Andrea Rabito (born 11 May 1980) is an Italian former footballer who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, Veneto region, Rabito was a youth product of Lombard team

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. He was loaned to

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club

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in 2000–01 and Serie B club

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in 2001–02, along with

Maurizio Domizzi Maurizio Domizzi (born 28 June 1980) is an Italian football coach and former player who is the head coach of Eccellenza amateurs Castelvetro. He played as a defender. Playing career A S.S. Lazio youth product, Domizzi was farmed to Livorno at S ...

. On 21 June 2002 Rabito and Domizzi were sold to second division club

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria. Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the ...

in co-ownership deal for 2,005 million lire (€1.035 million) each.A.C. Milan SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2003
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/ref> In June 2003 Milan bought back Rabito for undisclosed fee as well as sold Domizzi outright for another €4 million. However Rabito was signed by AlbinoLeffe in 2006 for a €1,000, which after 3 years of amortization, he still had a residual contract value of €957,000 on 15 July on Milan's balance sheet. In 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons he won promotion to

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with his clubs (but each time transferred to another team before the next season, not getting any top-level experience). For the next few seasons his teams did not have much success. In 2007, he was signed by

Padova Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of ...

in another co-ownership deal for €15,000.U.C. AlbinoLeffe Srl ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008
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/ref> In June 2008 Padova acquired him outright for another €45,000. In the 2008–09 season, he scored a hat-trick in the first game of the season and ended the season second-best

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scorer with 9 goals, contributing significantly to Padova getting a promotion to

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. In 2011, he was signed by

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