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{{short description|Italian football manager (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name = Aimo Diana
 | image = Aimo Stefano Diana.JPG 
 | caption = Diana as a [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] player 
 | fullname = Aimo Stefano Diana<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/593003.pdf |title=Booking List: UEFA Cup 2006 |publisher=UEFA |page=6 |date=24 September 2007 |access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref>
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|2|df=y}}
 | birth_place = [[Brescia]], Italy
 | height = 1.80 m
 | currentclub = [[Feralpisalò]] (head coach)
 | position = [[Midfielder]], [[right back (association football)|right back]]
 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
 | years1 = 1996–2001 | clubs1 = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] | caps1 = 93 | goals1 = 4
 | years2 = 1999–2000 | clubs2 = → [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]] (co-ownership) | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 0
 | years3 = 2001–2003 | clubs3 = [[Parma F.C.|Parma]] | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 1
 | years4 = 2003 | clubs4 = → [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]] (loan) | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 1
 | years5 = 2003–2006 | clubs5 = [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] | caps5 = 94 | goals5 = 16
 | years6 = 2006–2007 | clubs6 = [[Palermo FC|Palermo]] | caps6 = 41 | goals6 = 2
 | years7 = 2008–2011 | clubs7 = [[Torino FC|Torino]] | caps7 = 60 | goals7 = 3
 | years8 = 2010 | clubs8 = → [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]] (loan) | caps8 = 15 | goals8 = 0
 | years9 = 2011 | clubs9 = [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]] | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 0
 | years10 = 2011–2012 | clubs10 = [[FC Lumezzane|Lumezzane]] | caps10 = 29 | goals10 = 1
 | years11 = 2013 | clubs11 = [[S.S.D. Trento Calcio 1921|Trento]] | caps11 = 13 | goals11 = 1
 | totalcaps = 415 | totalgoals = 28
 | nationalyears1 = 1998–2000 | nationalteam1 = [[Italy national under-21 football team|Italy U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
 | nationalyears2 = 2004–2007 | nationalteam2 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]] | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 1
 | manageryears1 = 2015–2016
 | managerclubs1 = [[Feralpisalò]]
 | manageryears2 = 2016
 | managerclubs2 = [[A.C. Pavia|Pavia]]
 | manageryears3 = 2017
 | managerclubs3 = [[A.S. Melfi|Melfi]]
 | manageryears4 = 2017–2018
 | managerclubs4 = [[Sicula Leonzio]]
 | manageryears5 = 2018–2021
 | managerclubs5 = [[AC Renate|Renate]]
 | manageryears6 = 2021–2023
 | managerclubs6 = [[AC Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]]
 | manageryears7 = 2023
 | managerclubs7 = [[LR Vicenza|Vicenza]]
 | manageryears8 = 2024–
 | managerclubs8 = [[Feralpisalò]]
}}
'''Aimo Stefano Diana''' ({{IPA|it|ˈaimo ˈsteːfano ˈdjaːna}};{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} born 2 January 1978) is an Italian [[association football|football]] manager and a former player. A player of wide range, he was capable of playing both as a [[wide midfielder]] or as a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|defender]] on the right flank. He is the head coach of {{Italian football updater|Feralpisalo}} club [[Feralpisalò]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Brescia]], Diana is a product of [[Brescia Calcio]]'s youth system. He made his debut for the first team in [[Serie B]] in 1997 and played his first [[Serie A]] game on 31 August of the same year against [[Inter Milan]]. He played [[1999–2000 Serie A|one season]] with [[Hellas Verona F.C.]] in a [[Co-ownership (football)|co-ownership]] deal, helping the side to a final ninth position in the top level, and left for [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma A.C.]] in 2001.

