Aimo Diana

Aimo Stefano Diana (born 2 January 1978 in Brescia) is an italy football (soccer) for Torino F.C. of Serie A and the Italy national football team. He is 180 cm tall and weighs 72 kg.

Club career

A product of the Brescia Calcio youth team, Diana debuted for the first team in a Serie B match on 1997, and played his first Serie A match on August 31 1997, against Internazionale Milano F.C.. He was loaned out to Hellas Verona F.C. in 1999 before leaving Brescia for Parma F.C..

Unfortunately, he did not obtain particularly success with the Emilia-Romagna side, and he left Parma on January 2003 in a six-months loan to Reggina Calcio, and then signed for U.C. Sampdoriain the end of that season. Diana has since become one of the key members of Sampdoria.

In 2006, he signed for U.S. Città di Palermo, where he played a total of 41 league matches with two goals, including the equalizer in a 2–1 win by the Rosanero against A.C. Milan. On January 30 2008, Diana was announced to have been sold to Torino F.C. in a permanent move.

International career

After impressing for Sampdoria, Diana quickly gained a number of call-ups in the Italy's national team, debutting in a friendly match against Spain national football team on April 28 2004.
He was a regular for Marcello Lippi on the Nazionale but an injury prevented him from going to Germany for the 2006 World Cup