Biagio Pagano (born 29 January 1983) is an Italian

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who plays for Ghivizzano Borgoamozzano. Pagano had made 250 appearances in Italian

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, including 2 in the playoffs in

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Career

Atalanta

Pagano started his career at

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. He made his Serie A debut on 17 June 2001 against

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He played a few more Serie A games for Atalanta in October 2003, after he was returned from loan to

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of the third division in 2002–03 Serie C1.

Sampdoria

In January 2004, he was signed by fellow Serie A club

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on loan with option to co-own the player, which the club did in June 2004, for €500,000. He scored his first Serie A goal against

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, which gave the team a 1–0 lead, but the game ended in 1–1 draw after

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scored a penalty 3 minutes later, in 2004–05 Serie A. He was loaned back to Atalanta in January 2005. Atalanta were relegated at the end of the season, so Pagano went on loan to

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instead of staying with the ''Nerazzurri''.

Rimini

In June 2006, Sampdoria bought Atalanta's rights in a blind auction between the two clubs, for €205,000. But he was sold to

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in a co-ownership deal in July 2006 for €400,000.U.C. Sampdoria S.p.A. (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2006 (in Italian)
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/ref> With Rimini, Pagano played regularly and finished 5th and 7th with the team in his first 2 seasons; his performance also made the club bought him outright in the end of

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in June 2007 for €220,000. But in the third season, Rimini failed to win the relegation playoffs against

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, and subsequently got relegated back to Lega Pro 1st Div. (ex–Serie C1) after being promoted 4 years ago. Pagano took part in the playoffs.

Reggina

In July 2009, he was signed by

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of Serie B, who had recently been relegated from Serie A, in a co-ownership deal. In June 2010, Reggina acquired the remain 50% registration rights from Rimini .

Livorno

In July 2010 Pagano was signed by

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Torino

In January 2011 Pagano was swapped with

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; both players were tagged for €300,000. Pagano signed a -year contract.

Modena

In August 2012 Pagano was signed by Serie B club

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for free.

Lega Pro clubs

In 2014, he was signed by third level club

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He spent the first half of the season in

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club

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. On 5 July 2014 Pagano was signed by

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. On 22 January 2015 he joined Lucchese.

International

Pagano took part in 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualifying. (now renamed to under-17 with same age limit) He was also capped for Italy U17 (equivalent to current U18), U20 and Italy U21 team.

References

External links

aic.football.it
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gazzetta.it
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FIGC National Team Archive
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