Massimo Fornoni (born 3 February 1989) is an Italian

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Club career

Born on 3 February 1989, in

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, Fornoni started his career with a small Roman club, Romulea. He was released in 2003.

Crotone and loan to Siracusa

He was then signed by

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and played in its under-20 team until the 2006–07 season. He then spent 2 seasons in

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 ...

for Siracusa. He won the

2008–09 Serie D Serie D, the fifth level of Italian Football, is usually composed of 162 teams divided into nine 18-team divisions. Special relegation of four teams from the professional leagues above Serie D after the team list had been set increased the total n ...

Group I and finished as the runner-up in the grand final ''Scudetto Dilettanti''. He returned to F.C. Crotone for the

2009–10 Serie B The 2009–10 Serie B season is the seventy-eighth edition since its establishment in 1929. Serie B is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega ...

, as a backup for

Emanuele Concetti Emanuele Concetti (born 6 March 1978) is an Italian football coach and a former goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeping coach for the Under-18 squad of Roma. Career Concetti started his professional career at Lazio. In mid-2000, he was loaned to Arez ...

and Simone Farelli.

Siracusa

In January 2010, he returned to

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on a temporary deal. Fornoni was the first choice ahead of

Domenico Cecere Domenico Cecere (14 December 1972 – 2 April 2023), was an Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Revealed by Napoli, Cecere played for several Italian football teams, especially in Serie B and Serie C1. He made 14 ...

. However, he was replaced by Antonio Castelli after 3 games. Castelli played 7 games ahead of Fornoni since round 27 and Fornoni was only able to play the last round (round 34). Siracusa finished sixth in Group C of the

2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into tw ...

. At the start of season, Siracusa was invited to play in the

2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It will be divided into two ...

(third division) to fill the vacancies. Since the 2010–11 season, he was the backup of Paolo Baiocco. Siracusa signed Fornoni on a co-ownership deal that season. In June 2011, Crotone gave up the remaining 50% registration rights to Siracusa.

Honours

;Runner-up *

(''Scudetto Dilettanti''): 2009 (Siracusa) **Serie D Group I Champion: 2009 (Siracusa)

References

External links

Football.it Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fornoni, Massimo Italian men's footballers Serie D players FC Crotone players US Siracusa players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Rome 1989 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen