Francesco Valiani
Personal information
Date of birth	October 29, 1980 (1980-10-29) (age 29)
Place of birth	Pistoia, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bologna
Number	7
Youth career
1999-2000	Pistoiese
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-2008 2008-	→ Maceratese (loan) → Imolese (loan) Pistoiese Rimini Bologna	027 0(3) 025 0(1) 092 (12) 092 0(9) 019 0(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:25, 29 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Francesco Valiani, (born 29 October 1980 in Pistoia), is an Italian football midfielder currently playing for Bologna in Italy's Serie A.

Valiani joined Bologna in January 2008 and helped them to promotion after spending two-and-a-half seasons in Serie B with Rimini. His final game (and goal) for Rimini was on 2008-01-26 and, ironically, against the team he would join the next week. Bologna won the match 2-1.^[1]

On August 31, 2008 he made his Serie A debut by scoring the winning goal in a shocking 2–1 win for Bologna at San Siro against AC Milan.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Italian) Profile at Gazzetta.it
• (Italian) Bologna F.C. Player Proflie

v • d • e Bologna F.C. 1909 – current squad 1 Viviano · 3 Santos · 5 Mutarelli · 6 Britos · 7 Valiani · 8 Mingazzini · 9 Di Vaio · 10 Bombardini · 11 Vigiani · 13 Portanova · 14 Guana · 15 Colombo · 17 Paonessa · 18 Moras · 19 Tedesco · 20 Giménez · 21 Zenoni · 22 Osvaldo · 23 Lanna · 25 Zalayeta · 26 Mudingayi · 32 Casarini · 33 Venturi · 41 Marazzina · 50 A. Bassoli · 74 Lavecchia · 84 Raggi · 85 Adaílton · 90 Pasi · Manager: Colomba

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Persondata
NAME	Francesco Valiani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Italian footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1980-10-29
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pistoia, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH