Former Italy midfielder Alessandro Diamanti has drawn the curtain on a career that took him through 15 clubs on three continents over 23 seasons
The charismatic Italian, who scored the winning penalty when Italy knocked England out of the quarter-finals in a shootout at Euro 2012, played his final match in front of 5,000 fans in Perth on Saturday night as United edged the home side 2-1.
A skilful and creative attacking midfielder, Diamanti played for much higher profile teams than Western with spells at Bologna, West Ham United and Guangzhou Evergrande as well as in 17 internationals for Italy. He joined the club on a one-year deal as a marquee player for their inaugural season in 2019 and by the end of the campaign had won the Johnny Warren medal as the best player in the league.
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