Alessio Tombesi (born 25 April 1982) is an Italian

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who plays as a defender or

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Career

Tombesi started his career at Viterbese of

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, 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 ...

. He then played for

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

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and won promotion in summer 2001. He was signed by

A.C. Perugia Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio, or simply Perugia, is a professional football club based in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, that competes in the . Founded in 1905 as Associazione Calcistica Perugia, the club folded in 2005 and were re-founded t ...

, at that time in

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. After a season in their youth team, he was loaned to

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. In summer 2003, Tombesi transferred to

Paternò Paternò ( scn, Patennò) is a southern Italian town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily. With a population (2016) of 48,009, it is the third municipality of the province after Catania and Acireale. Geography Paternò ...

of Serie C1 as the club bought half of the player contractual rights. In summer 2004, Chievo signed Tombesi, but again, he was farmed to Vittoria (Serie C1) in co-ownership deal, then

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(

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) in co-ownership deal until released in summer 2007. But on 2 July 2007, he was offered a contract from

Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

of Serie A, where he made his Serie A debut on 26 August 2007 against

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. But he just played once more before left on loan to Serie B club

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

. At the end of season, he joined

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...

in co-ownership deal. In summer 2010 he joined Atletico Roma in co-ownership deal from Parma, along with

Gianluca Lapadula Gianluca Lapadula Vargas (born 7 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Cagliari. Born in Italy, he represents the Peru national team. Early life Lapadula was born in Turin on 7 February 1990, to Gianfra ...

(loan),

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(co-ownership) and

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(loan) for undisclosed fee, as part of the deal that

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top-scorer

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moved to opposite direction in another co-ownership deal for undisclosed fee. After the bankrupt of Atletico Roma, he joined

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on free transfer.

References

External links

Profile at Footballplus (2005-06)

Gazzetta.it
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