Ivan Franceschini (born 7 December 1976) is an Italian

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coach and former player, who played as a defender.

Career

A native of

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

, Franceschini started his career at

Parma AC Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

. In 1996–97 season, he was loaned to

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

. In June 1997, Franceschini returned to Parma but went to Salernitana in Serie B in October. The next season, he played for Lucchese, also in Serie B. In the summer of 1999, he signed for

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of Serie B. In the next season he signed for Chievo in November 2000, where he won promotion to

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

. In summer 2001, he signed for

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are nic ...

in a co-ownership deal. At Reggina, he won promotion to Serie A again, and played 4 straight season at Italian top division. In July 2006, he signed for

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which recently promoted back to Serie A. He was the regular in the first season but dropped in the second season. After released by Torino in June 2009, he signed a contract until end of season for

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

in November. After one season with Cesena, his contract was not renewed and he was without a club until 28 December 2010 when he signed a short-term deal with

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. From 2011 until 2013 he played for HinterReggio in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

Honours

Salernitana *

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, 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 ...

: 1997–98

References

External links

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Profile at FIGC
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franceschini, Ivan Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players Olympique de Marseille players US Salernitana 1919 players Lucchese 1905 players Genoa CFC players AC ChievoVerona players AS Reggina 1914 players Torino FC players AC Cesena players Serie A players Serie B players Serie D players Ligue 1 players Expatriate men's footballers in France Italian expatriate sportspeople in France Men's association football central defenders Footballers from Parma 1976 births Living people Italian football managers