Davide Colomba (born 19 July 1988) is an Italian professional

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player who last played for Indian club

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. A

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, he is the son of

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, who brought Davide to Italian side

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when he had been head coach there in the summer of 2011, as well as FC Pune City in the summer of 2014.

Career

Davide started his career at

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, which also trained his father at youth. Davide made his Serie B debut on 12 January 2008 against

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. Davide joined

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in 2008 for an undisclosed fee. In 2010, he was signed by

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Parma

In July 2011 Parma swapped the full registration rights of Colomba to 50% registration rights of Francesco Pambianchi and

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directly, for €450,000 nominal value in accounting.Parma FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012
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/ref> The profit did not prevent the fold of SPAL. Colomba signed a 3-year contract and was immediately on loan to Serie B club

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Ascoli

On 29 June 2012 Parma bought half of the registration rights of Lorenzo Pasqualini for €1.25 million with half of the rights of Colomba moved to Ascoli for €1.1 million, thus only €150,000 cash was involved. Colomba signed a 5-year contract.Valutazione azienda sportiva calcistica Ascoli Calcio 1898 SpA
/ref> Colomba followed Ascoli relegated to the third division in 2013. In June 2014 Parma bought back Colomba for a peppercorn fee, as well as Pasqualini, Di Gennaro, Gragnoli outright also for a peppercorn. That summer also saw the return of

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to Parma on 1 July; Ascoli released Parma half owned Storani on 29 July as well as signing Addae from Parma on 18 July.

Pune City

In summer 2014 Davide and his father Franco were signed by Indian team

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)

Lega Serie B profile
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