Simone Bentivoglio (born 29 May 1985) is a former

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er. He last played as a

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for Vigasio.

Club career

He started his professional career at

Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

, giant of

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. After he spent on loan at

Mantova Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Euro ...

os Serie B,

A.C. ChievoVerona Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a ...

bought him in co-ownership deal, for €220,000, but loaned him again to

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

of Serie B, along with Tommaso Chiecchi. In June 2007, Chievo had to rebuild the team due to relegation, Bentivoglio was signed permanently for €500,000. Bentivoglio moved to

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club

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on 24 August 2011 for a season-long loan deal. On 26 January 2012 is transferred to

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

. After missing the entire 2012–2013 season for the disqualification due to match-fixing, in the summer of 2013 is restored to

Chievo Verona Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a ...

pink. After the loan at

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Ise ...

in the 2014–2015 season, on 1 July 2015 returns to

on 28 August but rescinds his contract by mutual agreement thus remaining free transfer; three days later he was hired by

. The 8 July 2016 is presented as a new purchase of

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. On 23 July 2019, he signed with

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. On 10 January 2020, he extended his contract with Siena until June 2021 and was loaned to

Virtus Verona Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It c ...

for the rest of the 2019–20 season. On 6 August 2021, he joined SSD Vigasio, which plays on the amateur levels.

International career

Bentivoglio played with the Italy under-20 side in the

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. He made his Italy U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21, 12 December 2006, as starter.

References

External links

FIGC

Profile at La Gazzetta
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