Leonardo Massoni (born 17 February 1987) is an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for Italian club Massese.

Biography

Born in

Pietrasanta Pietrasanta is a town and ''comune'' on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy, in the province of Lucca. Pietrasanta is part of Versilia, on the last foothills of the Apuan Alps, about north of Pisa. The town is located off the coast, where the ...

, the

Province of Lucca The province of Lucca () is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca. It has an area of and a population of about 390,000. The province contains 33 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). Geography Situated in northwester ...

, Massoni started his career at

Lucca Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...

team

Lucchese Lucchese may refer to: * A.S. Lucchese Libertas 1905, a football team based in Lucca, Tuscany * Lucchese crime family, one of the "Five Families" of New York City's Mafia * Lucchese School, an art school in Tuscany, Italy that flourished in the 11 ...

. He spent 2 seasons loaned to

Viareggio Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Ligurian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city in the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as well a ...

in 2006–07 and 2007–08 season, winning

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

and remain in

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

by winning the relegation playoffs in 2008. After the bankrupt of Lucchese he was signed by

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie 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 season. It had b ...

team

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known for being the centre of the Ita ...

but farmed back to

in co-ownership deal, rejoining Lucchese teammate

Maikol Benassi Maikol Benassi (born 26 November 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie D club Siracusa. Club career Viareggio Born in Viareggio, the Province of Lucca, Benassi started his career at Lucca team Lucchese. After the ...

and Luca Ruglioni. He played 28 league matches that season and played both legs of promotion playoffs. Despite the team finished as the losing semi-finalists, Viareggio promoted to fill the vacancies left by the bankrupted teams on July 30th. On June 25th Sassuolo bought him back but re-sold to

Prima Divisione Prima Divisione (''First Division'') was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the richest clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the ...

team

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

in another co-ownership deal, for €50,000 along with Sassuolo teammate Filippo Pensalfini and

Andy Selva Andy Selva (born 23 May 1976) is a Sammarinese former Association football, footballer who is currently the manager of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Campionato Sammarinese club S.S. Cosmos, Cosmos. During his playing career he played as a F ...

. He only played 6 times in the league and 1 more in the promotion playoffs. On 12 July 2010 Viareggio re-signed Massoni and also borrowed Davide Bertolucci from Verona. He almost played all the matches for Viareggio, only missed 3 league matches due to suspensions. In the cup he played 3 out of 6 possible matches. He started in the relegation playoffs, partnered with Lorenzo Fiale, winning

Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...

in aggregate. On 24 June 2011 Sassuolo bought Massoni back for a peppercorn of €500, in 2-year contract.

Honours

: 2007

References

External links

Football.it Profile
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