Luigi Beghetto (born 6 July 1973 in

Bassano del Grappa Bassano del Grappa ( or ''Bassan'', ) is a city and ''comune'', in the Province of Vicenza, Vicenza province, in the region of Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Va ...

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) is an Italian footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Beghetto started his career with hometown club Bassano, then in

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. He was then signed by

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in July 1994, but was sold to

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's Carpi on October without making a single appearance for his previous club. He then went on to play on several

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and Serie C1 teams, most notably

Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

(from 1998 and 2000) and

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in 2000–01. In October 2001 he was signed by Chievo, making his debut in the

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at the age of 28. In 2003, after two unremarkable seasons with the

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-based club, Beghetto returned to play at Serie B level, this time with

Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

, where he established himself as a key player for the Emilian club. In 2005, he returned to Treviso, joining the ''biancazzurri'' in their first ever Serie A campaign, however he did not manage to confirm his previous performances with Piacenza and scoring only once in the 2005–06 season, ended with Treviso being promptly relegated back to Serie B. In the following seasons with Treviso, Beghetto became one of the team mainstays as one of the most experienced players in the roster. In January 2009, 35-year-old Beghetto accepted to join

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club

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in a permanent move.

Personal life

Luigi's father

Giuseppe Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Josephus, Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppa or Giuseppina (given name), Giuseppina. People wit ...

is a former Olympic gold-medalist cyclist, his brother

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is a former footballer and current footballing coach, and his nephew

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is a professional footballer for

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References

External links

Bellinzona Profile
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