Danny Tiatto

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Danny Tiatto
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Personal information
Full name	Daniele Amadeo Tiatto
Date of birth	May 22, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Werribee, Victoria, Australia
Height	5.7
Nickname	Danny
Playing position	midfield
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	11
Youth clubs
1992-1994	Bulleen Lions
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1996 1997 1997 1998 1998-2003 2003-2007 2007-	Melbourne Knights Salernitana Baden Stoke City (loan) Manchester City Leicester City Queensland Roar	43 (3) 11 (1) ? (?) 15 (1) 145 (4) 63 (3) 0 (0)
National team2
1995-Oct 2005	Australia	25 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of Sep 15, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of Sep 15, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Danny Tiatto (born May 22, 1973 in Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Leicester City. Tiatto won 25 caps for the Australian national team (scoring 1 goal) before his retirement from international football in October 2005. Danny also represented Australia at under 23 level when he played at the 1996 Olympic Games.

Tiatto started his career with his hometown club Melbourne Knights. In 1996 he joined Salernitana of the Italian Serie B on a temporary basis, but did not earn a permanent contract. A spell at Swiss side Baden followed, before Tiatto came to English football with a loan move to Stoke City.

In the summer of 1998 Tiatto was signed by Manchester City for a fee of £300,000. Tiatto struggled to hold down a first team place during his first season at Manchester City, partially due to indiscipline. The next season was more successful for Tiatto, making 35 appearances as Manchester City gained promotion to the Premiership. The 2000/01 season saw Manchester City relegated, however, Tiatto performed well for the struggling club, and won Manchester City's Player of the Year award for the season. The 2001/02 season saw Tiatto again form part of a promotion winning side. On the return to the top division Tiatto again found his first team opportunities limited. A sending off against Blackburn Rovers six minutes after coming on a substitute resulted in a long exile from the first team. Injuries also restricted appearances, with Tiatto making just 13 starts in the final two years of his time at Manchester City. Tiatto signed for Leicester on a 2 year deal in the summer of 2004, after his contract Manchester City expired.

Usually employed as a left-winger by his current club, Tiatto can play anywhere down the left side, or even in central midfield. He was a firm favourite with Leicester fans, he was voted Leicester City's 2005 Player of the Season by supporters, however he had a bad season in the 2005-2006 season, mainly due to indiscipline and injury and didn't play well when he was played and when in June 2006 he signed a new 1 year deal some Leicester fans weren't happy, however he seems to have won them over again with a string of sensational performances that have helped Leicester climb back up the league

Tiatto was the Leicester City club captain, having taken over the armband from Matt Elliott when the Scottish defender retired in 2005, before losing it to Paddy McCarthy at the end of the 2005/06 season.

In February 2007 Tiatto signed a pre-contract agreement with Queensland Roar FC in the Hyundai A-League for the 2007-08 season.

Leicester City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Douglas | 2 Maybury | 3 Kisnorbo | 4 Kenton | 5 McCarthy | 6 Hughes | 7 Hume | 8 Yeates | 9 Horsfield | 10 Johnson | 11 Tiatto | 12 Fryatt | 13 Henderson | 14 McAuley | 15 Johansson | 16 Newton | 17 Stearman | 18 Hammond | 20 Wesolowski | 21 Sheehan | 23 Jarrett | 25 Logan | 27 Porter | 28 Gradel | 29 Lycett | 33 Odhiambo | Manager: Kelly