Eros Pisano (born 31 March 1987) is an Italian

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who plays as a full-back for club

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Club career

Varese

Pisano started his career at hometown club

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, and won the

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Group A championship and was promoted. He also played for Varese in

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in 2004–05 season, played in the national promotion playoffs. In 2006–07 season, he made his professional debut in

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, completing the season in 11th place. In July 2007 he was sold to

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team

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in co-ownership deal. However, he only played 7 times in the second division, including once in the relegation playoffs. In the next season he returned to Varese. Varese gave up the remain 50% rights to Pisa in June 2008, and he returned to Varese in a co-ownership deal in August. In June 2009 Varese acquired the remaining 50% of Pisano's transfer rights from Pisa, and he proved to be instrumental as his team became

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Group A champions in 2008–09 and then won the

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playoffs, thus ensuring two consecutive promotions in a row. In the

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, Pisano appeared in 40 league games out of 42, and his team surprised once again as Varese ended the regular season in fourth place, then losing the promotion playoff semi-finals to

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Palermo and Genoa

On 8 June 2011

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team

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announced the signing of Pisano from Varese for €1.85 million. He made his debut in Serie A on 11 September 2011 in a 4–3 victory against

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. In January 2013 he was sold to

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in a co-ownership exchange deal for Brazilian

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Anselmo. He returned to Palermo in June after the Sicilians, then relegated to Serie B, re-acquired full ownership of his transfer rights in a blind auction for €531,000, in a three-year contract.

Hellas Verona

On 2 February 2015 he moved permanently to

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, initially on a temporary deal. He was sold for free.

Bristol City

On 27 June 2017, Bristol City announced the signing of the free agent on a two-year deal, effectively on 1 July. He started the first five games of the season, before firstly a knee injury kept him out for six weeks and then a torn hamstring ruled him out for 4 months. He was released by Bristol City at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Return to Pisa

On 23 January 2020 he signed with

club

Feralpisalò

On 31 August 2021 he joined to

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club Feralpisalò.

Representative career

He was capped once for Serie C under-20 representative team in 2006–07 Mirop Cup. He also capped for "U-20 Serie C" at Serie C Quadrangular Trophy, winning representative teams of Serie C2 Group B and C.

Career statistics

Honours

: 2009 *

: 2006

References

External links

La Gazzetta dello Sport 2007–08 Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pisano, Eros 1987 births Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players SSD Varese Calcio players Pisa SC players Palermo FC players Genoa CFC players Hellas Verona FC players Feralpisalò players FC Lumezzane players English Football League players Bristol City F.C. players Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Footballers from the Province of Varese 21st-century Italian sportsmen