Davide Bassi (born 12 April 1985) is an Italian former footballer who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Sarzana Sarzana (, ; ) is a town, ''comune'' (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the ...

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, Bassi was a product of

Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno River, Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Ancient Ro ...

's youth system, joining the team in 2002, but started his professional career at Tuscan club Massese in 2003. In 2005, he returned to Empoli in a co-ownership deal. Bassi formally returned to

on 1 July 2006. He became the team's first choice goalkeeper, ahead

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, during the second half of the

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season. After the team were relegated, he remained as the first choice keeper. During the

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season, he left for

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, to replace the recently departed

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. Empoli signed

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to replace Bassi. In July 2011, he left on loan for as

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, but served as an understudy to Alberto Pomini. In July 2013, Bassi changed his shirt number to no.28. He was the team's first choice goalkeeper during the

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season. However, the next year, he was a backup to Luigi Sepe during the

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season.

Atalanta

On 27 June 2015, Bassi signed a 2-year contract with

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club

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on a free transfer. In January 2017, Bassi was released.

Parma

On 1 March 2017, Bassi was signed by

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club

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on a free transfer, as an emergency signing to replace injured Pierluigi Frattali. However, on 3 April he was released again, due to the recovery of Frattali, as well as Parma ran out of quota to keep in their 25-men squad list. Bassi was the starting keeper for the Emilian club in March, with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, conceding 4 goals. The match played on 2 April, Bassi was the backup of Frattali.

Spezia

Bassi joined

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on 10 July 2017.

International career

Bassi was never capped for Italy at international level until the 2008 Toulon Tournament. The coach rested the regular starters of the under-21 team, and instead picked Bassi and

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. They both shared the first choice goalkeeping role, as Italy went on to win the tournament. However, despite his success, Bassi did not go on to represent the under-23 side at the Beijing Olympics that summer.

Honours

Individual *

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Best Goalkeeper:

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References

External links

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FIGC

Lega Serie A profile

Lega Serie B profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bassi, Davide Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Empoli FC players US Massese 1919 players Torino FC players US Sassuolo Calcio players Spezia Calcio players Men's association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from Sarzana Footballers from Liguria 1985 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen