Emiliano Salvetti (born 1 January 1974) is an Italian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He is best known for his time as a

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

mainstay from 1996 to 1999, and again from 2004 to 2008. He scored 18 goals for the club during the

2005–06 Serie B The 2005–06 Serie B is the 74th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Cremonese, Rimini, Mantova and Avellino had been promoted from Serie C, while Bologna, Brescia and Atalanta h ...

season, one of the team's records for a midfielder. In June 2008, following Cesena's relegation to

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

, he accepted an offer from

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known for being the centre of the Ita ...

in order to keep playing in the league.

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Emiliano Salvetti
at Cesena Calcio 1974 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers AC Cesena players Forlì FC players Hellas Verona FC players Bologna FC 1909 players SPAL players US Sassuolo Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Forlì 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub