Simone Malatesta (born 9 February 1982) is an Italian footballer, who plays as a

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for Italian Serie C club Lupa Roma

Career

Juventus and early career

Born in Rome, Lazio, Malatesta started his career at

Modena F.C. Modena Football Club 2018, commonly referred to as Modena, is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1912, and refounded in 2018, and had spent the majority of its existence playing in Serie B. They are ...

In January 2000 Malatesta left for

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in ...

for 400 million Lire (about €206,583) in co-ownership deal. Malatesta left for two

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clubs in temporary deal in 2000–01 and 2001–02 season. In July 2002 Modena gave up the remain registration rights to Juventus. Malatesta was immediately sold to

Valenzana Calcio Valenzana Mado is an Italian football club, based in Valenza, Piedmont. Currently it plays in Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley. History Valenzana Mado The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of Valenzana Calcio and G.S. Mado. I ...

in another co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €1,000.

Lega Pro clubs

In June 2003 Malatesta joined Valenzana outright. Malatesta played for 4 different clubs from 2005 to 2009. Malatesta joined Venezia in mid-2008 in co-ownership deal. In June 2009 Venezia bought another 50% registration rights from

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. However Venezia soon bankrupted.

Parma

Malatesta was signed by

Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decemb ...

in July 2009, for €10,000, but left for

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in another co-ownership deal for €100,000. The Serie B team relegated at the end of season. In June 2010 Parma bought back Malatesta for a peppercorn, days before the bankruptcy of Mantova. Malatesta left for

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and in January 2011 for

Pro Vercelli Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892, commonly referred to as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. The club is mostly renowned as one of the most successful teams in the early football era of Italy, with seven natio ...

. In July 2011, his loan to Pro Vercelli was renewed for another year. On 31 August 2012 he was signed by

Carrarese Carrarese Calcio 1908, commonly referred to as Carrarese, is an Italian football club based in Carrara, Tuscany. It currently plays in Serie C, having last been in Serie B in 1948. History The club was founded in 1908. In the season 2010–1 ...

along with Nicolò Belotti. On 1 August 2013 Malatesta joined Italian third division club

Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C., commonly referred to as Ascoli, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Serie B. The team traditionally play in vertical black an ...

in temporary deal. On 11 January 2014 the loan was terminated. He was signed by

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in another temporary deal in January 2014.

Serie C clubs

On 6 September 2014 he was signed by Serie C club Lupa Roma.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
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