Matteo Gentili

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Matteo Gentili
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Personal information
Date of birth (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Viareggio, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Prato
Youth career
Margine Coperta
2004–2008 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Atalanta 1 (0)
2008–2009 → Pergocrema (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Varese (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2012 → Spezia (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2013 → Vicenza (loan) 11 (3)
2013–2014 Reggina 2 (0)
2014–2015 Vicenza 35 (1)
2017 Carrarese 11 (2)
2017–2018 US Real Forte 19 (2)
2019 FC Pecciolese
2019– Prato 1 (0)
National team
2005–2006 Italy U-17 9 (0)
2006–2007 Italy U-18 3 (0)
2007–2008 Italy U-19 4 (0)
2009 Italy U-20 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2018

Matteo Gentili (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for A.C. Prato.

He represented Italy at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where they came second, and at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Career[]

Atalanta and loans[]

Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Gentili was signed by Atalanta B.C. from Polisportiva Margine Coperta in 2004 in a temporary deal, along with Michele Marconi, Leonardo Manni and Daniele Lonetti.[1] In the next season he was signed definitely from the Massa e Cozzile based side. He was promoted to Atalanta B.C.'s Primavera U19 reserve team in 2006.[2]

In 2008, he left Atalanta for another Lombard club Pergocrema. Gentili made his professional debut in the Italian Cup,[3] However, he failed to play any game in the league nor in .

In the next season he was transferred to another Lombard club Varese, also in the same level as Pergocrema. He won promotion to Serie B with Varese in June 2010.

Atalanta kept Gentili for 2010–11 Serie B season, however he only played once for the champions.

In July 2011 he left the Serie A club for the third level side Spezia,[4] but had an operation in his right ankle in the same month.[5] Gentili won promotion to Serie B again as one of the group stage winner of the third level. The team also won 2012 Lega Pro Prime Division Supercup, a tournament between the two winners of the two groups of that level. However, he was not feature in the line-up nor on the bench of the matches.[6][7] Gentili did featured for Spezia in as an unused bench,[8] which the team was the winner.

On 28 August 2012 he left for Serie B struggler Vicenza which relegated in the last season but re-admitted to Serie B due to the expulsion of Lecce.

Reggina[]

On 2 September 2013 Gentili was signed by Serie B club Reggina in a co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee.[9][10]

Vicenza[]

On 31 January 2014 he left for Vicenza in a 3+1⁄2-year contract (re-sold from Atalanta in another co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €250).[11][12] In June 2014 Vicenza acquired the remaining 50% registration rights of Gentili, from Atalanta for free.[11]

In December 2015 Gentili was released by the Veneto club.[13]

Carrarese[]

On 14 February 2017 Gentili was signed by Carrarese.[14]

FC Pecciolese[]

On 24 January 2019, Gentili officially signed with FC Pecciolese 1936.[15]

Honours[]

Club[]

Atalanta
Spezia
Varese

References[]

  1. ^ "Calcio Mercato 2004" [Football Transfer 2004] (PDF). Lega Calcio (in Italian). available in Wayback Machine. 31 August 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. ^ Fullsoccer statistics Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  3. ^ Spaccini, Luca (10 August 2008). "IL FOLIGNO BATTE IL PERGOCREMA 3 A 2 E FA SUO IL PRIMO TURNO DI COPPA ITALIA". Umbrialeft (in Italian). Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Mercato: Matteo Gentili, nuovo difensore aquilotto" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Matteo Gentili, operato alla caviglia destra" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Supercoppa: mister Serena porta in Umbria 21 giocatori" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Supercoppa Ritorno - Spezia-Ternana: 20 convocati per l'ultimo impegno stagionale" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Pisa-Spezia 1-2 (1-0) Niente Coppa per i nerazzurri". pisainformaflash.it (in Italian). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  9. ^ Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2013, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  10. ^ "GENTILI ALLA REGGINA" (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  11. ^ a b Vicenza Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  12. ^ "Matteo Gentili in biancorosso" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  13. ^ "CRisoluzione per Matteo Gentili: il ringraziamento del Club" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Tesserato Matteo Gentili" (in Italian). Carrarese Calcio. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  15. ^ Il ritorno di Matteo Gentili al calcio. Lo fa con la Pecciolese, pisainvideo.it, 24 January 2019

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