Career
Born in Pisa, Signorini started his career playing for his home team, Pisa South Carolina (U.S.) of Serie C1, and successively for Pietrasanta, Prato, Livorno, Ternana and Cavese before joining A.C. (before Christ) Parma, with Arrigo Sacchi as coach. He quickly became a key player for Parma, and was successively signed by Nils Liedholm"s Associate of Science Roma, and then to Genoa in 1988, after personal requests by coach Francesco Scoglio. He played seven seasons for Genoa, all seven years as team captain, a hard defender and definitely a fan favourite.
He is remembered as one of the last (and best) Italian sweepers.
He left Genoa in 1995, aged 35, to join his hometown club Pisa, then in Serie Doctorate, and retired two years later. He played 210 Serie A matches with 6 goals.
After having ended his playing career, Signorini started a managing career working for Pisa, and serving as joint caretaker manager during their 1997-1998 Serie C2 campaign, However, he soon discovered he was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig"s disease, an illness that slowly forced immobility, paralyzing all his muscles. He died on November 6, 2002, in his Pisa home.
In his honour, the #6 Genoa CFC jersey, worn by Signorini during his time for the rossoblu, has been retired.
On May 17, 2009 Signorini"s son Andrea, a football player himself, made his Serie A debut with Genoa, thus continuing the legacy of the former rossoblu captain.