Cesare Bovo
Encyclopedia
Cesare Bovo is an Italian
footballer who plays as a defender
for Serie A
club Genoa
.
youth system, and was sold on a co-ownership bid to Serie B
club Lecce
in the 2002/2003 season, which Bovo was exchanged with Mauro Rizzo
who both tagged for €3M in although both lack of experience.
Lecce promoted to Serie A
and gave Bovo the opportunity to make his Serie A début in 2003.
On 31 August 2004, the 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalists was signed by Palermo
in co-ownership
deal (i.e. 50% rights), Palermo just paid €1.5M to Roma via transfer the registration rights of young player Francesco Milano (50%, €750K), youth goalkeeper Paolo Comi (50%, €750K) to Roma, which both of them loaned back to Palermo. The deal with Palermo, including sold the remain 50% rights of Simone Pepe
to Palermo for undisclosed fee, sold Gianluca Curci
and Valerio Virga
in co-ownership for a nominal fee of €500, were reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport
were due to Roma's President Franco Sensi
, owed Palermo's President Maurizio Zamparini
money. Zamparini also bought Palermo from Sensi in 2002, which Palermo had some financial irregularity in Sensi era for deals between Palermo and Roma, as the club later fined for Franco Brienza
's accounting issue (failed to write-down flopped accounting value). Both club exchanged numbers of player prior 2002–03 season, made both club owed opposite side money. However AS Roma denied any irregularly, said they were totally financial decision and team tactics. Roma did paid €1.75 million net debt to Palermo in June 2004 in cash, but Comi and Milano did not turned to become professional, effectively made Roma gave half of the registration rights of Bovo to Palermo in exchanged for flopped youth players.
Both teams agreed Bovo remained at Parma F.C.
on loan, which the loan deal was signed earlier on 31 July for €100,000, as part of the deal of centre defender Matteo Ferrari
to Roma. At Parma, Bovo played as a regular for the whole season, showing good potential. In 2005, he finally returned to AS Roma, as the club faced a transfer ban due to the illegal signing of Philippe Mexès
. Roma paid Palermo €750,000 via the transfer of Massimo Bonanni
to Palermo, where he made 22 appearances with no goals.
on January 2007.
On February 24, 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Torino against Chievo
He returned to Palermo from his loan deal on June 2007, and was subsequently sold to Genoa
on July 10 in a co-ownership deal. for reported €2.85 million.
). Along with Simon Kjær
and Andrea Raggi
, they were planned to replace the vacancies left by Andrea Barzagli
, Cristian Zaccardo
and Leandro Rinaudo
. He was reacquired with the aim to establish him as a starter within the Sicilian team, which promptly happened; after his return to Palermo, Bovo became a mainstay for the club, playing regularly in the following two seasons alongside centre backs Moris Carrozzieri
and, successively, Simon Kjær
. In 2010-11 season, at first he partnered with Ezequiel Muñoz
in 4-4-2 formation, and since January 2011 Sinisa Andelkovic was joined to became a one of the centre backs in 3-5-2 formation. (or 5-3-2 in defence)
in a loan move with an option to make the move permanent by the end of the season.
that won 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
and 2004 Summer Olympics
football tournament
. He was also part of the Italian squad for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006. On 28 August 2010 gets the first call in the national team
by new coach Cesare Prandelli
.
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
footballer who plays as a defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
for Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
club 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...
.
Lecce & youth career
Bovo grew up playing in the renowned AS RomaA.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
youth system, and was sold on a co-ownership bid to 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...
club Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
in the 2002/2003 season, which Bovo was exchanged with Mauro Rizzo
Mauro Rizzo
Mauro Rizzo is an Italian footballer who currently without a club.-Biography:Born in Galatina, the Province of Lecce, Rizzo started his career at U.S. Lecce. He played his first and only match on the last match of 2001–02 Serie A season, a 0-3 lost to A.C. Milan, replaced Alberto Savino in the...
who both tagged for €3M in although both lack of experience.
