a string of negative results that left the Neroverdi struggling in the bottom positions of the league.^[7]

Palermo

On 7 June 2024, Dionisi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls Palermo.^[8]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record
Olginatese		27 May 2014	16 October 2014
Borgosesia		26 May 2015	2 June 2017
Fiorenzuola		2 June 2017	14 May 2018
Imolese		31 May 2018	26 June 2019
Venezia		3 July 2019	14 August 2020
Empoli		19 August 2020	15 June 2021
Sassuolo		16 June 2021	25 February 2024
Total

Honours

Head coach

Empoli

• Serie B

2020–21

Individual

• Serie A Coach of the Month

September 2023^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Il Venezia ha il suo nuovo allenatore: Alessio Dionisi guiderà gli arancioneroverdi. Veneziatoday. 3 July 2019. 12 July 2019 . Italian.
2. News: Figc: Palermo escluso da Serie B, ripescato Venezia. La Repubblica . Italian . 12 July 2019 . 12 July 2019 .
3. Web site: Alessio Dionisi è il nuovo allenatore dell’Empoli. Empoli F.C.. Italian. 19 August 2020.
4. Web site: Quelli che salgono. Dionisi e Caserta: i volti nuovi delle panchine italiane. La Gazzetta dello Sport. Italian. 4 May 2021 . 4 May 2021.
5. Web site: 21 Jun 2021 . Empoli F.C.. 15 Jun 2021 . Risolto il contratto con Alessio Dionisi. Italian .
6. Web site: 21 Jun 2021 . 16 Jun 2021 . US Sassuolo Calcio. ALESSIO DIONISI È IL NUOVO TECNICO DEL SASSUOLO. Italian .
7. Web site: 26 February 2024 . 25 February 2024 . US Sassuolo Calcio. COMUNICATO US SASSUOLO CALCIO. Italian .
8. Web site: 2024-06-07 . ALESSIO DIONISI È L’ALLENATORE DEL PALERMO . 2024-06-07 . Palermo FC . it-IT.
9. News: Alessio Dionisi Coach of the Month for September. Serie A . 2 October 2023 . 2 October 2023 .