Raffaele Schiavi (born 15 March 1986) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for Maltese club

Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed "tax-Xelin" ( of the shilling), is a professional Maltese football club. It is the most successful team in Malta and hails from the seaside town of Sliema. It currently plays in the Maltese Premier Leagu ...

Biography

Schiavi's first club was

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 is an Italian professional football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recently in 2011. The current ...

, but he only played eight times before joining

Lecce Lecce (; ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula, and is over two thousand years old. Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is n ...

in 2005. He had to wait for a chance in the first team however, and had a loan spell at

Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...

where he made four appearances. He joined the

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 ...

team Vicenza Calcio in 2010, in a loan with option to purchase deal. He was a first team regular for Vicenza in the 2010–11 campaign, making 38 appearances with 3 goals. In June 2011 Vicenza signed him outright, for €750,000. Co-currently Lecce signed the remain 50% registration of Davide Brivio for €750,000. On 16 July 2011, Schiavi joined the

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side

Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 () is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian league system, following promotion from Serie B in the 2023–24 season. ''Parma Football Cl ...

in 5-year contract, also for €750,000 (€600,000 cash plus Marco Pisano). He was loaned to

Calcio Padova Calcio Padova, commonly referred to as Padova, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Padua, Veneto. Founded in 1910, Padova currently play in , having last been in Serie A in 1996. The team's official colours are white and red. ...

on the same day. On 10 July 2014 Schiavi was signed by Serie B club

Frosinone Frosinone (; local dialect: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lazio, administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is about southeast of Rome, close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of th ...

in 2-year contract for free. On 19 January 2015 he was sold to

Calcio Catania Catania Football Club, commonly known as Catania, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in Serie C. Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the clu ...

for €200,000.Frosinone Calcio S.r.l. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015
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(in Italian) On 6 August 2015 he was signed by

in a 3-year contract. On 2 August 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...

. On 12 August 2021, he joined Paganese on a one-year deal. On 29 December 2021, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. On 18 January 2022, he moved to

in Malta.

Personal life

His cousin Pio Schiavi is also a footballer. On 26 August 2020 he tested positive for

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1986 births Living people People from Cava de' Tirreni Footballers from the Province of Salerno Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders US Salernitana 1919 players US Lecce players Brescia Calcio players LR Vicenza players Parma Calcio 1913 players Calcio Padova players Spezia Calcio players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Frosinone Calcio players Catania FC players Cosenza Calcio players Paganese Calcio 1926 players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Serie B players Serie A players Serie C players Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Italian expatriate sportspeople in Malta 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-defender-1980s-stub