Emilio Benito Docente (born 11 December 1983) is an Italian

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 ...

. He spent entire career in Italian lower divisions, from ''

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as 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 b ...

'' to ''Seconda Divisione'', and mostly in ''Prima Divisione'' (second, fourth and third highest level)

Biography

Born in

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

, Docente was a product of

Gela Gela (Sicilian and ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the regional autonomy, Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province o ...

's academy. In January 2003 he was signed by

team

Messina Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants ...

. After the season, he was sold 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 ...

in co-ownership deal, where he scored 12

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 ...

goals in 2 seasons, winning Serie C1 Group B in 2005. In June 2005 Rimini bought the remain 50% registration rights from Messina and on 31 August loaned to fellow Serie B for

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. In January 2006 he returned to Italian third level, for

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. He spent

2006–07 Serie C1 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff phas ...

Ancona Ancona (, also ; ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona, homonymous province and of the region. The city is located northeast of Ro ...

. Docente returned to the city of

on 1 July 2007, replacing departed

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as the third striker of the team, behind

Daniele Vantaggiato Daniele Vantaggiato (born 10 October 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie D club Avezzano as a striker. Career Bari Vantaggiato started his career at Bari. He made his Serie B debut on 26 January 2003, against Triestina. He w ...

and Jeda (

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since January). He only made 1 start in 17 Serie B appearances. In the next season Greco departed at the start of season and Vantaggiato in January 2009, which Docente had more chance to play. The team had poorer attack and defence than previous season, slipped from the 7th to 18th and relegated. Docente scored 6 Serie B, the highest among his Serie B seasons. Docente added 12 more league matches to his Rimini career before left on loan to fellow ''Prima Divisione'' team

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

. Despite both teams finished as mid-team (losing side of promotion playoffs and 11th respectively), both team failed to pass financial tests and expelled from professional league. On 29 August 2010 he was re-signed by Gela. After Gela also failed to pass the licensing criteria, he joined

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie C. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A ...

in 1-year deal, rejoining former Rimini teammate

Raffaele Nolè Angelo Raffaele Nolè (born 27 March 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Francavilla as a forward. Career Nolè started his career at his home town club Potenza S.C., going from non-professional to professional level in 2004, the sea ...

. He won promotion to Serie B. On 19 July 2012 he was signed by

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; winning promotion to Serie B again.

Honours

: 2005, 2012, 2013

References

External links

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Docente, Emilio 1983 births Living people Italian men's footballers People from Comiso Serie B players SSD Città di Gela players ACR Messina players Rimini FC 1912 players US Avellino 1912 players US Sambenedettese players AC Ancona players AC Perugia Calcio players Ternana Calcio players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Sicily Sportspeople from the Province of Ragusa 21st-century Italian sportsmen