Benito Carbone (born 14 August 1971) is an Italian

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manager and former professional player. He played as a

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, winger or

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. He also represented Italy under-21s eight times during his playing career.

Club career

Torino

Carbone started his career at

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, who discovered him at a youth tournament, while he played for A.S. Scilla Calcio, an amateur youth team of

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. He made his debut in

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with Torino on 15 January 1989 against

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, and played a further three games that season. In that season Torino were relegated to

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, and the following season he played 5 games in the cadets, without scoring.

Loans to Reggina, Casertana, Ascoli

He was sent on loan to

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the following season, also in

, where he played 31 games scored five goals. In the season 1991–92, always in the lower division, he was loaned to

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(31 matches with four goals scored). The following season moved to

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and disputed 28 games and scored six goals.

Return to Torino, transfer to Napoli

Carbone returned to Turin in the 1993–94 season. He made 28 appearances in the league and scored three goals. In the summer of 1994 he was purchased by

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, but a few days later was involved in a transfer with

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that brought

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to the ''Giallorossi''. Carbone was valued at 7.5 billion lire. With Napoli he played 29 games and scored four goals in the league, plus 5 games and three goals in the

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, wearing the number 10 shirt.

Internazionale

In the summer of 1995, he transferred to

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for 6 billion lire. In Milan he played 31 games, scoring just two goals. On the bench the following season (from 1996 to 1997) with coach Roy Hodgson, he remained at Inter until October.

Sheffield Wednesday

Carbone signed for English

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side

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for £3 million in 1996. At Wednesday Carbone played alongside his compatriot

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; Carbone has spoken fondly of playing alongside the Italian striker. Carbone became the club's highest goalscorer for the 1998–99 season, scoring nine goals, and was voted the fans' favourite player and player of the season. After a contract dispute with Wednesday at the start of the 1999–2000 season over a new contract he was linked with a move away from the club.

Aston Villa

He joined

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for an undisclosed fee and played for a season at

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, His most memorable moment came when he scored a hat-trick against

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in a 3–2 win in the

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, including a spectacular long range strike from 35 yards; the day before the match, Villa manager John Gregory had refused to let the homesick Italian return to his homeland, insisting he would feel better after scoring against Leeds. This, added to his strikes against Darlington and Everton, meant he contributed five goals in Villa's cup run that season. Carbone started in the

final alongside strike partner

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in a 1–0 loss to Chelsea in the 2000 final, with Chelsea winning the match 1–0 after a goal by

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, Carbone nearly scored when his goal bound shot was cleared off the line by Frank Leboeuf. The loss meant Carbone earned an

runners-up medal by playing in the

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. At the start of the 2000–01 season, several clubs including

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, Napoli,

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, Everton,

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and Bradford City showed an interest in Carbone's services. Carbone was especially strongly linked with a move to Fiorentina to return to

as a replacement for

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who was linked with leaving the club.

Bradford City

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, who had just escaped relegation from the Premiership the previous season and were aiming to establish themselves in the top flight, made the best offer to Carbone and he joined the Yorkshire club on a free transfer. The club also signed

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to play alongside him. Despite some disillusionment over Carbone's wages, he scored some memorable goals and endeared himself to the

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faithful. Bradford City were relegated and, although he played the start of the following season with them as well as pledging his future to them, he later moved on loan to first

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, where he scored once against former club Aston Villa, and then

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, where he again scored once in the league against Aston Villa. In 2002, after Bradford chairman Geoffrey Richmond informed him that the club would fold if they continued to pay his £40,000-a-week wages. Carbone, revealed in later years that he did not want to be known as the man who made

fold and he gave up £3.2 million.

Later career

Carbone left Bradford and returned to Italy with

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and played for

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from 2003 to 2005. At Parma, Carbone revitalised his career under the leadership of Cesare Prandelli. Parma were in financial trouble and had to sell star players during the season such as

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and

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. During the 2003–04 season Carbone and

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became the main two strikers at the club. After a one-year stint with

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, Carbone signed for a four-game guest contract with the Australian team

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as a potential replacement for

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, who was the club's previous

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. He capped his debut, against

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, with two assists and a goal. After his debut many believed he would be better than Yorke, but during his third guest game he pulled a hamstring muscle that sidelined him for at least seven weeks. Carbone failed to reach an agreement with Sydney for a long-term contract, ending his short-lived career with Sydney. In 2014, Carbone revealed his disappointment in the injury which ended his spell at the club and he revealed that he would one day like to return to the club as a manager. Upon returning to Italy, Carbone joined northern side

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in August 2007 where he was appointed the Captain. In his first season back in the lower leagues, Carbone scored five goals in 29 appearances as Pavia finished fourth from bottom. In total he scored 31 goals in all competitions for the club and his goals helped Pavia avoid relegation. Carbone was often accused of being a mercenary due to his frequently transferring between clubs. He was, however, very popular with the fans of his clubs, particularly at

and

. He also waived much of the money owed to him—approximately £3.32 million—after he had moved to

, which helped City survive going into administration in 2002.

