Antonio Filippini

Antonio Filippini
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-07-03) 3 July 1973
Place of birth Brescia, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1992 Brescia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1992–2003 Brescia 265 (15)
1992–1995 → Ospitaletto (loan) 93 (8)
2004–2005 Palermo 21 (2)
2004–2005 → Lazio (loan) 36 (2)
2005–2006 Treviso 32 (0)
2006–2010 Livorno 110 (4)
2010–2011 Brescia 15 (0)
Total 572 (31)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Antonio Filippini (born 3 July 1973) is an Italian retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

He played in several teams with his twin brother, Emanuele, and spent most of his extensive career with Brescia, amassing Serie A totals of 303 games and 12 goals over the course of 11 seasons.[1][2]

Football career

Filippini was born in Brescia. Having emerged through hometown Brescia Calcio's youth system he stayed there for eight professional seasons, after having started – on loan – with amateurs Ospitaletto, the first of many teams he shared with his sibling Emanuele. The pair made their Serie A debut on 31 August 1997, in a 1–2 away loss against Inter Milan.[3]

In January 2004 Filippini moved to the second division with U.S. Città di Palermo,[4] being crucial to the Sicilians' promotion, with 21 matches in only five months.

After a solid campaign with S.S. Lazio and a year with lowly Treviso F.B.C. 1993,[5] Filippini signed with A.S. Livorno Calcio on a free transfer in 2006, being rejoined by Emanuele (also his teammate at Lazio and Treviso) the following year and helping the club return to the top flight in his third season, with 24 matches and one goal.

Filippini rejoined Brescia's for 2010–11, after 18 years.[6] Following the club's top level relegation, he retired in June 2011 at the age of 38.

On 25 June 2012, it was announced that both brothers would join lower league club FeralpiSalò as youth system coordinators.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The game's terrible twins". FIFA.com. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Antonio Filippini stretto tra due amori" [Antonio Filippini caught between two loves] (in Italian). Brescia Oggi. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Eroi di Provincia: I gemelli Filippini" [Small country heroes: The Filippini twins] (in Italian). Dale Pepe. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Quadriennale per Adriano, Ceduti i Filippini e Vannucchi, riscattato Pepe" [Four years for Adriano, Filippinis and Vannucchi loaned, Pepe purchased] (in Italian). Palermo's official website. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Livorno to bank on Bakayoko". UEFA.com. 18 August 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Antonio Filippini: "Con il Brescia a 1800 euro"" [Antonio Filippini: "With Brescia for 1800 euros"] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "FeralpiSalò: ecco i gemelli Filippini. Esperienza e qualità per i verdeblù" [FeralpiSalò: here are the Filippini twins. Experience and quality for the green-and-blue] (in Italian). Brescia Today. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

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