Domenico Germinale (born 3 June 1987) is an Italian

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who plays as a forward for

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club Lunano.

Career

Inter and loans

Born in

Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

, Germinale started his career at Silea Calcio, located at Silea, the

Province of Treviso The province of Treviso () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Province of Belluno, Belluno in the north, Province of Vicenza, Vicenza in the west, Pro ...

. He then played for

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before joined

Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football ...

, which he supported at young age. He played the pre-season TIM Trophy in 2004 and a 6 more friendly appearances in 2005 Germinale finally made his official debut on 14 May 2006, the last match of the Serie A season, which he substituted

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in the 58 minutes. The match ended in 2–2 draw with

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. In summer 2006, he was loaned to AS PizzighettonePizzighettone. After an unsuccessful half-season, he was loaned to Torres. In 2007–08 season, he was loaned to Serie C1 side

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, re-joining Riccardo Meggiorini.

Foggia

In July 2008, he signed a 1+2-year contract with

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on free transfer. At Foggia, he finally scored regularly at

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Group B.

Benevento

On 31 August 2009, Germinale transferred to

Benevento Benevento ( ; , ; ) is a city and (municipality) of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato (r ...

of Prima Divisione Group A, signed a reported 3-year contract. Germinale seldom included in the starting XI, and on 31 January 2011 left for

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along with Walter Zullo. In the half season Germinale made 13 starts and 5 goals. On 31 August 2011 Germinale was sold to Serie B struggler AlbinoLeffe in temporary deal with option to purchase half of the registration rights (which Germinale now had a contract with Benevento to 30 June 2014 at that time), replacing the left of former Inter team-mate

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. Benevento also acquired Michael Cia in the same formula. Germinale took no.7 shirt previously owned by Cia. Germinale returned to Benevento for

2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-fifth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two phas ...

season, which he scored 5 times. On 21 May 2013 he was released.

Serie C

On 19 July 2013 he was signed by

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in 1+1 year contract. He scored 4 times in 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He also scored once against former club Benevento in promotion playoffs, losing 1–2. On 30 June 2014 he was signed by SPAL. On 26 January 2015 he was swapped with defender Andrea Pappaianni of

Alessandria Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...

in a 5-month contract. On 31 August 2015 he was hired by Bassano Virtus; playing only a few games because of a knee injury. At the end of the season it is not confirmed, and accords with the

Padova Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of ...

. On 31 January 2017 is made official his move, outright, to

Fano Fano () is a city and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by pop ...

. On 2 September 2019, he signed with Cavese. On 1 February 2021, he joined Vis Pesaro on a 1.5-year contract. On 24 July 2021, the contract was terminated by mutual consent. On 3 September 2021 he moved to

Rimini Rimini ( , ; or ; ) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is ...

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

International career

Germinale never played for Italy youths team officially but received an ''Azzurri'' U18 call-up against Juniores League Best XI along with team-mate

and Giacomo Bindi in 2006. The unofficial match Azzurrini won Juniores Best XI 3–1, the two Inter strikers scored 1 goal each.

Honors and awards

* Primavera Cup: 2006

References

External links

archivio.inter.it

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