Lecce promoted to Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
and gave Bovo the opportunity to make his Serie A début in 2003.
Returned to Roma
In June 2004, he was bought back by Roma for a nominal fees of €10,000 Co-currently Rizzo returned to Lecce for €40,000.On 31 August 2004, the 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalists was signed by Palermo
U.S. Città di Palermo
Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...
in co-ownership
Co-ownership (football)
Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...
deal (i.e. 50% rights), Palermo just paid €1.5M to Roma via transfer the registration rights of young player Francesco Milano (50%, €750K), youth goalkeeper Paolo Comi (50%, €750K) to Roma, which both of them loaned back to Palermo. The deal with Palermo, including sold the remain 50% rights of Simone Pepe
Simone Pepe
Simone Pepe is an Italian footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie A club Juventus. He is known for his high versatility and can play on either side of the pitch and even as a right fullback-Club career:...
to Palermo for undisclosed fee, sold Gianluca Curci
Gianluca Curci
Gianluca Curci is an Italian footballer who plays for Roma as a goalkeeper. Curci has previously played for Siena and Sampdoria.-Club career:Curci is a product of the Roma youth academy...
and Valerio Virga
Valerio Virga
Valerio Virga is an Italian footballer, currently plays for Virtus Lanciano on loan from A.S. Roma.-Career:A product of the AS Roma youth academy and one of the bright prospects of the giallorossi, Virga usually plays as midfielder. He made his Serie A debut on 10 April 2005, in an away league...
in co-ownership for a nominal fee of €500, were reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport
La Gazzetta dello Sport
La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. It was first published on April 3, 1896, allowing it to cover the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens...
were due to Roma's President Franco Sensi
Franco Sensi
Francesco Sensi, Cavaliere del lavoro, , was an Italian oil tycoon. He was born in Rome, where he lived throughout his entire life, though he also served time as mayor of Visso, the city where his family came from. He had been for fifteen years, until his death, general manager of Associazione...
, owed Palermo's President Maurizio Zamparini
Maurizio Zamparini
Maurizio Zamparini is an Italian businessman and the current owner and chairman of Serie A club U.S. Città di Palermo....
money. Zamparini also bought Palermo from Sensi in 2002, which Palermo had some financial irregularity in Sensi era for deals between Palermo and Roma, as the club later fined for Franco Brienza
Franco Brienza
Franco Brienza is an Italian footballer who plays for A.C. Siena in Serie A and also represented Italy at international level. He is a left footed forward usually playing on the right wing.-Early career:...
's accounting issue (failed to write-down flopped accounting value). Both club exchanged numbers of player prior 2002–03 season, made both club owed opposite side money. However AS Roma denied any irregularly, said they were totally financial decision and team tactics. Roma did paid €1.75 million net debt to Palermo in June 2004 in cash, but Comi and Milano did not turned to become professional, effectively made Roma gave half of the registration rights of Bovo to Palermo in exchanged for flopped youth players.
Both teams agreed Bovo remained at Parma F.C.
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
on loan, which the loan deal was signed earlier on 31 July for €100,000, as part of the deal of centre defender Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari is an Italian footballer, currently a free agent after being released by Beşiktaş J.K..-Early career:Ferrari started his career at SPAL in 1995, and he can play as left-back or centreback....
to Roma. At Parma, Bovo played as a regular for the whole season, showing good potential. In 2005, he finally returned to AS Roma, as the club faced a transfer ban due to the illegal signing of Philippe Mexès
Philippe Mexès
Philippe Mexès is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Italian Serie A club Milan and for the French national team.-Auxerre:...
. Roma paid Palermo €750,000 via the transfer of Massimo Bonanni
Massimo Bonanni
Massimo Bonanni is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club FC Lugano.-Football career:Bonanni started his career at A.S. Roma youth system...
to Palermo, where he made 22 appearances with no goals.
