Manolo Mosciaro (born 17 September 1985) is an Italian

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who last played for Italian club

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Biography

Serie D years

Born in

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

, Calabria, Mosciaro started his career at

Castrovillari Castrovillari ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Geography Castrovillari lies in the north of Calabria, close to the border with Basilicata and within the Pollino Nation ...

, a local team in Castrovillari, in the Province of Cosenza. He scored twice in

2002–03 Serie D The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

. Castrovillari moved to Cosenza as A.S. Cosenza F.C. to replace the void of

Cosenza Calcio 1914 Cosenza Calcio 1914 was a professional Italian football club based in Cosenza, Calabria. It starts in 1912 when was founded Società Sportiva Fortitudo (the year 1914 is a reference to the first historic match played by the club on 23 February ...

SpA in 2003, which was excluded from professional football (but re-admitted to 2004–05 Serie D). In the same year Mosciaro left for another Serie D (Italian fifth division until 2014, top division of amateur football) team Sanremese, which he scored 4 times for the Ligurian club. The club was admitted to

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of ...

at the start of 2004–05 season. Yet in the same year Mosciaro returned to Cosenza for the old Cosenza, which he was played in the derby match against Cosenza F.C.

Serie C clubs

In 2005, he returned to Liguria region for Sanremese. He was a player in Serie C2 until the club relegation in 2007. In August 2007 Mosciaro was signed by

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

club

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages unti ...

. He left the Calabrian team in January 2008 for Cuoio Pelli – Cappiano Romaiano. He scored 3 goals for the Serie C2 club. In 2008 Mosciaro left for Pro Patria, where he made his debut in the third division, now renamed as

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

. In 2009, he returned to the fourth division for Calabrian club

Catanzaro Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its ...

. He was the team topscorer of 17+1 goals, ahead Lucas Longoni (14+0 goals) and

Antonio Montella Antonio Ciro Montella (born 4 April 1986) is an Italian association football, footballer who plays for Italian team F.C. Aprilia Racing Club. Biography Aprilia Born in Naples, Campania, Montella started his career at Lazio club F.C. Aprilia, Apr ...

(10+2 goals in league and playoffs, 2 goals in cup). The club failed to win the promotion playoffs. Mosciaro also played twice for Catanzaro in 2009–10 Lega Pro Cup. In 2010, he was signed by another third division club

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the ...

Cosenza

In 2011 Mosciaro returned to Cosenza again. The football club of Cosenza folded again after 4 years of existence (since bought the club registration of

Rende Rende is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy, home to the headquarters of the University of Calabria. It has a population of about 35,000, or more than 60,000 if the university students living there are take ...

in 2007). The new entity Nuova Cosenza Calcio S.r.l. was admitted to 2011–12 Serie D. Mosciaro became a protagonist of the club as bomber. He scored 21 goals and 28 goals respectively in 2011–12 and 2012–13 Serie D season. The club promoted on 5 August to fill the vacancies. Mosciaro signed a new 2-year contract on 17 August 2013. In

2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2013–14 Seconda Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the sixth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It is divided into two phases: ...

the club "promoted" again, as Lega Pro (ex–Serie C) would reduced from two divisions to one, as well as 69 teams in 2013–14 season to 60 teams in

2014–15 Lega Pro The 2014–15 Lega Pro was the first season of the unified Lega Pro division in place of the old Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione. The league is composed of 60 teams divided into three different groups of 20 each. Teams A total of 60 team ...

. Cosenza finished as the fourth of group B. Mosciaro was the team joint-second scorer of 7 goals (along with

Elio Calderini Elio Calderini (born 9 June 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Tiferno Lerchi. Biography Born in Città di Castello, in the Province of Perugia, in Umbria region, Calderini was a youth product of A.C. Perugia. He played ...

) behind Gianluca De Angelis and ahead

Jonatan Alessandro Jonatan Alberto Alessandro (born 5 January 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Italian Serie D club Vastese. Biography Ternana Born in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, Alessandro moved to Italy at young age. He was a youth produ ...

Aversa Normanna

On 8 January 2015 he was signed by Aversa Normanna.

Rende

On 29 July 2015 Mosciaro returned to the Province of Cosenza again for S.S. Rende.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
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