Stefano Di Chiara is a retired Italian

Italy

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 professional footballer and manager, the elder brother of Alberto Di Chiara

Alberto Di Chiara

Alberto Di Chiara is a retired Italian professional footballer who played for Roma, Reggiana, Lecce, Fiorentina, Parma and Perugia, as well as for the Italian national side. His brother is Stefano Di Chiara.-External links:*...

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Playing career

During his career, Di Chiara played for Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

, Pistoiese

A.C. Pistoiese

Unione Sportiva Pistoiese 1921 is an Italian association football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany.At the end of the 2010-11 Eccellenza season, Pistoiese was promoted to Serie D....

, Genoa

Genoa C.F.C.

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

, Cagliari

Cagliari Calcio

Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....

, Cremonese

U.S. Cremonese

Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...

, Lecce

U.S. Lecce

Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

, Messina

F.C. Messina Peloro

Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...

, SPAL

Spal 1907

SPAL 1907 is an Italian football club, based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1907 as Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor and was refounded in 2005....

, L'Aquila

A.S.D. L'Aquila Calcio 1927

L'Aquila Calcio 1927 is an Italian association football club located in L'Aquila, Abruzzo.They are currently playing the 2010–11 season in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B being promoted from the Serie D/F in the 2009–10 season...

 and Ascoli

Ascoli Calcio 1898

Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...

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Management career

Di Chiara has managed Cerveteri, Latina, Civitavecchia

A.S.D. Civitavecchia 1920

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Civitavecchia 1920 is an Italian association football club located in Civitavecchia, Lazio. It currently plays in Serie D. The club's colors are black and blue.- A.S.D...

, Bastia Umbra

A.C. Bastia 1924

AC Bastia 1924 is an Italian football club based in Bastia Umbra, Umbria. The club played in Serie D from 1956 to 1958 and from 1988 to 1995; currently, the club is in the Eccellenza Umbria...

, Chieti, Siena

A.C. Siena

Associazione Calcio Siena is an Italian football club based in Siena.The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season....

, Fermana, Ravenna

Ravenna Calcio

Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001....

, Novara

Novara Calcio

Novara Calcio is an Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont.-History:In December 1908 the F.A.S. was created by eight students of Liceo Carlo Alberto, aged between 15–16 years; among them an engineer, Gianni Canestrini, and a lawyer, Piero Omodei Zorini...

, Taranto

Taranto Sport

A.S. Taranto Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. The club was founded in 1904. Taranto currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie B in 1993. The team's colors are red and blue.-History:...

, Legnano

A.C. Legnano

Associazione Calcio Legnano was an Italian football club, based in Legnano, Lombardy, that was founded in 1913. The team's colors were lilac and white. In the past Legnano have played three seasons in Italy's top league; Serie A, finishing bottom of the league each time.The club were perhaps best...

, Pistoiese

A.C. Pistoiese

Unione Sportiva Pistoiese 1921 is an Italian association football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany.At the end of the 2010-11 Eccellenza season, Pistoiese was promoted to Serie D....

, Cisco Roma and Viterbo

A.S. Viterbese Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Viterbese Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Viterbo, Lazio. The club was founded in 1908 and refounded in 2004 as A.S. Viterbo Calcio, but changed its name back during the 2005–06 season. Viterbese currently plays in Serie D. The team's colors are yellow...

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On February 2009 he was appointed as new head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Como. After guiding the team to promotion in the higher tier, on October 2009 he was fired due to poor results in the following Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2009–10 campaign.