Massimo Donati

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Massimo Donati
Personal information
Date of birth March 26, 1981 (1981-03-26) (age 27)
Place of birth    Sedegliano, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Celtic
Number 18
Youth clubs
1998–99 Atalanta
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2001
2001–2007
2002–2003

2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007-

 Atalanta
AC Milan
→ Parma (loan)
→ Torino (loan)
→ Sampdoria (loan)
→ Messina (loan)
→ Atalanta (loan)
Celtic		 46 (2)
17 (0)
07 (1)
17 (4)
19 (0)
67 (2)
32 (1)
19 (3)   
National team2
2000–03 Italy U-21 26 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 05:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 17 July 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Massimo Donati (born 26 March 1981 in Sedegliano, Italy) is an Italian football midfielder currently contracted to Scottish Premier League club Celtic F.C..He is well-known for his very accurate cross-field balls.

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[edit] Italy

Massimo Donati holds the current record for being the most capped Italy Under-21 player, although he has never been capped by the National side. Donati is a central midfielder and started his career at Atalanta and moved to AC Milan in 2001 for £10 million.[citation needed] However, due to the competition at the club, Donati was unable to claim a first team place, spending the 2002–03 season on loan at Parma and Torino respectively.

His second season (2003–04 season) at the San Siro saw him join Sampdoria on loan, before enjoying a successful spell at Messina for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons.

Despite finding his form at Messina, Donati still found himself out of favour at Milan and was sent again on loan for the 2006–07 season, this time to his first club Atalanta.

[edit] Celtic

On Friday June 29, 2007, Celtic confirmed the €2 million signing of Massimo Donati on a 4 year contract and was unveiled at 11am at Celtic Park . Donati was given the number 18 jersey, vacated by ex-captain Neil Lennon.[1] In Celtic's Second League Game of the 2007–08 campaign, against Falkirk, Donati was involved in his side's equaliser when his shot came off Kenny Milne and into the net; Celtic won the game 4–1. The following week, Donati grabbed his first competitive Celtic goal with an equalising goal against Aberdeen FC; he added an assist later in the game which Celtic won 3–1.

Donati won the match for Celtic in the Champions League fixture on November 28th against Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored in the last minute of the game, it meant Celtic only needed a point away to AC Milan to qualify for the last 16 stage of the Champions League 2007. Celtic lost 1-0 to Milan in the San Siro but still qualified for the last 16 after Benfica defeated Shakhtar in Ukraine.However as the season went on his form began to dip ,the midfield positions were changed with Robson and Hartley in place of Donati and Brown.In May,it was reported that he wanted to go back to the Serie A[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Celtic F.C. (2007-06-28). Massimo Donati passes Celtic medical. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  2. ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/2008/05/28/massimo-donati-wants-talks-over-celtic-future-after-italian-interest-claims-86908-20432421/

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Persondata
NAME Donati, Massimo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donati, Massimo
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-3-26
PLACE OF BIRTH Sedegliano, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH