Elio Calderini (born 9 June 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Tiferno Lerchi.

Biography

Born in Città di Castello, in the Province of Perugia, in Umbria region, Calderini was a youth product of A.C. Perugia. He played for both under-17 and U18 team in 2004–05 season. After the bankruptcy of Perugia, he joined Serie B club

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. He spent seasons in the reserve team. In January 2007 he left for

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club

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. Calderini left for Serie D club Flaminia in 2008. He played 34 times for the Lazio club in the top division of amateur football (and fifth division of Italy until 2014).

Frosinone

In July 2009 he was signed by fellow Lazio club Frosinone. However, he failed to secure a place in the Serie B club. On 31 August 2009 Calderini left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex–Serie C1) club

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. Calderini and Guarracino were signed by Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (ex–Serie C2) club

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on 12 July 2010. Frosinone relegated to L.P. Prime Division from Serie B in 2011.

Aprilia

On 26 August 2011 Calderini was sold to L.P. 2nd Division club

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Cosenza

In July 2013 Calderini was signed by

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. The club was among 6 additional teams that admitted to the fourth division from

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to fill the vacancies on 5 August (originally 9, now 13 promoted plus 2 re-admission of relegated teams). However at the end of season also saw the merger of the divisions of Lega Pro, as well as reduction of 69 teams to 60 teams (increased from 9 relegated teams to 18 teams). Cosenza mathematically promoted to Serie C after the round 30 matches. That season Calderini scored 7 goals as team joint-second topscorer, along with Manolo Mosciaro behind Gianluca De Angelis (11 goals) and ahead Jonatan Alessandro (5 goals).

Carrarese

On 22 August 2019, he signed with

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Cavese

On 12 January 2021, he moved to

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Serie D

On 5 August 2021, he joined Tiferno Lerchi in Serie D.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calderini, Elio 1988 births People from Città di Castello Sportspeople from the Province of Perugia Living people Italian footballers A.C. Perugia Calcio players S.S. Arezzo players S.S. Juve Stabia players Frosinone Calcio players A.S.D. Città di Foligno 1928 players A.S.D. Sangiovannese 1927 players Cosenza Calcio players Catania S.S.D. players S.S. Racing Club Fondi players Calcio Foggia 1920 players U.S. Viterbese 1908 players Carrarese Calcio players Cavese 1919 players Association football midfielders Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Footballers from Umbria