Diana was used irregularly by the [[Emilia-Romagna]] side, [[2001–02 Coppa Italia|winning]] the [[Coppa Italia|Italian Cup]] in [[2001–02 Serie A|his first season]], but hardly featuring at all in [[2002–03 Serie A|2002–03]]. In January 2003, he moved on loan to [[Reggina Calcio]] along with [[Emiliano Bonazzoli]], posteriorly signing for [[U.C. Sampdoria]] at the end of the campaign. A key member from the start for the [[Genoa|Genovese]], he helped the team qualify for the [[2005–06 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] in [[2004–05 Serie A|his second year]], scoring five goals in 32 matches; in early May 2005 he scored the game's only at [[Juventus FC]] and, the following week, also found the net, in a 3–0 home success against [[ACF Fiorentina]].

In the 2006 summer, Diana signed for [[U.S. Città di Palermo]] for [[Euro|€]]5 million,<ref>US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2006 {{in lang|it}}</ref> with Sampdoria also selling [[Marco Pisano]] to the same club for €4 million and receiving [[Massimo Bonanni]] (50% for €2million), [[Pietro Accardi]] (€2 million) and [[Christian Terlizzi]] (50% for €1.5 million). He was regularly used in one 1/2 seasons and scored two goals, including the equalizer in a 2–1 home win by the ''Rosanero'' against [[A.C. Milan]] on 26 September 2007. On 30 January of the following year he was sold to [[Torino F.C.]] in a permanent move,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0708/news_scheda.jsp?id=8420 |title=Diana e Pisano al Torino |trans-title=Diana and Pisano to Torino |publisher=US Città di Palermo |language=it |date=30 January 2008 |access-date=30 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201225109/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0708/news_scheda.jsp?id=8420 |archive-date=1 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> for €1.2 million.<ref>US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 {{in lang|it}}</ref>

In early January 2010, [[ultras]] of Torino attacked club players during [[David Di Michele]]'s birthday party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/07-01-2010/torino-senza-pace-602573468254.shtml|title=Il Torino è senza pace. Ora si parla di sciopero|trans-title=No peace at Torino. Strike a possibility now|publisher=[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]|last=Fabrizio|first=Turco|language=it|date=7 January 2010|access-date=15 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100413211853/http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/07-01-2010/torino-senza-pace-602573468254.shtml| archive-date= 13 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=722099&cc=4716|title=Torino fans in player restaurant attack|publisher=[[ESPN Soccernet]]|date=7 January 2010|access-date=15 May 2010|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021093142/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=722099&cc=4716|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the incident, [[Riccardo Colombo]], Diana, Di Michele, [[Massimo Loviso]], [[Marco Pisano]], [[Francesco Pratali]] and [[Paolo Zanetti]] were transferred to other clubs, with only [[Rolando Bianchi]], [[Angelo Ogbonna]] and [[Matteo Rubin]] remaining.

Diana joined [[AC Bellinzona]] in Switzerland on loan in early February 2010,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/5931/61/ |title=Diana al Bellinzona |trans-title=Diana to Bellinzona |publisher=Torino FC |language=it |date=8 January 2010 |access-date=20 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111180448/http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/5931/61/ |archive-date=11 January 2013 }}</ref> making his [[Swiss Super League|Super League]] debut on the 21st in a 2–1 away loss against [[FC Luzern]], eventually contributing solidly (15 matches, 14 starts) as the club narrowly [[2009–10 Swiss Super League|retained its division status]].

Subsequently, 32-year-old Diana returned to Torino. On 4 January 2011 he mutually terminated his contract,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/7540/61/ |title=Diana, rescissione consensuale |trans-title=Diana, mutual rescision |publisher=Torino FC |language=it |date=4 January 2011 |access-date=5 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107083328/http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/7540/61 |archive-date=7 January 2011 }}</ref> re-signing for Bellinzona (on a permanent basis) the following day.

==International career==
After impressing Sampdoria, Diana received his first call-up to the [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]], making his debut in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] with [[Spain national football team|Spain]] on 28 April 2004.

