Matteo Serafini
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matteo Serafini | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Cremonese | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2001 | Cremonese | 60 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | Livorno | 19 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Arezzo | 43 | (16) |
| 2004–2006 | Siena | 7 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Catania (loan) | 20 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | → Empoli (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Brescia | 38 | (11) |
| 2007–2009 | Vicenza | 37 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Piacenza (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2009–2015 | Pro Patria | 129 | (53) |
| 2015–2016 | Venezia | 32 | (20) |
| 2016–2017 | Triestina | 26 | (7) |
| 2017 | Crema | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Ciserano | 31 | (10) |
| 2018–2019 | AC Calvina Sport | 29 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2019 | AC Calvina Sport | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Matteo Serafini (born 21 April 1978, in Brescia) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.
Football career[]
Serafini started his career at Cremonese, instead of Brescia. He played his first professional season for the club in Serie C1 1997-98, and brought the club back to Serie B in just one year in summer 1998. But the club relegated again in summer 1999, and the following season saw Cremonese fall to Serie C2 in summer 2000.
In summer 2001, he joined Livorno of Serie C1. He won promotion with the club, but his just played one game in first half of 2002/03 season, before moved to Arezzo of Serie C1.
On 8 June 2004, he finally tasted top division football by signed by A.C. Siena, he made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 12 September 2004.
He made 6 more appearances before on loan to Catania (Serie B) and Empoli (Serie A).
On 7 August 2006, he joined Brescia (Serie B). Here he made his biggest football career success - on 10 March 2007 he scored a spectacular hat-trick in the match between Brescia and Juventus Turin during the season which Juventus was in Serie B:[1] The three goals, all in the first half of the game, were the result of a lob from 40 meters, a bicycle kick, and a precise powerful shot from 30 meters, against the World Cup winner goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
On 4 July 2007, he joined Vicenza (Serie B).
In 2009, he joined Aurora Pro Patria 1919[2]
Coaching career[]
After retiring at the end of the 2018–19 season, Serafini was hired as manager of AC Calvina Sport.[3] He was fired by Calvina on 7 October 2019.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Il Brescia schiaccia la Juve Splendida tripletta di Serafini" (in Italian). 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ^ "Operazioni calciomercato". Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 2009-08-24. Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ Ufficiale: Matteo Serafini tecnico della prima squadra per la stagione 2019-2020, calvina1946.it, 2 July 2019
- ^ "Comunicato ufficiale: esonerato Matteo Serafini" (Press release) (in Italian). Calvina Sport. 7 October 2019.
External links[]
- Italian footballers
- Italian football managers
- U.S. Cremonese players
- A.S. Livorno Calcio players
- S.S. Arezzo players
- A.C.N. Siena 1904 players
- Calcio Catania players
- Empoli F.C. players
- Brescia Calcio players
- L.R. Vicenza players
- Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
- Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players
- Venezia F.C. players
- U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Serie D players
- Association football midfielders
- Sportspeople from Brescia
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lombardy