Roberto Previtali (born 3 August 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, the

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, Previtali started his professional career with

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. He made his Serie A debut on 22 April 2001 against

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. He started that match and the Bergamo side 2-2 draw with Perugia away. Previtali graduated from the Primavera under-20 team in June and left for

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side

Lumezzane Lumezzane (, locally ) is a town and (municipality) in the province of Brescia, in the Italian region of Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 (), it is one of the largest towns in its province. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a s ...

on loan in July, along with Mauro Minelli, which also located in

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region. His loan with Lumezzane was extended but in August 2002 left for his former club

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, which also a Serie C1 and Lombardy club. In summer 2003 he left for Serie C1 side

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in co-ownership deal, along with Federico Pettinà. In exchange, Nicola Mingazzini joined opposite side for undisclosed fee and in co-ownership deal. In June 2004, Spezia bought the remain registration rights of the players from Atalanta . But in July 2004, he was sold back to the

for

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side AlbinoLeffe.

AlbinoLeffe

In the first 2 seasons with AlbinoLeffe, he was not the regular starter. He made a break through in 2006-07 season, made 26 league appearances (which started 22 of them). But in 2007-08 season, he just made 7 league appearances (plus 1 in playoffs, total 8), which that season was the best season of AlbinoLeffe in recent years, finished the 4th and as the losing side of promotion playoffs. In 2008–09 and 2009–10 season, he re–gained his regular place, started 52 league matches in possible 82 matches, and also made 7 substitute appearances. he missed a few games in

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due to injury. After the club relegated and was fined heavily due to involvement in

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, he left for fellow third division club

Cremonese Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

. On 30 January 2013 he terminated the contract in order to re-join AlbinoLeffe.

International career

Previtali was a member of the

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, and made 2 appearances for the side in the Four Nations Tournament.

References

External links

Lega Serie B Profile

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2009–10 season)

AlbinoLeffe Profile (2008–09)

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FIGC national team data
{{DEFAULTSORT:Previtali, Roberto Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players SSD Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 players Atalanta BC players FC Lumezzane players Spezia Calcio players UC AlbinoLeffe players Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Trescore Balneario 1981 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen