Giorgio Merlano (born 19 July 1988) is an
Italian footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
Eccellenza
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side Fossano.
Career
Merlano began his career within the
Juventus FC
Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...
youth set-up, and graduated the ''Primavera'' squad in 2008. Merlano was the understudy of
Matteo Trini in 2006–07 season. Merlano became the first choice of the "spring" in 2007–08. Merlano was loaned out to
A.S. Melfi for the 2008–2009 campaign, where he made 16 first team appearances. He returned to Juventus in the summer of 2009, only to be loaned out to
F.C. Canavese for the 2009–2010 season. He spent much of the season as a second choice keeper, playing behind fellow Juventus loaner,
Andrea Pozzato. With Canavese, Merlano did manage 4 league appearances. He officially returned to Juventus on 1 July 2010, following the expiration of his loan deal with Canavese.
In July 2010 he was sold to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione
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side
F.C. Esperia Viareggio in
co-ownership deal. He was the understudy of fellow Juventus youth product
Carlo Pinsoglio
Carlo Pinsoglio (born 16 March 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Juventus.
Club career
Juventus
Pinsoglio began his career with Italian giants, Juventus and after working his way up the youth ra ...
, played 10 times in the league and 5 times in
the cup.
In June 2011 Juventus gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Viareggio. On 20 July 2012 Merlano was signed by
F.C. Treviso.
References
External links
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Football.it Profile
1988 births
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Juventus FC players
AS Melfi players
FC Canavese players
ASD Viareggio Calcio players
Treviso FBC 1993 players
Men's association football goalkeepers
People from Tortona
Footballers from Piedmont
21st-century Italian sportsmen
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