International career

Carbone was never capped for Italy at senior level, although he represented the Under-18 side in 1989, scoring 4 goals in 7 appearances, and he made 8 appearances with the Under-21 side between 1989 and 1994, scoring 3 goals; he was a member of the team that won the

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, notably scoring the decisive penalty in the semi-final shoot-out against hosts

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. In total he made 15 appearances for the Italian youth squads, scoring 7 goals.

Managerial career

Pavia

After his retirement, Carbone accepted to stay at

as youth coach, guiding the ''Berretti'' under-19 team. In March 2011 he was then promoted as head coach to replace Gianluca Andrissi. He guided Pavia to a safe place in the 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione standings, leading the club out of the relegation zone in his two months in charge of the first team. At Pavia, Carbone was given the nickname '

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' with Pavia fans believing Carbone had worked 'magic' both as a player and Manager to help them avoid relegation.

Varese

After impressing as

manager, On 16 June 2011 he was surprisingly announced as new head coach of

club

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, replacing local hero Giuseppe Sannino who left to become new boss of

club

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after guiding the club from

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to a spot in the promotion playoffs during his last season in charge. Joining Carbone as part of Carbone's management team at Varese was ex-

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player Mauro Milanese who joined the club as Sporting Director. On 1 October 2011, he was sacked and replaced by

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Saint-Christophe Vallée d'Aoste

After being sacked by

, on 29 October 2012 he was installed as the new coach of Saint-Christophe Vallée d'Aoste in

in place of the sacked ''Giovanni Zichella''. Saint-Christophe Vallée d'Aoste were bottom of the table before Carbone took charge and he led them up the table. Carbone eventually resigned as Saint-Christophe Vallée d'Aoste Head Coach due to 'restrictions placed upon him'.

Pursuing a career in England

After leaving Saint-Christophe Vallée d'Aoste Carbone, who was a highly rated young manager, revealed he had turned down three to four job offers to manage in Italy, due to him wanting to pursue a management career in England. Carbone had also revealed that current

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manager Cesare Prandelli had endorsed Carbone to become a top manager. After being linked with the managerial vacancy at

in December 2013, Carbone proclaimed that he wanted to manage the club, On 10 January 2014, Carbone appeared on

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programme 'The Fantasy Football Club' presented by his Ex-

teammate

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and revealed that he was still interested in the role. However the club appointed caretaker manager Stuart Gray as full-time manager on 25 January after a string of impressive results.

Leeds United role

In April 2014,

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announced he was giving Carbone the opportunity to 'help rebuild the academy' at

, and Carbone joined the youth team set up at Thorp Arch as a sporting director. On 14 May 2014, Carbone announced on his official

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page that his job title was 'Special Consultant to the board of directors for sport matters including Facilities & Academy'. The club confirmed Benito Carbone's position at the club in a statement on the club's official website on 15 May, they confirmed that Carbone 'will be involved with all football matters, including both the first team and the academy'. On 11 July, owner

revealed Carbone would also manage Leeds' Under 21 team. Cellino announced Benito's departure in an August 2014 press interview citing "family reasons".

Ternana

On 14 August 2016, Carbone was appointed manager of

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. Hired as a replacement to Christian Panucci, he resigned in January 2017 after a negative string of results that left Ternana in second-last place in the league.

Crotone

On 8 December 2017, Carbone was appointed assistant manager at

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Style of play

A quick, mobile, talented, and creative supporting forward, with an eye for goal, Carbone was known primarily for his technical skills, his use of

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, and for his ability to provide assists for team-mates as an offensive

. A versatile

, although his preferred role was that of a second striker, he was capable of playing in several positions along the front-line or in

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, and was also deployed as a striker, as a winger, and as an

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throughout his career. Despite his ability, he was also known to be inconsistent.

Trivia

When Carbone was at Napoli, due to his admiration for the number 10 shirt and also of his idols

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and Roberto Baggio, Carbone had specially made shin pads for the rest of his career which featured a picture of Maradona on the left shin pad, and a picture of Baggio on the right shin pad. On 8 July 2014 Carbone played in a team for his former club

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vs a

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Legends team for the 2014 Corazón Classic Match for charity.

Honours

Torino *

: 1989–90 Aston Villa *

runner-up: 1999–2000 Italy U21 *

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References

External links

Player Profile at sydneyfc.com
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