Giuseppe Prestia (born 13 November 1993) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club

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, which he captains.

Club career

Prestia is a youth product of hometown club

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, and also served as team captain for the ''Primavera'' squad. He made his senior debut on 15 December 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a

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game against

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under head coach

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. In June 2012, he was loaned out to

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outfit Ascoli in order to make him gain more first team experience. He made his debut on 1 September against

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. At the end of the 2012–13 season it was announced that Prestia would not return to Palermo, moving permanently to Serie A side

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. A month after his move to Parma, he joined

team F.C. Crotone on a co-ownership deal. In February 2014 Giuseppe moved to Oțelul Galați on a 6-month loan and the Romanian football club had the option to buy him for a two-year contract. In June 2014 Prestia returned to Parma. He made his

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debut on 11 April 2015, playing the final five minutes in a 1–0 home win to league toppers

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. He found himself without a team by the end of the season, after Parma declared bankruptcy and was cancelled from the Italian football pyramid. In January 2016, he agreed to return in Romania to play for Petrolul Ploiești until the end of the season. In June 2016, he moved back to Italy to accept a one-year contract with

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club

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. On 22 July 2022, Prestia signed a two-season contract with

International career

Prestia represented Italy at youth level, being part of U-16, U-18 and U-19 squads between 2009 and 2011.

Honours

Cesena *

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: 2023–24 (group B) *

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: 2024

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prestia, Giuseppe 1993 births Living people Footballers from Palermo Italian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Palermo FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Parma Calcio 1913 players FC Crotone players ASC Oțelul Galați players FC Petrolul Ploiești players US Catanzaro 1929 players Virtus Francavilla Calcio players US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players Cesena FC players Liga I players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Italy men's youth international footballers 21st-century Italian sportsmen