Davide Manarelli (born 1 February 2002) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

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, a

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near

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, Manarelli started playing football at a local grassroots club in

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in 2009, before joining AlbinoLeffe three years later, and then

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in 2016. After winning a national Under-16 title and finishing runners-up in the Under-17 championship with the latter club, in the summer of 2019 he was scouted and signed on loan by

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, where he initially joined the Under-18 team, together with his club-mate and fellow loanee Martino Ripamonti. Both deals were then made permanent at the start of the following season, with Manarelli spending one more season in the Campionato Primavera. On 19 July 2021, he officially started his senior career by returning to Renate on a season-long loan. However, on 11 August, the spell was cut short, as Manarelli joined fellow

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side Paganese with the same formula, instead. He subsequently made his professional debut on 21 August, as he started the league cup match against Foggia, which ended in a 2-0 loss for his side. The full-back played regularly for the club in the third tier, as Paganese eventually got relegated to

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after losing the play-out with

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, despite a 1-1 final score on aggregate, since the latter club were better placed in the league table. On 2 July 2022, Manarelli officially joined Viterbese on a permanent deal, signing a three-year deal with the club, who had just escaped relegation from Serie C in the previous season. Having collected three appearances in the first part of the 2022–23 season, on 31 January 2023 he joined fellow third-tier side Virtus Francavilla on loan until the end of the season, as part of a swap deal that saw

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go the opposite way.

International career

Although he has never represented

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in an international match so far, Manarelli took part in a joint training camp for the under-18 and under-19 national teams in January 2020.

Style of play

Manarelli is primarily a

, who can also play as a

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in a five-men

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. He cited

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as his biggest source of inspiration.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manarelli, Davide 2002 births Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Serie C players AC Renate players US Sassuolo Calcio players Paganese Calcio 1926 players US Viterbese 1908 players Virtus Francavilla Calcio players Footballers from the Province of Bergamo 21st-century Italian sportsmen