Loan periods
In 2006, his co-ownership between Palermo and AS Roma was resolved in favour of the Sicilian club, for another €2.05M, moreover Virga returned to Roma for €50,000, Comi and Milano for free, made the club had a net cash flow of €2million from Palermo, to counter the flow in June 2004. However, during the summer training phase, Bovo suffered a foot injury that forced him away from the pitches for a long time, and made only one league appearance for Palermo before being loaned to Torino F.C.Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....
on January 2007.
On February 24, 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Torino against Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
He returned to Palermo from his loan deal on June 2007, and was subsequently sold to 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...
on July 10 in a co-ownership deal. for reported €2.85 million.
Back to Palermo
On 19 June 2008 is redeemed from Palermo for €5M (part of the deal paid via the transfer of Giuseppe BiavaGiuseppe Biava
Giuseppe Biava is an Italian footballer, who currently plays as a centre back for Serie A side Lazio.-AlbinoLeffe:A centre back, Biava started his career with the Leffe youth team, before moving to newly-promoted Serie D team Albinese in 1995...
). Along with Simon Kjær
Simon Kjær
Simon Thorup Kjær is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a centre back for Roma. He was named 2007 Danish under-19 talent of the year and 2009 Danish Talent of the Year, and has played 20 games for the Denmark national football team.-FC Midtjylland:Born in Horsens, Kjær started...
and Andrea Raggi
Andrea Raggi
Andrea Raggi is an Italian football defender, currently playing for Bologna.-Empoli:He started his footballing career with Empoli, where he spent a total of four seasons with the first team.-Palermo:...
, they were planned to replace the vacancies left by Andrea Barzagli
Andrea Barzagli
Andrea Barzagli, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus.- Club career :...
, Cristian Zaccardo
Cristian Zaccardo
Cristian Zaccardo, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Italian Serie A club Parma...
and Leandro Rinaudo
Leandro Rinaudo
Leandro Rinaudo is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli.-Palermo:A youth product of Palermo, he was loaned to Serie C1 club Varese in the first year of Zamparini's era. The loan was pre-matured in January 2003. However he failed to enter the first team as Zamparini bought...
. He was reacquired with the aim to establish him as a starter within the Sicilian team, which promptly happened; after his return to Palermo, Bovo became a mainstay for the club, playing regularly in the following two seasons alongside centre backs Moris Carrozzieri
Moris Carrozzieri
Moris Carrozzieri is an Italian who currently plays as a football defender for Lecce.-Early career:Carrozzieri started his professional career at A.S. Bari...
and, successively, Simon Kjær
Simon Kjær
Simon Thorup Kjær is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a centre back for Roma. He was named 2007 Danish under-19 talent of the year and 2009 Danish Talent of the Year, and has played 20 games for the Denmark national football team.-FC Midtjylland:Born in Horsens, Kjær started...
. In 2010-11 season, at first he partnered with Ezequiel Muñoz
Ezequiel Muñoz
Ezequiel Matías Muñoz is an Argentine footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Palermo.His nickname is Il niño di Pergamino.-Club career:...
in 4-4-2 formation, and since January 2011 Sinisa Andelkovic was joined to became a one of the centre backs in 3-5-2 formation. (or 5-3-2 in defence)
Back to Genoa
On 23 August 2011, Bovo agreed a comeback to GenoaGenoa 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...
in a loan move with an option to make the move permanent by the end of the season.
International career
Bovo was on the squad of Italy U-21 teamItaly national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
that won 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA U-21 Championship 2004 was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time...
and 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
football tournament
Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...
. He was also part of the Italian squad for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006. On 28 August 2010 gets the first call in the national team
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
by new coach Cesare Prandelli
Cesare Prandelli
Cesare Claudio Prandelli is an Italian football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of the Italy national football team.-Playing career:...
.