Franco Semioli

Early years with Torino and Inter and loan spells

Semioli, a Piedmontese, made his professional debut playing for local club Torino during the 1998–99 season. Semioli and his teammate Riccardo Fissore were then signed by Internazionale in June 2000, in a co-ownership deal for a total of 6 billion lire; as part of the deal, Fabio Galante moved to Turin for 5.1 billion lire. Semioli spent seasons back on loan with Torino, and on loan at Ternana and Vicenza, while Torino bought back Fissore for 2 billion lire in June 2001; in total, Inter received 1.1 billion lire in net cash from Torino for Galante.

Chievo

In June 2003 Internazionale bought the remain half from Torino, and then joint-owned with Chievo in July for €1.05 million, as part of the loan fee of Luciano. Chievo got full ownership in June 2005 for €500,000 as part of Júlio César's deal. He became a representative players for Chievo, and was a renown player in 2005–06 season contributing 2 goals and 12 assists.

Fiorentina

In July 2007 Semioli signed for Fiorentina for a fee of €7.3 million on a four-year contract. He scored Fiorentina's first UEFA Cup goal against Groningen and scored crucial goals against Atalanta and Parma which allowed Fiorentina to surpass AC Milan for the final Champions League spot. In the 2008–09 season Semioli was widely believed to be on his way out because of the tactic change and the arrival of players such as Stevan Jovetic. However, after season ending injuries…

Semioli represented the Italy Under-18 team at the 1999 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship, where they reached the final, only to lose to the Portugal Under-18 side. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup he was one of the four backup players for the 23-men main squad chosen by manager Marcello Lippi to step in for any possible injuries. However, he was not called up to the final 23-man squad and thus never received a winners medal. On 16 August 2006, Semioli made his Italy national team senior debut in a 2–0 friendly defeat against Croatia, in Livorno, under Roberto Donadoni. Semioli was recalled to the Italy squad for the final Euro 2008 qualifier with Scotland. In total he made 3 appearances for Italy between 2006 and 2007.

After retirement as a professional footballer, Semioli obtained the UEFA A Licence, which made him eligible to start his career as a head coach in Lega Pro clubs. After a short sting as assistant coach of Chieri, in 2018 Semioli signed for Pro Vercelli as a youth coach for the Under-17 players. In 2019, he moved to Torino as a youth coach. On 28 July 2022, Semioli was announced as the new Under-19 Primavera coach of Novara. On 1 December 2022, he was promoted to head coach, taking charge of the first team in the Serie C league. He was however dismissed on 16 January 2023.

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