A regular for the ''Azzurri'' under [[Marcello Lippi]], an injury prevented him from being picked to the squad at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany. On 2 June 2007, in his last appearance, Diana [[Assist (association football)|assisted]] on [[Filippo Inzaghi]]'s second goal against the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], in a 2–1 away win for the [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-euro-faroes-idUKL0256888320070602|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306154303/http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-euro-faroes-idUKL0256888320070602|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|title=Soccer – Inzaghi double gives Italy tight win in Faroes|work=[[Reuters]]|date=2 June 2007|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
After retiring, Diana became a youth coach at [[Feralpisalò]], being successively promoted to head coach in November 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.calciobresciano.it/professionisti/lega-pro-1-186/41-feralpi7/6470-feralpisalo-a-sorpresa-saltano-i-big-promosso-aimo-diana-dalla-berretti-e-lui-il-nuovo-allenatore.html |publisher=Calcio Bresciano |language=it |access-date=11 December 2017 |date=4 November 2015 |title=Feralpisalò a sorpresa: saltano i "big", promosso Aimo Diana dalla Berretti. E' lui il nuovo allenatore}}</ref> He completed the season in eighth place in the [[2015–16 Lega Pro]], not being confirmed for the following year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bresciaoggi.it/home/sport/feralpi-sal%C3%B2-diana-arriva-gi%C3%A0-il-capolinea-1.4851753 |publisher=Bresciaoggi|language=it |access-date=11 December 2017 |date=11 May 2016 |title=Feralpi Salò-Diana, arriva già il capolinea}}</ref>

In August 2016, he was hired new head coach of [[A.C. Pavia|Pavia]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.giornaledibrescia.it/sport/il-nuovo-pavia-sotto-la-guida-di-aimo-diana-1.3108724 |publisher=Giornale di Brescia |language=it |access-date=11 December 2017 |date=1 August 2016 |title=Il nuovo Pavia sotto la guida di Aimo Diana}}</ref> but resigned shortly thereafter, following the club's exclusion from [[Serie D]] due to financial issues.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://laprovinciapavese.gelocal.it/sport/2016/08/11/news/pavia-squadra-da-rifare-mister-diana-da-l-addio-1.13948775 |publisher=La Provincia Pavese |language=it |access-date=11 December 2017 |date=11 August 2016 |title=Pavia, squadra da rifare. Mister Diana dà l'addio}}</ref> In February 2017, he was signed by [[Lega Pro]] club [[A.S. Melfi|Melfi]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/lega-pro-serie-d/lega-pro/2017/02/20-21874691/lega_pro_melfi_esonerato_bitetto_in_panchina_c_e_diana/ |publisher=Corriere dello Sport – Stadio |language=it |access-date=11 December 2017 |date=20 February 2017 |title=Lega Pro Melfi, esonerato Bitetto. In panchina c'è Diana}}</ref> failing to escape relegation by the end of the season.

He returned into management in December 2017 as the new boss of Sicilian [[Serie C]] club [[Sicula Leonzio]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/lega-pro-serie-d/lega-pro/2017/12/05-35056655/serie_c_sicula_leonzio_ufficiale_il_nuovo_tecnico_e_diana/ |publisher=Corriere dello Sport – Stadio |language=it |access-date=11 December 2017 |date=5 December 2017 |title=Serie C Sicula Leonzio, ufficiale: il nuovo tecnico è Diana}}</ref>

On 20 November 2018, he was appointed head coach of [[Serie C]] club [[A.C. Renate|Renate]], in the relegation spot at the time.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C. Renate|Renate]]|url=https://www.acrenate.it/2016/ufficiale-aimo-diana-e-il-nuovo-tecnico-nerazzurro/|title=UFFICIALE: AIMO DIANA È IL NUOVO TECNICO NERAZZURRO|trans-title=OFFICIAL: AIMO DIANA IS THE NEW BLACK-AND-BLUE COACH|language=it|date=20 November 2018}}</ref> He guided Renate for three full seasons, the last of which ended with Renate topping the league for a long time until losing out to more renowned teams such as [[Como 1907|Como]] and [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]], and then losing to second-placed Girone B club [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] in the promotion playoffs. Following that, Diana agreed to leave Renate and accepted to join recently-relegated Serie C club [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]] on a one-year deal, with an option of further extension in case of promotion to Serie B.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C. Reggiana 1919]]|url=https://www.reggianacalcio.it/aimo-diana-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-reggiana/|title=AIMO DIANA È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA REGGIANA|language=it|date=4 June 2021}}</ref>

