Alessio Scarpi
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Alessio Scarpi is an Italian
Italy
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 football
Football (soccer)
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 goalkeeper. He plays for Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

.

Reggina & Cagliari

Although born in Veneto
Veneto
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, he started his career at Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....

. He played for Reggina
Reggina Calcio
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 in two Serie B seasons before returned to Cagliari in summer 1997, and won third place to promoted to Serie A. He made his Serie A debut on 13 September 1998, Cagliari 2–2 draw with Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
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 in home ground.

He helped the team not relegated until summer 2000 finished at the second-bottom. Cagliari failed to promoted back to Serie A in 2000–01 season, and just finished at mid-table.

He lost his regular place in 2001–02 season to new signing Armando Pantanelli
Armando Pantanelli
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.

Ancona

Scarpi joined Ancona
A.C. Ancona
Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination....

 of Serie B in February 2002.

He was signed by Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

 on 8 May 2002. But he was loaned back to Ancona on 11 July 2002, where he won promotion again.

His loan was extended on 15 July 2003. Although his second Serie A season was worse, netted 25 goals by opponent in 13 games, he was signed by Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
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 of Serie B on 8 January 2004.

Genoa

He won promotion again for Genoa, but due to match fixing scandal, Genoa forced to relegation. He followed Genoa to play for personal first Serie C1
Serie C1
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 season and played 14 times, due to regular place was given to second goalkeeper Massimo Gazzoli
Massimo Gazzoli
Massimo Gazzoli is an Italian footballer who plays for Carrarese.-Empoli and early career:Born in Viareggio, the Province of Lucca, Tuscany, Gazzoli started his career at Empoli. He left for Serie C teams Biellese and Marsala before returned to Empoli and played 8 Serie B games. In January 2000 he...

 20 times. Scarpi back to Serie B in summer 2006, for his 9th Serie B season. Despite Gazzoli and youth product Nicola Barasso were left (Barasso in January), Scarpi lost his place again to Rubinho
Rubens Fernando Moedim
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. He just played once in 2006–07 season.

Scarpi followed Genoa back to Serie A in summer 2007, his 4th Serie A season. He earned some chance to play and played 14 times. In 2009–10 season Genoa swapped Rubinho with Marco Amelia
Marco Amelia
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, and that season he played 8 times. In the next season he became the understudy of Portuguese internationals Eduardo. On 19 May he signed a new 1-year contract.

Honours and awards

Promotion As:
  • Serie B
    Serie B
    Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

     Third Place: 1998 (Cagliari), 2007 (Genoa)
  • Serie B
    Serie B
    Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

     Fourth Place: 2003 (Ancona)
  • Serie C1
    Serie C1
    Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....

     Runner-up: 2006 (Genoa)

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