Davide Cordone (born 17 August 1971) is a former Italian

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Biography

Cordone started his career at Pro Patria, at that time at

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. He played a season for Casale, then left for

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where he played 5 seasons. He won promotion playoffs to Serie C1 in 1997. In 1998, he joined

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but loaned to

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side

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. He was one of the player that swapped between Inter & Milan with inflated nominal transfer fees, made the club gained "false profit" in 2000s. In 1999, he swapped with

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, making a capital gains of reported €4.7 million, but in terms of Di Sauro's registration rights. He was loaned to Serie B side

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie C. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A ...

then

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. He remained for Catania for 3 seasons, which he won promotion to Serie B in 2002, along with Marco Bonura, another player bought by Inter with inflated nominal value. In summer 2003, he joined Serie B side

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. He then played seasons for Serie C2 side

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, and last played for Serie B struggler

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which he joined in January 2006.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cordone, Davide Italian men's footballers Serie B players US Livorno 1915 players AC Monza players Ternana Calcio players Catania FC players Genoa CFC players US Catanzaro 1929 players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Varese 1971 births Living people ASD Calcio Ivrea players AC Milan players Inter Milan players