Andrea Rabito (born 11 May 1980) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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Career

Born in

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, Veneto region, Rabito was a youth product of Lombard team A.C. Milan. He was loaned to

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club Reggiana in 2000–01 and Serie B club

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in 2001–02, along with

Maurizio Domizzi Maurizio Domizzi (born 28 June 1980) is an Italian association football coach and former defender. He is the head coach of Eccellenza amateurs Castelvetro. Club career A S.S. Lazio youth product, Domizzi was farmed to Livorno at Serie C1 in Oct ...

. On 21 June 2002 Rabito and Domizzi were sold to second division club

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

in co-ownership deal for 2,005 million lire (€1.035 million) each.A.C. Milan SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2003
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/ref> In June 2003 Milan bought back Rabito for undisclosed fee as well as sold Domizzi outright for another €4 million. However Rabito was signed by AlbinoLeffe in 2006 for a €1,000, which after 3 years of amortization, he still had a residual contract value of €957,000 on 15 July on Milan's balance sheet. In 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons he won promotion to

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with his clubs (but each time transferred to another team before the next season, not getting any top-level experience). For the next few seasons his teams did not have much success. In 2007, he was signed by Padova in another co-ownership deal for €15,000.U.C. AlbinoLeffe Srl ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008
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/ref> In June 2008 Padova acquired him outright for another €45,000. In the 2008–09 season, he scored a hat-trick in the first game of the season and ended the season second-best

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scorer with 9 goals, contributing significantly to Padova getting a promotion to

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. In 2011, he was signed by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabito, Andrea Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers AC Milan players AC Reggiana 1919 players Modena FC 2018 players UC Sampdoria players US Livorno 1915 players Ternana Calcio players Rimini FC 1912 players UC AlbinoLeffe players Calcio Padova players US Cremonese players Serie B players Serie C players Footballers from Vicenza 1980 births Living people Men's association football forwards