Davide Seminara (born 5 July 1998) is an Italian

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player. He plays for

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Club career

Empoli

Seminara is a product of Empoli youth teams. He made one bench appearance for the senior squad in December 2016 in a match against

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Loan to Prato

On 27 July 2018, Seminara joined

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club

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on a season-long loan. On 5 November he made his professional debut in Serie C for Prato as a substitute replacing Andrea Badan after an hour of play against Piacenza. On 26 November he played his first match as a starter for Prato, a 1–0 home win over

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, he was replaced by Andrea Badan after 68 minutes. Two weeks later, on 10 December, he played his first and only entire match for Prato, a 1–0 home defeat against

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. On 21 January 2018, Seminara scored his first professional goal in the 21st minute of a 2–0 home win over

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. Seminara ended his season-long loan to Prato with 20 appearances and one goal, however the club was relegated to

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Loan to Reggina

On 11 July 2018, Seminara joined another

club

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for the entire 2018–19 season. Almost five months later, on 2 December, he made his Serie C debut for Reggina in a 3–2 home win over

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, he was replaced by Leonardo Mastrippolito in the 55th minute. One week later, on 9 December, Seminara played his first entire match for the club, a 2–1 away win over

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. Seminara ended his season-long loan to Reggina with only 8 appearances, including 7 as a starter, however he played only one entire match and remaining an unused substitute for 17 other matches.

Pianese

On 29 July 2019, Seminara joined to newly promoted

club Pianese on an undisclosed fee. On 25 August he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Emilio Dierna in the 67th minute of a 2–0 away defeat against

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. Six days later, on 31 August he played his first match as a starter for the club, a 1–0 home win over

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, he was replaced by

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after 76 minutes. Eight days later, on 8 September Seminara played his first entire match for Pianese, a 4–0 away win over

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. At the end of the season the club relegated to Serie D after losing the play-out matches against Pergolettese.

Matelica

On 12 August 2020, Seminara joined to newly promoted

side

for an undisclosed fee. On 23 September 2020, before the season started, he suffered an

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in his left knee and was expected to not play in the 2020–21 season. He recovered to make Matelica debut in the last game of the 2020–21 regular season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seminara, Davide 1998 births Sportspeople from Livorno Living people Italian footballers Association football defenders Empoli F.C. players A.C. Prato players Reggina 1914 players S.S. Matelica Calcio 1921 players Serie C players Footballers from Tuscany