Davide Matteini (born 11 May 1982) is an Italian

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Career

Matteini started his career at

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 in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...

Palermo

After loaned to

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and

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clubs, he was signed by

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for it ...

in January 2003, in joint-ownership bid, for €620,000.US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2006 He just played once for Palermo in

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

. Matteini then left on loan to Serie B and Serie C1 clubs. After he scored the career high in Serie B with 9 goals, he was loaned back to Empoli, which still hold half of his contractual rights. He played his first Serie A games against

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, 10 September 2006. He played 19 starts in

2006–07 Serie A The 2006–07 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th season of top-tier Italian football, the 75th in a round-robin tournament. It was scheduled to begin on 26 and 27 August, but was postponed to 2 September 20 ...

Parma

In June 2007, Palermo got full contractual rights from Empoli for €330,000,US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 but sold to

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in join-ownership in August 2007 for €0.9 million.US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 The deal offset the installment payments of 2006 signing of

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and Fábio Simplício. Parma also signed

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and

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from Palermo earlier in July. He was signed by

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on 31 January 2008 along with Ascoli winger Giampietro Perrulli. Matteini made 14 starts in the second half of

2007–08 Serie B The 2007–08 Serie B regular season is the seventy-sixth since its establishment. It started on August 25, 2007, and ended with the promotion playoff final on June 15, 2008. At the end of the year, three teams were promoted to Serie A, the fir ...

Rimini

In January 2009, he left for

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Arimin ...

for €1 million (nominal value) from Parma, with Palermo retained 50% registration rights.US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2009 Parma also got Francesco Lunardini (€1 million) and Daniele Vantaggiato (€1.9 million) from Rimini as part of the deal. Rimini reached the promotion playoffs in

2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two ...

but lost it. In June 2010 Palermo gave up the remain 50% registration rights but the Rimini soon bankrupted.

Late career

Matteini remained in the third division in 2010–11 season for

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

. However the team also bankrupted and Matteini joined Reggiana. In October 2013 Matteini was signed by Tuttocuoio. In January 2014 goes to

Viareggio Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as ...

, while in September goes to

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Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

Savona – Teramo matchfixing

On 20 August 2015 the player earned 3 years and 6 months ban for sports fraud by Italian Federation 1st degree judges. He allegedly participated in the matchfixing of Savona – Teramo and then bet on the match result.

References

External links

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Davide Matteini on Tuttocalciatori.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matteini, Davide Italian men's footballers Empoli FC players ASD Gualdo Casacastalda players Palermo FC players US Livorno 1915 players Calcio Padova players FC Crotone players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Parma Calcio 1913 players LR Vicenza players Rimini FC 1912 players Cosenza Calcio players AC Reggiana 1919 players AC Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Livorno 1982 births Living people