Filippo Porcari (born 28 April 1984) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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. Porcari played over 100 matches at the Italian third highest level. He followed Novara promoted from the third division to the first in 2 successive season.

Career

Born in

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, the

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, Porcari started his career at hometown club

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. He played his first match on 18 May 2003.

Milan

In June 2003, he was included in a multi-player transfer including

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(€2 million), Davide Favaro (€1 million) and Mirko Stefani (€1 million) of Milan and Luca Ferretti (€1 million), Roberto Massaro (€2 million) and Porcari (€1 million) of Parma, all in co-ownership deal. In June 2004 Milan purchased Donadel (€800,00), Ferretti (€1,000) and Porcari (€1,000) outright, with Favaro (€1,000) and Stefani (€1,000) moved to Parma outright. Porcari spent 5 seasons on loan from 2003 to 2008.

Novara

Porcari was signed by

Novara Calcio Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. The club was founded in 2021 by the Novara, City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional s ...

in summer 2008. On 13 July 2011 he signed a new 3-year contract with Novara.

Spezia

On 4 July 2012 Porcari was signed by

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in a 2-year contract for €800,000 transfer fee. Novara signed Daniele Buzzegoli from Spezia in exchange, also for the same fee.Spezia Calcio S.r.l. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)
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Carpi, Bari and Cremonese

On 2 September 2013 Porcari was transferred to

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on a free transfer in a 2-year contract. On 28 August 2015 Porcari was signed by

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in a 2-year contract. In January 2016 he returned to the

where it ends the season. In the summer he moved to

Cremonese Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

Crema

On 17 July 2019, he signed with Crema.

Honours

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: 2010 (Novara)

References

External links

Profile at Novara

Profile at FIGC
1984 births Living people People from Fidenza Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players Calcio Padova players Pisa SC players Novara FC players US Avellino 1912 players AC Carpi players SSC Bari players US Cremonese players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Province of Parma 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-bio-stub