Massimo Bonanni (born 10 June 1982) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a

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Football career

Bonanni started his career at

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youth system. He spent on loan to

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Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891 ...

and

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bought half of the player registration rights for €200,000 after a season long loan. On 27 June 2005, he was bought back by Roma, for €500,000, and sold to

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on 1 July 2005, for €750,000 (the fee of signing

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on loan). He made his Serie A debut against

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on 28 August 2005. He played 4 games in UEFA Cup and 18 in Serie A before on loan to

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on 31 January 2006.

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acquired half of the player registration rights on 14 July 2006, for €2 million, along with

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(50% for €1.5 million), as part of the Aimo Diana's transfer (€5 million). He played 7 games in Serie A and 4 in Coppa Italia for Sampdoria, before loaned to

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on 12 January 2007. On 17 August 2007, Bonanni is on a one-year loan to Bari of Serie B. He returned to Genoa, but after played once in 2008–09 season, he left for

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of Serie B. In June 2009 Palermo gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Sampdoria On 31 July 2009, he signed a three-year contract with

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for free. On 12 July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with

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side

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on free transfer. On 6 April 2012, he returned to Italy for Lugano's sister club

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(effective on 1 July 2012), however the sole purpose was transferred €1.45 million "transfer fee" to Lugano. He left for Serie B club U.S. Grosseto F.C. on 31 August 2012 but returned to Switzerland on 9 January 2013, in temporary deal from Genoa.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonanni, Massimo Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers AS Roma players US Viterbese 1908 players Panachaiki F.C. players LR Vicenza players Palermo FC players SS Lazio players UC Sampdoria players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players SSC Bari players US Grosseto 1912 players Delfino Pescara 1936 players FC Lugano players Genoa CFC players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Football League (Greece) players Swiss Challenge League players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Rome People from Ostia (Rome) Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland 1982 births Living people Italian football managers