Mattia Serafini (born 4 July 1983) 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 ...

Biography

Born in

Fano Fano () is a city and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by pop ...

, Marche, Serafini started his career at

Vis Pesaro Vis Pesaro dal 1898 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Vis Pesaro, is an Italian association football club located in Pesaro, Marche. The club currently plays in Serie C. The team is the largest in the city and among the oldest in Italy. Vis Pesa ...

. After made his professional debut in the last league match of 2000–01 Serie C1 season, he left for

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 ...

side

Riccione Riccione (; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. Riccione is centred on the Rio Melo, a minor river that flows into the Adriatic Sea. In the decades following the construction of the Bologna–Ancona r ...

and played 2 seasons. On 1 July 2003 he returned to Vis Pesaro and played 39 Serie C1 matches. He left for Serie C1 side

Ravenna Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its Fall of Rome, collapse in 476, after which ...

in mid–2005, and entered the starting line–up in the 2nd season. In June 2007, he signed a 3-year contract with

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 ...

side AlbinoLeffe on free transfer. In the first 2 seasons, he wrote no.83 shirt then no.20 shirt and played an average of 20 league matches a season and mostly as starting XI. In 2009–10 season, he started 13 times in Serie B and left for his former club

in January. In summer 2010 he return to AlbinoLeffe but he doesn't play any games and in January 2011 he joined Atletico Roma F.C. but played only 3 games for an injury. In summer 2011 his club did not participate in any professional league and dissolves, and so Mattia joined

Prato Prato ( ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of , at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana ch ...

. On 30 January 2012 he was exchanged with

Daniele Morante Daniele Morante (born 4 December 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. Career He started his career at Lazio and after finding it difficult to break into the first team Morante went out on loan to a number of clubs. He ...

Italian football scandal

On 18 June 2012 Serafini was banned for 3 years and 6 months due to 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

References

External links

AlbinoLeffe Profile (2008–09 season)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2007–08 season)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2009–10 season)

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serafini, Mattia Italian men's footballers Serie B players Vis Pesaro dal 1898 players ASD Riccione 1929 players Ravenna FC players UC AlbinoLeffe players Men's association football central defenders 1983 births Living people Footballers from Fano 21st-century Italian sportsmen