Alex Pederzoli (born 6 March 1984) is a former Italian

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who played as a

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Club career

Youth career

Born in

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

, Emilia–Romagna, Pederzoli started his career with Emilia–Romagna side

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. In mid-2000, Juventus signed Pederzoli (€516,457 or 1 billion lire), Giacomo Cipriani (€2.324M for 50% rights or 4.5 billion lire),

Alessandro Gamberini Alessandro Gamberini (; born 27 August 1981) is an Italian former former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He is working as assistant coach for Virtus Verona. He spent most of his professional career with Fiorentina, app ...

(€2.324M for 50%rights or 4.5 billion lire) from Bologna and sold the remaining 50% registration rights of

Jonatan Binotto Jonatan Binotto (born 22 January 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Binotto started his professional career in 1993 at Juventus FC He spent two seasons on loan at Serie B clubs, before jo ...

to Bologna for 10 (short) billion Lire (€5.16 million), which the Emilia–Romagna club also retained 50% registration rights of Gamberini and Pederzoli. In June 2002, Bologna bought back Gamberini for free and Pederzoli to Juventus for about €260,000. It made Juventus received a financial income of €257 thousands for Pederzoli, a disposals loss of €1.502 million and financial income of €2.324 million for Gamberini.

Juve, Como & Serie C1

In mid-2003, he was sold to

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side

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

in a co-ownership deal, along with

Felice Piccolo Felice Piccolo (born 27 August 1983) is an Italian former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Career Juventus & various loans Piccolo started his football career with the Juventus F.C. Yo ...

(for a total fee of €1.6 million alleged by FIGC or €20,000 in Juventus financial report), made Juventus losses €393 thousand and €39 thousand respectively. Como finished as the bottom at the end of season, and Pederzoli was loaned to Serie C1 side

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

. In June 2004, Juventus bought back both players for a nominal fee of €10,000 each and their registration rights now only €20,000 each in Juventus's account, signed a 3-year contract. Both players were then farmed out again, and Pederzoli joined

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club Reggiana, often as a substitute. In mid-season he left for Lucchese from Serie C1/B (i.e. Group B) to Serie C/A (i.e. Group A). In 2005–06 season, Pederzoli remained in Serie C1/B but for

Sassari Torres Torres is an Italian football club based in the city of Sassari. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league system. Re-founded in 2017, the club is the continuation of the Società per l'Educazione Fisica Torres, bor ...

along with

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and Giovanni Bartolucci, made Juventus gained €20 thousands, €30 thousands and €15 thousands respectively from the loan. However, Pederzoli was sent to Serie C1/A side

Pro Sesto Pro Sesto 1913 S.r.l. (formerly ''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Nuova Pro Sesto'' and initially ''Associazione Calcio Pro Sesto'') is an association football club, based in Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy. Pro Sesto currently plays ...

in mid-season. Pro Sesto lost relegation playoffs that season and re-admitted; Sassari Torres entered the promotion playoffs but went bankrupt and relegated. In mid-2006, the liquidator of

Como Calcio 1907 Como 1907, commonly referred to as Como, is an Italian football club based in Como, Lombardy, Italy. The club currently plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football, following promotion from the 2020–21 Serie C season. The club was fo ...

(which went bankrupt in 2005, 2 years after

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sold the team) claimed Juventus still had to pay the company €1,580,000 for the fees to bought Pederzoli and Piccolo back (as the price dropped from €1.6 million to €20,000 but in 2004 Juve acquired youth players Criscito and Volpe for €1.9million from Genoa, Preziosi's new club), but Juventus said the sum already paid and started a legal defense, but still budgeted that sum in the balance sheet few years later for ongoing legal process. In the last year of his contract, Pederzoli at first left for

Pistoiese Unione Sportiva Pistoiese 1921 is an Italian association football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany. Currently, Pistoiese plays in Serie D. Originally founded on 21 April 1921 and later restored after bankruptcy, the team plays their home games ...

of Serie C1/A. After a limited chance, he left for Serie C1/B side

Manfredonia Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of i ...

. Both teams finished in mid-table. At the start of season, Pederzoli was signed by Serie C1/A side

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but on 31 August 2007 left for Serie C1/B

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

. Pederzoli made a break through that season, played 31 league matches with the same club and played additional 2 with the club in playoffs, in although lost to

Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ...

in the first round (semi-final). At the start of season he signed a 2-year contract with

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/A (ex-Serie C1/A) side

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 ...

. He followed the team entered into the promotion playoff, this time won Pro Patria in the final.

Serie B

Pederzoli was signed by

newcomer

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in August 2009, the club at that time recently invested by businessmen from

Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

. Before the investment, the team did not hire enough first team member and was forced to fill youth team players for the

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opening match. Gallipoli finished as the 21st, just ahead

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. After the season (formally on 16 July) Gallipoli was expelled from professional league due to its financial record, the club went bankrupt and all players were released. In July 2010, he signed a 3-year contract with Serie B side

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. He made his debut in the opening match of the season (and the first match in

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). He partnered with Daniele Di Donato as the defensive midfielders in the "4–2–3–1" formation, which won

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3–1 on 15 August.

2011 Italian football scandal

On 31 May 2012 Pederzoli was suspended for 1 year and 4 months due to involvement in 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

Return to Serie C

On 18 September 2013 he was signed by

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in a 2-year contract. On 19 July 2014 he was signed by

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

. On 26 August 2015 Pederzoli was signed by

Pordenone Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'. ...

on a 3-year contract. In the summer of 2016 he moved to

. On 28 July 2017, Pederzoli moved to

on a temporary deal. It was reported that the loan deal was terminated in January 2018, as well as Pederzoli leaving Venice in the same month.

International career

Pederzoli was capped for the Italy under-16 side at the

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, losing out to eventual champions

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in the quarter-finals of the competition. In that match, he was replaced by

Paolo Facchinetti Paolo Facchinetti (born 6 March 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Born in Calcinate, the Province of Bergamo, Facchinetti started his career with hometown club Atalanta. He graduated from the ''Primavera'' un ...

in the 35th minute. He partnered with

Gabriele Perico Gabriele Perico (born 11 March 1984) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a right back (association football), right back for Virtus Bergamo Alzano Seriate 1909, Virtus Bergamo in the Serie D. He is a f ...

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and

Alessandro Moro Alessandro Moro (born 2 October 1984) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Career Moro started his career at Udinese, which he was sold to Foggia in a co-ownership deal. In June 2004 he was signed by Foggia out ...

in the team's midfield, while

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Alberto Aquilani Alberto Aquilani (; born 7 July 1984) is an Italian football manager and former player. Mainly a central midfielder, he usually operated as a deep-lying playmaker, but was also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach o ...

played as a defender at the time. During the match, the Italian coach fielded five defenders (with

Giorgio Chiellini Giorgio Chiellini (; born 14 August 1984) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Considered one of the best defenders of his generation, Chiellini is known for his strengt ...

serving as a wing-back) and only one striker. Italy lost 3–4 in a

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References

External links

National Team data

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pederzoli, Alex 1984 births Sportspeople from Piacenza Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bologna FC 1909 players Juventus FC players Como 1907 players Rimini FC 1912 players AC Reggiana 1919 players Lucchese 1905 players Pro Sesto 1913 players US Pistoiese 1921 players Manfredonia Calcio players FC Crotone players Calcio Padova players ASD Città di Gallipoli players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players FC Südtirol players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players Pordenone Calcio players Venezia FC players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Serie B players Serie C players SEF Torres 1903 players Footballers from Emilia-Romagna