Mattia Passarini
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Mattia Passarini is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
) is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
football
Football (soccer)
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goalkeeper. He plays for 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...
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Football career
A Verona native, he started his career at ChievoA.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...
but spent on loan to various clubs.
He played two seasons at AC Fiorentina youth team, before left on loan to Sassuolo
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922....
of Serie C2.
He spent a season with 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...
(2002-03), before left on loan to Paternò
A.C. Paternò 2004
Associazione Calcio Paternò 2004 is an Italian association football club located in Paternò, Sicily. It currently plays in Eccellenza Sicily. Its colors are red and blue....
(Serie C1) and 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....
(Serie C2).
He spent another half season Chievo since summer 2006, before left on loan again to Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...
of Serie C1 in January 2007.
He finally made his Chievo and Serie B debut during 2007-08 season. That season he worked as Lorenzo Squizzi
Lorenzo Squizzi
Lorenzo Squizzi is an Italian footballer who plays for A.C. ChievoVerona.Squizzi started his career at Serie A team Juventus F.C., but has spent most of his career in the lower divisions. In summer 2006, he signed for his second Serie A club Chievo.-Early career:Born in Domodossola, Piedmont,...
's backup along with Gabriele Aldegani
Gabriele Aldegani
Gabriele Aldegani is an Italian footballer playing goalkeeper for Benevento Calcio-Football career:He started his career at Miranese, but after playing 3 Serie D games, he was transferred to Milan. After failing to protect the Serie A seat, Chievo called Aldegani for backup goalkeeper, although he...
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He was released after the team won Serie B champion and promoted back to Serie A.