Silvio Diliberto | |
Fullname: | Silvio Diliberto |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1963 |
Birth Place: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1981–1987 |
Years2: | 1987–1992 |
Years3: | 1992–1993 |
Years4: | 1993–1994 |
Years5: | 1994–1996 |
Manageryears1: | 2011–2012 |
Managerclubs1: | Muaither |
Manageryears2: | 2013–2015 |
Managerclubs2: | Al-Shamal |
Silvio Diliberto (born 16 December 1963) is a former Dutch football player who was also a kicker in American football.
During his career in football he played for Sparta, for whom he made his professional debut as a winger in May 1982 against NAC,[1] Roda JC,[2] Haarlem and FC Eindhoven as a converted central defender.
He retired from association football in 1996, but made a comeback in NFL Europe in 1997 - he was kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals[3] from 1997 to 2004.
During his time in American football, Diliberto went into soccer coaching and managed amateur side Hermes-DVS, CVV Zwervers, Germania Teveren and RKSV Groene Ster. In 2011 he moved to Qatar to manage Muaither and later Al-Shamal.[1]
Diliberto was born to an Italian father and a Dutch mother.[4]