Samuele Sereni (born 5 January 1988) is an Italian

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

Sereni started his career in local Arezzo Gio. He was loaned to fourth-tier Figline for 2 years, before he could made his professional debut in the

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. On the summer of 2010,

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side

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signed him, but he played only 2 match on the second tier. In

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, he returned to

, to

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. He spent here only a half season, before he signed to fourth-tier

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. One year later, he returned to Arezzo (at the time fourth-tier), before

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signed him. His next club was third-level

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, before he was loaned to fellow third level

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. In the Lombardian team he scored 3 goals, but started the next season at Mantova. He spent the 2016–17 season at

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. In December 2017, after half year without club, he returned to

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, as Imolese signed him In September 2020, signing for a lower category team, Olimpic Sansovino (1st Category Toscana). In January 2019, his first club, Arezzo signed him again.

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* 1988 births Living people People from Castiglion Fibocchi Footballers from Arezzo Men's association football defenders Italian men's footballers SS Arezzo players US Grosseto 1912 players Pisa SC players Mantova 1911 players Rimini FC 1912 players SPAL players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players Forlì FC players Imolese Calcio 1919 players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-defender-1980s-stub