After guiding Reggiana to win promotion to Serie B as [[2022–23 Serie C]] Group B champions, Diana left the Emilian club by the end of the season. On 27 June 2023, he was announced as the new head coach of ambitious Serie C club [[LR Vicenza]].<ref>{{cite web |language=it |date=27 June 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023 |url=https://tgbiancoscudato.telenuovo.it/padova-calcio/2023/06/27/serie-c-aimo-diana-nuovo-allenatore-del-vicenza-e-come-un-vice-avra-un-ex-biancoscudato |publisher=TgBiancoscudato |title=Aimo Diana nuovo allenatore del Vicenza. {Come collaboratore avrà un ex biancoscudato}}</ref> He was dismissed from his role on 18 December 2023 after a negative first half of the season that left Vicenza far from first place in the league table.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=LR Vicenza |date=18 December 2023 |accessdate=18 December 2023 |language=it |url=https://lrvicenza.net/aimo-diana-sollevato-dallincarico/ |title=AIMO DIANA SOLLEVATO DALL'INCARICO}}</ref>

On 20 June 2024, Diana agreed to return to Feralpisalò, signing a two-year contract with the Serie C club, with [[Emanuele Filippini]] as his assistant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-c/feralpisalo-la-panchina-va-a-mister-diana-emanuele-filippini-sara-il-suo-vice-1981219 |publisher=Tuttomercatoweb |date=20 June 2024 |accessdate=20 June 2024 |title=Feralpisalò, la panchina va a mister Diana. Emanuele Filippini sarà il suo vice |language=it}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 2016, Diana ran for office as a candidate for the city council of [[Flero]], his town of residence, as part of a civic list backing the local [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/brescia/politica/aimo-diana-candidato-1.2130434 |language=it |date=7 May 2016 |accessdate=23 July 2023 |title=Elezioni a Flero, l'ex centrocampista Aimo Diana si candida nel paese di Pirlo |publisher=Il Giorno}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/8291/Aimo_Diana.html|title=Diana, Aimo|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 16 November 2005 || [[Stade de Genève]], [[Geneva]], Switzerland || {{fb|CIV}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 1–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 17 December 2023}}{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" |Nat
! rowspan="2" |From
! rowspan="2"|To
! colspan="8" |Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}		
|-
|align=left| [[FeralpiSalò]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|4 November 2015
|align=left|10 May 2016
{{WDL|26|11|5|10|for=40|against=35|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[A.C. Pavia|Pavia]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2 August 2016
|align=left|12 August 2016
{{WDL|0|0|0|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[A.S. Melfi|Melfi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|20 February 2017
|align=left|30 June 2017
{{WDL|14|5|4|5|for=12|against=16|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left| [[Sicula Leonzio]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|5 December 2017
|align=left|17 June 2018
{{WDL|21|8|7|6|for=24|against=18|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[A.C. Renate|Renate]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|20 November 2018
|align=left|4 June 2021
{{WDL|101|40|33|28|for=113|against=94|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|4 June 2021
|align=left|26 May 2023
{{WDL|83|49|21|13|for=141|against=66|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[LR Vicenza|Vicenza]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|26 June 2023
|align=left|18 December 2023
{{WDL|22|9|6|7|for=29|against=23|diff=yes}}
|-
!colspan=4|Total
{{WDLtot|267|122|76|69|for=359|against=252|diff=yes}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
;Parma
*[[Coppa Italia]]: [[2001–02 Coppa Italia|2001–02]]

===Manager===
;Reggiana
*[[Serie C]]: [[2022–23 Serie C|2022–23]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{TuttoCalciatori|Diana_Aimo_Stefano}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160526091000/http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1804&squadra=1 Aimo Diana] at ''[[Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio]]'' (archived) {{in lang|it}}
* {{NFT player|8291/Aimo_Diana}}
* {{Soccerway|aimo-diana/4086}}

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