Roberto Guana (born 21 January 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Roberto started his career at

Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio, commonly referred to as Brescia (), is an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy, that currently plays in . The club holds the record for total number of seasons (64) and consecutive seasons (18, from 1947–48 to 1 ...

. He played his first Serie A match on 4 February 2001 against A.S. Bari. In March 2005 Guana and

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announced they would leave the club after receiving threats by Brescia fans. Both players successively joined newly promoted Serie A side Ascoli, with whom Guana appeared in a total 30 games. His good appearances with Ascoli led Palermo to acquire the player in May 2006, for €3.5 million, as one of the first signings of the new season for the Sicilians, along with

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and Alberto Fontana. He regularly featured in the starting lineup in his first two seasons, then being featured much less regularly under new head coach Davide Ballardini. In July 2009, he was loaned to Bologna. along with teammate Andrea Raggi. He returned to Palermo at the end of the season, only to leave the Sicilians on August in order to join Chievo on another loan deal. In July 2011 he agreed a permanent move to fellow Serie A club Cesena. After Cesena's relegation, Guana was transferred to Chievo in exchange for

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International career

Guana played his only game for Italy U21 on 20 August 2002. He was also called up as part of the provisional squad of

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Coaching career

In August 2019 Guana joined his former Ascoli teammate

Massimo Paci Massimo Paci (born 9 May 1978) is an Italian football coach and a former player. He was most recently the manager of Pro Vercelli. Biography Paci started his career at Ancona. He made his Serie A debut for Lecce on 18 September 2004 against Bresc ...

's coaching staff at Serie D club Forlì. In August 2020 Guana followed Paci at Serie C club Teramo. He successively followed Paci also at Serie B club

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from July to August 2021, and Pro Vercelli from 1 July 2022 to 20 February 2023.

References

External links

Profile at FIGC
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guana, Roberto Living people 1981 births Footballers from Brescia Association football midfielders Italian footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Brescia Calcio players Cagliari Calcio players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players Palermo F.C. players Bologna F.C. 1909 players A.C. ChievoVerona players A.C. Cesena players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Serie A players Serie B players