Daniele Martinetti (born June 6, 1981, in Rome) is an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

at Serie B. Martinetti started his career at A.S. Roma youth rank. He was loaned to Sora in January 2002 for first team experience. In June 2002, he was exchanged with

Alberto Schettino Alberto Schettino (born 26 March 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Fondi. Schettino spent his whole career in Lega Pro (ex-Serie C). Biography Torino Born in Castellammare di Stabia, the Province of Naples, Schettino started his ca ...

but Martinetti remained at

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

side Sora until the end of 2002–03 season. In 2003–04 season he left for another Serie C1 club,

Prato Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...

, but in different group. In summer 2004, he returned to Torino, and award no.24 shirt. In January 2005 he left for Serie C1 again for Novara, without any appearance to ''II Toro''. In January 2006, he was signed by

Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

. In his first Serie B season, he open his sheet by scored 4 goals. But in second season, his 10 goals (along with Floro Flores 14) does not avoid relegation to Serie C1. Martinetti played in Serie C1 again until signed by

in January 2009. The following winter, he was awarded the joke award of "The Best Darn Dribbler in the World" by 4-4-2 magazine. He won the golden boot in Football Manager 09/10, managed to win the Premier League with Burnley and then the Champions League the following year against Barcelona in one of the biggest giant killings of all time.

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Profile at Gazzetta.it
Italian men's footballers Serie B players AS Roma players Torino FC players AC Prato players Novara FC players SS Arezzo players US Sassuolo Calcio players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Rome 1981 births Living people {{Italy-footy-forward-1980s-stub