Dario Hübner

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Dario Hübner
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-04-28) 28 April 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Muggia, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Pievigina 25 (10)
1988–1989
Pergocrema
 30 (11)
1989–1992
Fano Calcio
 88 (25)
1992–1997
Cesena
 166 (74)
1997–2001 Brescia 129 (75)
2001–2003
Piacenza
 60 (38)
2003
Ancona
 9 (0)
2003–2004
Perugia
 13 (3)
2004–2005
Mantova
 23 (7)
2005 Calcio Chiari 7 (9)
2005–2006
Rodengo Saiano
 18 (9)
2006–2009 Cortefranca 64 (58)
2009–2010 ASD Castel Mella 14 (16)
2010–2011 Cavenago 6 (2)
Total 646 (337)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dario Hübner (born 28 April 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer. An opportunistic forward, with an eye for goal, and an accurate finisher (with both his head and feet) and penalty taker, he was, however, questioned for his work-rate and behaviour at times. He scored over 300 goals throughout his career, only playing in the higher divisions towards the end of his career, becoming the oldest player to win the Serie A top scorer award, which he managed during the 2001–02 Serie A season, at the age of 35; this record was later broken by Luca Toni in 2015, who won the award at the age of 38. 38 of Hübner's career goals came from penalties, whilst he was sent off ten times throughout his career, also receiving 36 yellow cards.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Born in

Cesena (1992–97), in Serie B.[5]

Following Cesena's relegation to Serie C in 1997, Hübner moved to newly promoted

Sampdoria.[5] Notwithstanding his impressive tally of 16 goals, Brescia were relegated to Serie B the following season, although he was later named the club's captain and main penalty taker, and helped the side to re-gain promotion to Serie A, scoring 21 goals during the 1999–2000 Serie B season.[5] During the 2000–01 season, he played alongside attacking midfield playmaker Roberto Baggio, the team's new captain, under coach Carlo Mazzone, while he also faced competition as the starting striker from Igli Tare, who had a higher work-rate than Hübner. Alongside Baggio, Hübner was extremely prolific, as he scored 17 goals, helping the club to qualify for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup. He was also famous for smoking on the bench during his time at Brescia, and was known for drinking grappa.[3][4][6][7][8]

After joining newly promoted Serie A club

Cesena, scoring 22 goals, and the Serie C1, Girone A top scorer title during the 1991–92 season with Fano, scoring 14 goals).[9] He is currently Piacenza's all-time Serie A top scorer.[10]

After his time with Piacenza, he later played for

Serie C1
(2004–05).

In September 2005 he left professional football and signed for

Rodengo Saiano
, another Serie D club (2005–06).

In 2007–08 season, he played for Orsa Corte Franca of Eccellenza (2006–09), also later playing with Castel Mella (2009–10) and Cavenago (2010–11), before retiring and working as a coach.

Personal life

Hübner is of German heritage on his father's side; his paternal grandfather was from Frankfurt, but he later moved to Trieste.[5] However, although his grandfather was German, Dario Hübner does not speak the German language fluently.

He was nicknamed Bisonte (Bison).[5]

In 2015, he featured in a music video, "L'estate di Hubner", by the band Toromeccanica. He was also referenced in the 2018 song "Hübner" by singer-songwriter Calcutta.[11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cesena
 1992–93 Serie B 34 10 2 1 — 36 11
1993–94 Serie B 32 12 5 3 1[a] 1 38 16
1994–95 Serie B 33 15 2 1 — 35 16
1995–96 Serie B 36 22 1 0 — 37 22
1996–97 Serie B 31 15 3 3 — 34 18
Total 166 74 13 8 1 1 180 83
Brescia 1997–98 Serie A 30 16 1 0 — 31 16
1998–99 Serie B 36 21 4 2 — 40 23
1999–2000 Serie B 32 21 3 1 — 35 22
2000–01 Serie A 31 17 8 7 — 39 24
Total 129 75 16 10 — 145 85
Piacenza 2001–02 Serie A 33 24 1 0 — 34 24
2002–03 Serie A 27 14 1 1 — 28 15
Total 60 38 2 1 — 62 39
Ancona
 2003–04 Serie A 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Perugia
2003–04
 Serie A 13 3 0 0 — 13 3
Mantova
 2004–05
Serie C1
 23 7 — 4[b] 0 27 7
Career total 400 197 31 19 5 1 436 217
  1. ^ Appearance in Serie B play-offs
  2. Serie C1
    play-offs

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Hübner Dario". legaserieb.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Dieci italiani più uno che avrebbero meritato la nazionale" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Hubner: "Fumo, corro poco, ma gioco ancora"". ilgiornale.it (in Italian). Il Giornale. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b Gates, Emmet (31 May 2017). "Serie A's unlikely top goalscorers: from Michel Platini to Luca Toni". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Fabio Monti (6 February 2001). "Hubner, il grande errore del calcio italiano". corriere.it (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ^ Daniele Vitiello (18 February 2017). "Hubner: "Baggio poteva ribaltare le partite fino al 93′. Ero capitano, quando arrivò…"" (in Italian). F.C Inter 1908. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  7. ^ Andrea Losapio (28 April 2017). "Il Corriere di Brescia: "Hubner 50"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  8. ^ Raffaele Panizza (28 April 2017). "Dario Hubner, 50 anni da bomber: Pirlo, Baggio, sigarette e campi di provincia" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d Enrico Turcato (8 November 2010). "Dario Hubner supera ogni record". mediaset.it (in Italian). Sport Mediaset. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  10. ^ "TUTTI I RECORD DEL PIACENZA". storiapiacenza1919.it (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Calcutta ha dedicato una canzone a Dario Hubner" (in Italian). Giornale di Brescia. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dario_Hübner&oldid=1189460544"