Andrea Gasbarroni (born 6 August 1981) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
Club career
Juventus
An
attacking midfielder
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who can also play occasionally as a
winger or
second striker
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, Gasbarroni started his career at
Juventus FC
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youth team, but after graduate from Primavera team, he was loaned to
Varese
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, later sold to
Sampdoria
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Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the ...
in joint-ownership bid. In summer 2003, he was transferred to
Palermo
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in another
co-ownership deal for about €1.3 million and bought back in June 2006 for an undisclosed fee.
Parma
After
Marco Marchionni joined Juventus on a free transfer, Gasbarroni joined Parma on loan.
He was sold to
Parma F.C.
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''Parma Football Cl ...
outright for €1.5 million in 2007.
Genoa
Genoa signed Gasbarroni in July 2008, for €2 million, as well as half of the card of
Magnus Troest for €1.5 million, with
Julio César de León
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joined Parma for €2.9 million and
Alessandro Lucarelli
Alessandro Lucarelli ( born 22 July 1977) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who last played for Parma Calcio 1913, Parma as a Defender (association football), defender.
Playing career
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for €1.2 million.
Torino
On 2 February 2009,
Torino F.C.
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engaged the offensive wing in a co-ownership deal from Genoa, for €500,000.
[Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2009 (in Italian)] The move became permanent in June 2009 after Genoa declined to make an offer to buy back the remaining half of the player's registration rights.
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Monza
On 23 January 2015, Gasbarroni was released by Monza
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.
International career
Gasbarroni was in the Italian Olympic squad that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
football tournament.
Honours
Orders
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5th Class / Knight: ''Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
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The highest-ranking honour of the Republic, it is awarded for ...
'': 2004
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1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Turin
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Juventus FC players
SSD Varese Calcio players
UC Sampdoria players
Palermo FC players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Genoa CFC players
Torino FC players
AC Monza players
AS Giana Erminio players
Pinerolo FC players
AC Bra players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Olympic footballers for Italy
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in football
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
21st-century Italian sportsmen