Ciro Ginestra (born 3 August 1978) is an Italian

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manager and a former player. A journeyman striker who has represented over 13 clubs in his career with most of his success in the third division of Italian football. He is known for his prowess in the area and has regularly scored goals in the lower levels of Italian football. Earlier in his career he represented the Italian national team under 21 level .

Career

Ginestra started his career at Serie D club Puteolana. In the summer of 1996, he was signed by Venezia, where he won promotion to Serie A 1998 as the runners up of Serie B. He did not feature often in Venezia's Serie A campaign and instead spent the next two seasons out on loan, first at SPAL and then at

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. While at SPAL he had a relatively successful campaign in the 1998–1999 season when he scored 10 goals in 33 league appearances. He returned to Veneziafrom his loan periods in January 2000, and played his first match in Serie A on 26 March 2000. At the end of the season, Venezia failed to maintain her Serie A status, and consequently Ginestra left the club to join Siena who were then in Serie B. In the middle of that season, after failing to maintain his place in the side, he joined

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. The following season, he signed for

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of Serie B, but he again left mid-season for another third division club, this time Padova. After helping Padova reach the playoff semi-final in 2003, and narrowly missing out on promotion, he was re-signed by his old club Venezia, who were now back in Serie B. In January 2005, 6 months before Venezia went bankrupt, Ginestra re-signed for another of his old clubs Padova of the

. This was only a short spell back at Padova as in the summer of 2005, Ginestra was signed by Frosinone and won Promotion from

to Serie B via the playoffs. As he was not in the managers plans for Frosinone's Serie B campaign, he was allowed to join Perugia and so returned to

. After he scored 2 in the opening match of the

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season, he was signed by

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who were also in the same division. In January 2010, he signed a 3-year contract with

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. This three-year contract was interrupted when in July 2011 he signed a 2-year contract with Sorrento. As of 15 December 2011 he has been an immediate success with the Rossoneri and has scored 13 goals in 22 games. This high scoring rate has seen Sorrento placed in the top half of the table for a second consecutive season where they are again pushing for Promotion to Serie B. On 3 August 2012 he moved on a free transfer to the

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club Salernitana.

Coaching career

He resigned as coach of the Serie C side Bisceglie on 7 December 2018. On 6 June 2019 he was hired by Serie C club Casertana, signing a 2-year contract with the club holding an option to extend it for the third year. On 24 June 2020 his contract with Casertana was terminated. On 16 September 2020 he joined Serie D club

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. He was sacked on 26 February 2021 due to poor results. On 12 October 2021, Ginestra was appointed new head coach of Serie C club

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until the end of the season. He was relieved from his job on 1 February 2022 due to negative results.

Career statistics

Honours

* Lega Pro Prima Divisione Champion: 2009

References

External links

*http://aic.football.it/scheda/1893/ginestra-ciro.htm * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ginestra, Ciro 1978 births Living people People from Pozzuoli Italian men's footballers Serie A players Venezia FC players SPAL players Ternana Calcio players ACR Siena 1904 players Modena FC 2018 players US Pistoiese 1921 players Calcio Padova players Frosinone Calcio players AC Perugia Calcio players ASD Città di Gallipoli players FC Crotone players ASD Sorrento players Men's association football forwards Italian football managers Fidelis Andria 2018 managers Serie C managers Footballers from the Province of Naples