Erminio Rullo (born 19 February 1984) is an Italian
footballer
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who plays for
Olympia Agnonese
Polisportiva Olympia Agnonese is an Italian association football club, based in Agnone
Agnone is a ''comune'' in the province of Isernia, in the Molise region of southern Italy, some northwest of Campobasso. Agnone is known for the manufact ...
as a
centre back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
Lecce
Born in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Campania, Rullo started his career with
Apulia side
Lecce
Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the provinc ...
. He archived a record by winning three consecutive
Campionato Nazionale Primavera
The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in t ...
between 2002 and 2004, two with Lecce and one with
F.C. Internazionale Milano Primavera.
In June 2001
half of the registration rights of Rullo was acquired by
Internazionale
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 football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter i ...
for 3,000 million lire (€1,549,371);
[FC Internazionale Milano SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001]
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At the same time half of the "card" of
Giorgio Frezzolini was sold to Lecce for 2,500 million lire (€1,291,142),
[ as well as half the "card" of ]Bruno Cirillo
Bruno "Brunillo" Cirillo (born 21 March 1977) is a former Italian footballer who played as a centre-back.
He moved clubs frequently throughout his career, spending two spells at AEK Athens and a further three years at PAOK, both in Greece, in ...
for 6,000 million lire. (€3,098,741)[FC Internazionale Milano SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2002]
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Rullo signed a 4-year contract. Rullo spent a season in Inter's reserve. He also sometimes featured as wing forward as the team had Giovanni Pasquale. In June 2002 Frezzolini joined Lecce for free, as well as Cirillo to Lecce for €306,000 and Rullo returned to Lecce for €151,000. The club failed to agree a price, through a mandatory bidding process, Lecce acquired Cirillo and Rullo.
Rullo made his Serie A debut on 31 August 2003 against Lazio, the opening match of 2003–04 Serie A
The 2003–04 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd season of top-tier Italian football, the 72nd in a round-robin tournament. It contained 18 teams for the 16th and last time from the 1988–89 season. With t ...
. He was substituted by Alessandro Budel at half time as the team already lost 0–3 away at that time. He started 4 more Serie A matches that season,
In 2004–05 Serie A
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, Rullo ahead Abruzzese at the left back position, under new coach Zdeněk Zeman
Zdeněk Zeman (; born 12 May 1947) is a Czech-Italian football coach.
Known for his exciting, offensive footballing tactics and use of the 4–3–3 formation, Zeman has managed numerous teams over the years, mostly in Italian football. He ha ...
who replaced Delio Rossi
Delio Rossi (born 26 January 1960) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was most recently in charge as head coach of Serie B club Ascoli.
Playing career
Rossi was born in Rimini. His playing career ...
. The team now featured only one right winger, Marco Cassetti
Marco Cassetti (; born 29 May 1977) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.
Born in Brescia, he has previously played in Serie A for Verona, Lecce and Roma and in England with Watford. Cassetti won five caps for Italy at ful ...
, instead of 2 or even 3 in the last season, which also saw the departure of Tonetto.
Rullo followed Lecce relegated to Serie B in mid-2006.
Napoli
In January 2007 he left for fellow Serie B side Napoli
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for €1.5 million[page 18, SSC Napoli 2006–07 Annual Report (bilancio)]
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as replacement. Rullo signed a -year contract.[ Rullo worked as understudy of Mirko Savini that season and finished as runner-up and promoted to Serie A.
With Napoli at Serie A, Rullo remained as Savini's backup, despite wore no.3 shirt. On 26 June 2008 he was loaned to ]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 ...
side Triestina. Napoli later signed Salvatore Aronica
Salvatore Aronica (born 20 January 1978) is an Italian association football, football manager and former player who played as a Defender (association football), defender, currently in charge as head coach of Eccellenza Sicily amateurs Don Carlo ...
to feature as the new left central back or youth product Luigi Vitale
Luigi Vitale (born 5 October 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a left midfielder, left back, or a left wing back.
Career
A former Napoli youth product, Vitale began his professional career with the Napoli senior side in 2005, but spen ...
(2ho took the no.3 shirt) as left wingback ahead Savini.
With Triestina, Rullo made 34 started out of possible 42 Serie B matches. In 2009–10 season, he returned to Napoli, and changed his shirt number to no.33 But Rullo remained as a backup player, which Roberto Donadoni
Roberto Donadoni (; born 9 September 1963) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder.
Donadoni was capable of playing on either flank, or in the centre. He began his career with Atalanta, and he later became a pillar of the powerho ...
and then Walter Mazzarri
Walter Mazzarri (; born 1 October 1961) is an Italian former footballer and head coach, most recently in charge of Serie A club Cagliari.
After a 14-year playing career with Italian clubs including Reggiana and Empoli, Mazzarri coached several ...
preferred Aronica (as left central back, left back or left wingback), Juan Camilo Zúñiga (left wingback, summer new signing) and Andrea Dossena (left wingback, winter new signing).
At the start of 2010–11 season, Napoli included Aronica, Dossena, Rullo and Zúñiga in the 25-men squad for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League
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qualifying (with several players left out), which also saw Rullo's shirt number changed again, this time to no.84 – the year of his birth (Matteo Gianello
Matteo Gianello (born 7 May 1976) is an Italian former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. In 2012, he was charged with match fixing during his time at S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli, regarding ...
took his number). However, he did not receive a call-up to that qualifying match.
Modena
Rullo moved to Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
on 10 January 2011 on a free transfer.[SSC Napooli SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 ]
References
External links
Profile at Lega-Calcio.it
La Gazzetta dello Sport (2006–07 season)
FIGC National Team data
Football.it Profile
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Italian footballers
Italy under-21 international footballers
Italy youth international footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
U.S. Lecce players
Inter Milan players
S.S.C. Napoli players
U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players
Modena F.C. players
Association football wingers
Association football fullbacks
Footballers from Naples
1984 births
Living people