Riccardo Taddei

Italian footballer (born 1980)

Riccardo Taddei
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-09-05) 5 September 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Vecchiano, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Pisa (Assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Pontedera 3 (0)
1999–2002 AC Fiorentina 5 (0)
2002–2003 Genoa 3 (0)
2003–2007 Cremonese 64 (18)
2007–2011 Brescia 40 (9)
2011 Triestina 14 (3)
2011–2012 Casale 27 (15)
2012–2013 Rimini 22 (7)
2013–2015 Alessandria 44 (8)
2015–2016 Catanzaro 14 (0)
Total 236 (60)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Bassano Virtus (assistant)
2017–2018 Casertana (assistant)
2018– Pisa (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Riccardo Taddei (born 5 September 1980) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a forward. He is currently serving as the assistant manager of Pisa, under head coach Luca D'Angelo.

Playing career

Taddei was born in Vecchiano. He started his career at Pontedera, a club based in the Province of Pisa. He was then signed by AC Fiorentina as back-up for forwards Nuno Gomes, Enrico Chiesa, Gabriel Batistuta, and Leandro Amaral. He made his Serie A debut on 6 November 1999 against Cagliari Calcio, collecting five league appearances during his three seasons with the team. He also played once in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.

After the relegation and bankruptcy of Fiorentina, in 2002, he was signed by Genoa of Serie B on a free transfer.[1] He failed to gain regular playing time with the team, however, and subsequently joined Cremonese of Serie C2, with whom won promotion to Serie C1 as the runner-up of Group A in 2003–04. During the 2004–05 season, he won promotion again, this time as the champion of Serie C1 Group A. During the 2005–06 season, however, he did not play any games for the club in Serie B. After Cremonese were relegated at the end of the season, he played seven more times for the team during the 2006–07 Serie C1 season. In August 2007, he moved to Brescia of Serie B.[2]

After only making three appearances for Brescia in the Italian top flight during the first half of the 2010–11 season,[3] in January 2011, he joined U.S. Triestina Calcio.[4]

In July 2011 he joined A.S. Casale Calcio.[5][6]

The following season he moved to Rimini. In the summer of 2013 he signed a two-year contract with Alessandria. He ended his career with Catanzaro, after becoming a free agent at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season.[7][8]

Managerial career

For the 2016–17 season, Taddei joined the coaching staff of Bassano Virtus manager Luca D'Angelo, in the role of assistant coach.[7] After D'Angelo's dismissal in 2017,[9] he left the club, and retained his post as the former's assistant manager at Casertana,[10] and subsequently Pisa in 2018; with the latter side, they obtained promotion to Serie B during the 2018–19 season.[11]

Style of play

A creative left–footed forward or midfielder, with excellent technical skills, Taddei usually played as a second striker or as an attacking midfielder, although he was also capable of playing as a left winger. Despite the talent that he displayed in his youth, his career was affected by several injuries, which impeded him from establishing himself at the top level.[2][3][6][7][12][13][14]

Honours

Player

Fiorentina

Cremonese

References

  1. ^ Pastore, Davide (26 September 2002). "Colpo del Genoa: arriva Taddei" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Anelli, Diego (14 July 2007). "Brescia, è fatta per Riccardo Taddei" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Zorzoli, Fabrizio (29 December 2010). "Grosseto ed Empoli su Riccardo Taddei" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Formalizzati gli ingaggi di Francesco Dettori, Riccardo Taddei e Davide Grassi". US Triestina Calcio (in Italian). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Giovedì la presentazione ufficiale di Riccardo Taddei". AS Casale Calcio (in Italian). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  6. ^ a b Borletto, Giulia (9 July 2011). "Casale, arriva il trequartista Taddei" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Bardaro, Cesare (5 September 2016). "Il 'traditore' Leonardo e l'attore Carew" (in Italian). www.calciomercato.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. ^ "AGODIRIN E TADDEI IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). U.S. Catanzaro 1929. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. ^ "UFFICIALE: Bassano, esonerato D'Angelo" (in Italian). tuttolegapro.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017.
  10. ^ "UFFICIALE: Casertana, ecco mister D'Angelo" (in Italian). tuttolegapro.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017.
  11. ^ Chiavacci, Andrea (19 September 2019). "Il Pisa festeggia la serie B a Vecchiano, mister Riccardo Taddei è il beniamino del paese". Il Tirreno (in Italian). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  12. ^ Riccardo Taddei at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  13. ^ Zalamena, Andrea (17 September 2010). "Pisa, per gennaio il sogno è Taddei" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Triestina, Taddei cercato da 3-4 squadre di serie B" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

External links

  • Profile at gazzetta.it (in Italian)
  • Riccardo Taddei at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)