Andrea De Falco (born 19 June 1986) is an Italian

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. He plays for Tre Fiori.

Career

Early career

He started his career at native club

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. He was awarded number 37 shirt of the first team on 24 January 2004. After making 7 Serie A appearances for the team in the second half of

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, he was signed by newly-promoted Serie A team

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on a free transfer, which Ancona faced bankruptcy and condemnation to Serie C2. After playing a half season for the Primavera team, he was loaned to

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in the second half of 2004–05 season. De Falco returned to Primavera team on 1 July and finished as runners-up of Campionato Nazionale Primavera losing to

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0–2.

Pescara

De Falco was sold to

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(Serie B) in a co-ownership deal on 20 June 2006 for a peppercorn of five hundred euro, joining Antonio Aquilanti. In June 2007, Pescara bought De Falco outright by winning the auction between the club, for another five hundred euros.

Chievo

De Falco was signed by Chievo in August 2007, for free.A.C. Chievo–Verona S.r.l. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
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/ref> However, he was immediately farmed to

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in another co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn of five hundred euro. In June 2008 Chievo bought back De Falco for an undisclosed fee. He returned to Ancona for the 2008/09 season, on loan along with Stefano Olivieri from Chievo. De Falco then spent 3 more seasons on loan, for Ancona again in 2009–10, Sassuolo in 2010–11 and Bari in 2011–12. De Falco also played once for Chievo in

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. Bari did not excised the option to sign De Falco in June 2012. However, the club did in August.

Bari

On 27 August 2012 De Falco was exchanged with Nicola Bellomo, plus €350,000 cash to Bari.A.C. Chievo-Verona S.r.l. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
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/ref> Both club retained 50% registration rights of their players. De Falco signed a three-year contract. The co-ownership deals were renewed in June 2013. In January 2014 De Falco was signed by

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in a temporary deal. In March 2014 the liquidator of Bari valued the 50% registration rights of De Falco was €161,540.4, instead of the purchase price in 2012 (€1.4 million) nor any partial amortized value. In June 2014 Bari signed De Falco outright, for another €400,000, with Idriz Toskić moved to Chievo also for another €400,000.F.C. Bari 1098 S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015 (in Italian)
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Benevento

On 16 July 2014 De Falco was signed by

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in a two-year contract on a free transfer.

Reggina

On 15 January 2019, he signed a 1.5-year contract with Reggina.

Viterbese

On 1 August 2019, he joined Viterbese. On 22 February 2021, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Serie D

On 25 February 2021, he joined

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. On 27 September 2021 he signed with Nereto, also in

Match-fixing-scandal

De Falco was involved in the 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal.

References

External links

Stats at tarantochannel (In Excel file)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Falco, Andrea 1986 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Ancona Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio players Expatriate men's footballers in San Marino Men's association football midfielders AC Ancona players Pisa SC players ACF Fiorentina players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Taranto FC 1927 players AC ChievoVerona players US Sassuolo Calcio players SSC Bari players SS Juve Stabia players Benevento Calcio players FC Matera players LR Vicenza players AS Reggina 1914 players US Viterbese 1908 players Siena FC SSD players Tre Fiori FC players 21st-century Italian sportsmen