Giulio Sanseverino (born 10 February 1994) is an Italian
football
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midfielder
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who plays for
Serie D
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club
Paternò
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Geography
Pa ...
.
Club career
Sanseverino is a youth product of
Palermo
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, and was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2012 after being called up by head coach
Giuseppe Sannino to join the senior team pre-season camp. He stayed in the first team also under new head coach
Gian Piero Gasperini
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After starting his managerial career at Crotone, he had spells in ch ...
, and made his professional
Serie A
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debut on 6 January 2013, being featured as a starter in an away match against
Parma
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. He was featured again on 12 May 2013, playing the final 10 minutes of a game against
Fiorentina
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as a replacement to
Alejandro Faurlín
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Career
Faurlín began his playing career in 2004 with Rosario Central in the Primera División Arg ...
.
After the team's relegation to
Serie B
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, Sanseverino was permanently included in the first team squad for the 2013–2014 season. He made his league debut on 8 September 2013, playing the entirety of the game in a 3–0 win against
Padova
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under new head coach
Gennaro Gattuso
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.
On 31 January 2014 Sanseverino left Palermo to go to
Perugia
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on loan until June 2014. His
Lega Pro Prima Divisione
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debut is against
Barletta
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on 9 March 2014, playing the entirety of the game in a 3–0 win.
During the 2013–14 season he won the
Lega Pro Prima Divisione
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with
Perugia
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(eight first team appearances from January until June 2014). During the same season, he also won the
Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione
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Forerunners
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with
Perugia
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, playing in both the final matches.
On 27 July 2014,
Lega Pro
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club
Savoia announced the permanent signing of Sanseverino from Palermo.
During the 2014–2015 season, Sanseverino played in 20 matches, scoring 2 goals and providing 3 assists for his team-mates. Despite his good performance, at the end of the season
Savoia was relegated in
Serie D
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and after 30 June 2015 Sanseverino was able to freely transfer to another team.
On 28 August 2015 Sanseverino joined
Lega Pro
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club
Pisa
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, where he found his former coach
Gennaro Gattuso
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, signing a two-year contract. On 12 June 2016 Sanseverino was promoted in
Serie B
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, contributing to the success of
Pisa
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with 20 appearances in
Lega Pro
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. Sanseverino kept playing for
Pisa
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until January 2017, when he moved to
Lega Pro
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club
Messina
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for a 6-month loan. Sanseverino actively contributed to the permanence of
Messina
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in
Lega Pro
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with 15 appearances.
In June 2017 he moved back to
Pisa
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, which was contemporaneously relegated to
Lega Pro
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. After six months in which he did not collect presences, Sanseverino terminated his contract with
Pisa
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and moved to
Akragas
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Founded around 582 BC by Greek colonisation, Greek colonists from Gela, Agrigento, then known as Akragas, was one of the leading citie ...
in
Serie C
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. During 2018 he collected 13 appearances for
Akragas
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Founded around 582 BC by Greek colonisation, Greek colonists from Gela, Agrigento, then known as Akragas, was one of the leading citie ...
, which was relegated to
Serie D
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at the end of the regular season.
In July 2018 he signed a contract with
Pro Piacenza that will play in
Serie C
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during the 2018–19 season. Pro Piacenza experienced financial differences in late 2018 and Sanseverino left the club.
On 28 February 2019, he signed with
Trento
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in
Serie D
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. After 5 matches and a relegation to
Eccellenza
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, on 22 July 2019 he moved to
Latina
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in
Serie D
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. Latina confirmed on 13 December 2019, that Sanseverino's contract had been terminated. On 8 January 2020, he then joined fellow
Serie D
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club
Campobasso
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Campobas ...
.
Campobasso: ufficializzati gli arrivi di Raccichini e Sanseverino
campobasso.iamcalcio.it, 10 January 2020
International career
Sanseverino has played for the Italy U18 youth selections and for the Italy U19 squad.
In June 2013 he disputed the XVII Mediterranean Games with Italy's U19, along with teammates Mauro Bollino
Mauro Bollino (born 31 December 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie D club Gela.
Club career
On 1 August 2021, he joined Audace Cerignola in Serie D. On 14 October 2021, his contract was terminated by ...
, Davide Monteleone and Andrea Fulignati.
Honours
Club
;Palermo
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:
*Serie B
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: 2013–2014
;Perugia
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:
*Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into ...
: 2013–2014
*Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione
The Supercoppa di Serie C, formerly named Supercoppa di Lega Pro, is an Italian football competition played by the three group winners of Serie C. The competition was inaugurated in 2000.
Forerunners
The FIGC introduced a third-level national foo ...
: 2013–2014
References
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1994 births
Footballers from Palermo
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Palermo FC players
AC Perugia Calcio players
SSD Savoia 1908 FC players
Pisa SC players
ACR Messina players
ASD Akragas 2018 players
AS Pro Piacenza 1919 players
AC Trento 1921 players
Latina Calcio 1932 players
Campobasso FC players
ASD Città di Foligno 1928 players
ASD Paternò Calcio players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy
21st-century Italian sportsmen