Antonio Gaeta (born 4 August 1984) is an Italian

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who plays for

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team

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Biography

Ascoli

Born in

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, Campania Gaeta started his career at

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team Ascoli. He made his Serie B debut on 1 May 2004, replacing

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. That match Ascoli winning

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3–1. He then loaned to

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and

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teams for 3 successive seasons, as Ascoli promoted to

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in 2005 due to

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. After Ascoli relegated to Serie B in 2007, he returned to the team. On 12 October 2007 he signed a new 3-year contract and 8 days later played his first league match of the season. He only played 8 goalless matches in

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. In the next season he only played twice in January, scored his only goal for Ascoli. He was loaned to ''Prima Divisione'' side

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on 2 February. However, he unable to give his usual performance in

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, only scored once in 10 games.

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On 31 August 2009 he was sold to ''Seconda Divisione'' side

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. He scored 11 league goals and twice more in promotion playoffs, finished as losing finalists. He also sent off in third match despite as unused bench, and he attacked the fourth officials and suspended 6 games, effective ruled out from the final and the first 5 rounds of the new season. Legnano was expelled from professional league by ''Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche'' (Co.Vi.So.C.) of

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at the end of season. In August 2010 he was signed by fellow second division side

. That season he became the most effective scorer in Italian professional leagues, scored 21 goals in just 23 games (0.91 goals per games), and was the top-scorer among the 3 groups of the second division (fourth in pyramid) . Despite he did not score any goals in the promotion playoffs and was sent off in semifinal second leg, the team promoted by the goals of

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(twice),

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and Nicola Corrent (both once). In

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, he played 4 times and did not score any.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaeta, Antonio Italian men's footballers Serie B players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Vis Pesaro dal 1898 players Vastese Calcio 1902 players AC Ancona players SS Juve Stabia players AC Legnano players Carrarese Calcio 1908 players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Naples 1984 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen