Luca Antonini has signed for Serie B’s Livorno from Genoa in a move that sees him move down a league by choice.
The Amaranto are coached by ex-Italy international Christian Panucci and have plans to return to Italy’s top tier after they were relegated at the end of the 2013-14 season.
According to Calciomercato.it, the Livorno coach had a big part to play in bringing the ex-AC Milan full-back to the Tuscan side.
The 33-year-old Antonini spent the most successful period of his career at Milan where he remained for five seasons, making 81 Serie A appearances and 17 in European competitions.
However, despite featuring regularly at the back for the Serie A giants, he never managed to receive a call up to the Italian national side and his playing time with the Grifone was limited by injury before his contract was terminated by mutual consent.