# Alessio Dionisi

Alessio Dionisi (born 1 April 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie B club Palermo.

## Playing career

A centre back with free kick abilities, Dionisi spent most of his career at Serie C2 and Serie D levels, with his highlight being at Tritium, a club he captained and with whom he won promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and also played in the Italian third tier for a season.

## Coaching career
### Early years

Dionisi retired from active playing football in 2014, immediately being named head coach of Serie D club Olginatese, which was his final club as a player. He then managed again at the Serie D level with Borgosesia from 2015 to 2017, and Fiorenzuola in the 2017–18 season.
He was then named head coach of Serie D club Imolese in 2018, guiding the club to second place in the league. After the club was admitted to Serie C to fill a vacancy, he was confirmed at Imolese and successfully guided the small club from Emilia-Romagna to a historic third place in the league (the best result in the club's history) and a place in the promotion playoffs, where his club was defeated by Piacenza in the semi-finals.

### Venezia

His impressive results with Imolese won him the attention of Venezia, who appointed him head coach on 3 July 2019. With Venezia readmitted to Serie B in place of Palermo, he guided the Venetians to keep their place in the Italian second division.

### Empoli

On 19 August 2020, he was announced as the new head coach of Serie B club Empoli. On his first season in charge, he led Empoli to become 2020–21 Serie B champions and ensure themselves promotion to Serie A.

### Sassuolo

His impressive results at Empoli led to Serie A club Sassuolo offering him the vacant role of head coach after Roberto De Zerbi's departure; after rescinding his contract with Empoli on 15 June 2021, Dionisi signed a two-year deal with Sassuolo the following day, effective from 1 July 2021.
After guiding Sassuolo to two consecutive mid-table placements in the Serie A, Dionisi was sacked on 25 February 2024 following a string of negative results that left the Neroverdi struggling in the bottom positions of the league.

### Palermo

On 7 June 2024, Dionisi was unveiled as the new head coach of Serie B promotion hopefuls Palermo.

## Managerial statistics

    As of match played 24 February 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | Nat. | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Olginatese | | 27 May 2014 | 16 October 2014 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 011.11 |
| Borgosesia | | 26 May 2015 | 2 June 2017 | 76 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 94 | 75 | +19 | 038.16 |
| Fiorenzuola | | 2 June 2017 | 14 May 2018 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 044.19 |
| Imolese | | 31 May 2018 | 26 June 2019 | 50 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 044.00 |
| Venezia | | 3 July 2019 | 14 August 2020 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 032.50 |
| Empoli | | 19 August 2020 | 15 June 2021 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 052.38 |
| Sassuolo | | 16 June 2021 | 25 February 2024 | 107 | 32 | 25 | 50 | 153 | 191 | −38 | 029.91 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 366 | 138 | 118 | 110 | 493 | 440 | +53 | 037.70 |

## Honours
### Head coach

Empoli
* Serie B: 2020–21

### Individual

* Serie A Coach of the Month: September 2023