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 le ...
.
Biography
Born in
Fano, Marche, Serafini started his career at
Vis Pesaro. After made his professional debut in the last league match of
2000–01 Serie C1
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season, he left for
Serie D side
Riccione 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 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 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
Ravenna 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.
Atletico Roma Football Club was an Italian football club based in Rome, Italy. The club was founded as Nuova Tor Sapienza Calcio, which was renamed to Cisco Tor Sapienza in 1998. Under several merger, the club was subsequent known as A.S. Cisco ...
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 ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...
. On 30 January 2012 he was exchanged with
Daniele Morante.
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)
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Italian footballers
Serie B players
Vis Pesaro dal 1898 players
A.S.D. Riccione 1929 players
Ravenna F.C. players
U.C. AlbinoLeffe players
Men's association football central defenders
Sportspeople from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Marche
People from Fano