Francesco Scotti (born 8 January 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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for

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Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

. Scotti has spent most of his career in Italian

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...

and

(third and fourth division) Scotti has spent his entire professional career in Italian

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(third and fourth division); geographically Scotti had spent most of his career in central Italy (Lazio, Tuscany and Marche), except a brief spell in the country of San Marino (lie between Romagna and Marche), as well as Veneto and Emilia–Romagna in early and late career respectively.

Club career

Early career

Born in Rome, Lazio, Scotti started his career at hometown club

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. In mid-2001 Scotti was signed by

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

club

Cittadella Cittadella () is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around . There are fo ...

in co-ownership deal.

Fiorentina

In June 2002 Scotti joined Cittadella outright and re-sold to newly reborn Tuscany traditional club Florentia Viola (now ACF Fiorentina). He was the backup keeper of Andrea Ivan in 2002–03 Serie C2. After the season Fiorentina was invited to 2003–04 Serie B, which saw Ivan became a backup and Scotti left for

Montevarchi Montevarchi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. History The town of Montevarchi sprang up around 1100, near to a fortified Benedictine monastery, founded by bishop Elempert (986–1010) of Arezzo. At first the cas ...

, a Tuscany minor club.

Fermana

After ''la Viola'' was promoted to

2004–05 Serie A The 2004–05 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of top-tier Italian football, the 73rd in a round-robin tournament. It was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, ra ...

, Scotti was transferred to Serie C1 club Fermana in another co-ownership deal. Scotti was the backup of Mauro Chiodini in

2004–05 Serie C1 The 2004–05 Serie C1 was the twenty-seventh edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. Overview Serie C1/A It was contested by 19 teams, and U.S. Cremonese won the championship. It was decided that U ...

. In June 2005 Fermana bought Scotti outright. In 2005–06 Serie C1, Chiodini left the Marche club and Scotti shared the starting role with Paolo Iaboni. The club withdrew from professional football in 2006.

Ancona & Sansovino

On 22 September 2006 Scotti joined

Ancona Ancona (, also ; ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona, homonymous province and of the region. The city is located northeast of Ro ...

, another team of Marche region. After no appearance in

2006–07 Serie C1 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff phas ...

, Scotti joined Sansovino (from Monte San Savino, Tuscany), swapped with Alessio Chiaverini. Scotti immediately became the first choice ahead David Pierini.

Sangiovannese & San Marino

In August 2007 Scotti joined Sangiovannese (from San Giovanni Valdarno, Tuscany). He was the backup of young keeper Alessandro Barberis. However Scotti also played twice in 2007–08 Serie C1 promotion playoffs. Scotti moved to San Marino for San Marino Calcio in 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, where Scotti was the first choice for two seasons. Scotti returned to Sangiovannese in

2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two ...

. He was the backup of Matteo Vaccarecci until Vaccarecci left the club in January 2011. At the end of season Sangiovannese withdrew from professional league due to financial difficulties.

Rimini

Scotti joined Italian fourth division newcomer

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. Scotti was the first choice of the Romagna team.

Forlì

L'Aquila

On 13 January 2016 Scotti was signed by

L'Aquila L'Aquila ( ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of the Province of L'Aquila and the Abruzzo region in Italy. , it has a population of 69,902. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the A ...

Return to Rimini

On 3 January 2020, he was released from his contract with Rimini by mutual consent.

Cattolica

On 10 August 2021, he moved to

, in Serie D.

International career

Scotti had capped for U15 team, at that time a feeder team coached by Rosario Rampanti to prepare for 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualification. Scotti was the backup of

Tommaso Berni Tommaso Berni (born 6 March 1983) is a retired Italian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Inter Milan. Club career Early career Berni started his career at Fiorentina. In 1998, he joined Inter Milan. He was a backup goal ...

and Federico Agliardi in the qualifying phase, which was co-coached by Rampanti and Gesualdo Piacenti. In 2000–01 season Scotti capped for U17 team in 2000 Václav Ježek Tournament to prepare for 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification (named as a U18 event prior 2001). In "Václav Ježek Tournament" Scotti shared the starting role with Agliardi as the tournament had 4 matches in 5 days. He was dropped from the team in January 2001. From 2002 to 2004 Scotti was tested by coach

Francesco Rocca Francesco Rocca (; born 2 August 1954) is an Italian professional association football, football coach and former player, who played as a defender (association football), defender. He spent his entire career with Italian club A.S. Roma, Roma, w ...

in 2002–03 and 2003–04 U20 Four Nations Tournament along with Berni, Mario Cassano, Alfonso De Lucia, born 1982 players Vitangelo Spadavecchia, born 1984 players Emanuele Bianchi, Davide Capello, Paolo Comi and Marco Paoloni. However except Berni and Agliardi, none of the players able to enter the U21 team form the feeder team. Scotti also played twice in 2003 Toulon Tournament, including the final against

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. The ''Azzurrini'' (little azure) lost to Portuguese in 1–3.

References

External links

FIGC

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scotti, Francesco 1983 births Living people Footballers from Rome Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Serie C players Lega Pro Seconda Divisione players Serie D players SS Lazio players AS Cittadella players ACF Fiorentina players Montevarchi Calcio Aquila 1902 players Fermana FC players AC Ancona players AC Sansovino players ASD Sangiovannese 1927 players San Marino Calcio players Rimini FC 1912 players Forlì FC players L'Aquila 1927 players Italy men's youth international footballers 21st-century Italian sportsmen