Eros Bagnara (born 27 April 1985) is a former Italian professional footballer who plays for Italian Prima Categoria club Edo Mestre RSM.

Biography

Youth career

Born in Treviso, Veneto, Bagnara started his career at hometown club Treviso. He played for its under-20 team since 2002–03 season. Follow the promotion of the first team to '' Serie B'', the U-20 team also changed to play in ''

Campionato Nazionale Primavera The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in th ...

''. In January 2004 he was signed by '' Serie A'' club Internazionale. The team finished as the runner-up of ''Primavera'' League, losing to

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. He was the fourth striker of the team, behind

Isah Eliakwu Isah "Aly" Abdulahi Eliakwu (born 25 October 1985) is a former Nigerian footballer who played as a centre forward. Football career Early career After the abolition of the non-EU quota per team in 2000–01 season, Eliakwu joined Reggiana, wh ...

(18 goals in the league group stage), Riccardo Meggiorini (9 goals) and Federico Piovaccari (8 goals). Bagnara only scored 4 goals in the league group stage (ranked fifth in the team), but with only 6 league appearances, made Bagnara was one of the most effective scorer of the team along with Eliakwu. Bagnara played twice in the playoffs (round of 16 against Como) with 1 goal.

Between Serie C & Serie D

Inter did not excised the option to buy Bagnara in 2004. Bagnara was loaned to a Serie D team from

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, a nearby town from Treviso. In mid-2005

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 ...

club Fermana borrowed Bagnara. That season Treviso promoted to Serie A and no room for Bagnara. In his first professional season, Bagnara scored 3 goals in the first half and 1 goal for Novara in the second half.(Serie D is a top level of regional league with wage cap, made it semi-pro) That season Fermana relegated and folded, while Novara finished in the mid-table in the same group (Group A). Bagnara remained in the city of Novara for

2006–07 Serie C1 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff pha ...

after the loan was renewed in August. Again Bagnara only able to score once. In mid-2007 Bagnara was sold to

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

club

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in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn of €500. Team-mate

Giovanni Martina Giovanni Martina (born 20 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bassano. Biography Born in Vittorio Veneto, the Province of Treviso, Martina started his career at Treviso. In his last year with Treviso's under-20 youth team, he a ...

also went to the town of

in the same deal. Bagnara scored 7 goals in Italian fourth tier, ahead team-mate Michele Piccolo but behind

Marcello Campolonghi Marcello Campolonghi (born 15 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. Throughout his career he played for several teams in the Italian Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, B ...

. However, the team relegated and Treviso gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Pizzighettone. Bagnara also left the club in order returned to Veneto for ''dilettanti'' (the Italian word for amateur and the "D" in Serie D state for) club Città di Jesolo for 2008–09 season, despite Pizzighettone later was re-admitted due to number of teams were expelled from the professional league. Bagnara returned to professional league again in

2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into tw ...

for FeralpiSalò on a free transfer.

Amateur

In October 2010 Bagnara joined Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, an

Eccellenza Lombardy Eccellenza Lombardy ( it, Eccellenza Lombardia) is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lombardy, Italy. It is competed amongst 48 teams, in three groups (A, B and C). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club ...

team. (Italian sixth highest level at that time) He was released again in summer 2011. In 2011–12 season Bagnara played for Pro Roncade, a Prima Categoria team (Italian eighth highest level at that time) located in

Roncade Roncade is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about southeast of Treviso. Roncade borders the following municipalities: Casale sul Sile, Meolo, Monastier di ...

, Veneto.

References

External links

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Football.it Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagnara, Eros Italian men's footballers Treviso FBC 1993 players Inter Milan players Fermana FC players Novara FC players AS Pizzighettone players Feralpisalò players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Treviso 1985 births Living people ACD Sant'Angelo 1907 players