Daniele Paponi (born 16 April 1988) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club Fermana.

Club career

Parma

Paponi started his career with

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, playing into the ''biancorossi'' youth ranks. In the summer 2004, following the folding of his club, Paponi became a free agent; he then accepted an offer from

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and joined the ''ducali'' youth team. He made his Serie A debut at the age of 17 on 22 October 2005, then also making his debut at the European level in the

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, scoring also two goals. His first Serie A goal came in an away league match played against

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on 20 December 2006, and ended in a 1–1 draw: Paponi's equaliser goal, a reversed bicycle kick immediately dubbed as "scorpion kick", was saluted among the finest scored in the league season. Nevertheless, Paponi struggled to find space in the first team in the following 2007–08 season, and in January 2008 he accepted a loan move to

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, where he scored two goals in 21 games. For the 2008–09 season he returned to Parma, then in Serie B, playing seven games and scoring twice, but in January 2009 he was loaned out again, this time to

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as part of the deal that brought then-Serie B topscorer

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to join the ''gialloblu''.

Bologna

On 10 June 2010

exchanged the 22-year-old striker with Gabriele Paonessa of

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in co-ownership deal. Both players' 50% registration rights was valued €600,000. Paponi signed a 5-year contract worth €120,000 in net annually plus bonuses. The deal never a successful deal on the field as both players failed to take part in the first team, but a successful financial deal that both club had a player selling profit of €1.2 million in 2009–10 season but only would counter-weight by the amortization of the buying cost of the same amount in next 5 seasons (2010 to 2015, the contract length of both players) plus VAT. Paponi also became a financial burden of the club for his wage in 2013. Paponi only played once in

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. In June 2012, Paonessa was definitively under contract with Parma as well as Paponi to Bologna. In 2012–13 Paponi missed a few games due to injuries. However, his own quality had limited his chance to play: only 3 games in

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, all as substitutes. In April 2013 he left for Canada to have a trial with Montreal Impact. ;Montreal On 19 April 2013 Paponi joined Montreal Impact on loan until 31 December 2013. He has officially scored his first goal for Montreal Impact on 29 June 2013 in an MLS match against Colorado Rapids, where he actually went on to score a brace. ;Ancona On 4 August 2014 he was signed by the third-tier club

in temporary deal.

Latina

On 20 August 2015 Paponi was signed by

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for free, with Marco Crimi moved to opposite direction. for €730,000. Paponi signed a 2-year contract.

Serie C clubs

Paponi left Latina for

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on 20 January 2017. He renewed the contract on 11 August. He was part of the first team squad for the entire 2017 pre-season. On 1 August 2019, he signed with

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. On 1 September 2020 he joined

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on a 2-year contract. On 1 September 2021, Paponi joined Serie C club

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. On 6 January 2023, Paponi signed with Imolese. On 20 September 2023, Paponi signed a one-season contract with Fermana.

Career statistics

Honours

Montreal Impact *

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(1):

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Bari *

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: 2021–22 (Group C)

References

External links

Profile at AIC.football.it
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