Emanuele Manitta (born 12 January 1977) is a retired Italian

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Football career

Early career

A native of

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, he spent one season at youth rank of

A.S. Bari Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as Bari, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. Bari currently plays in the . The team finished the 2021–22 season in first place in Serie C and earned promot ...

before to move to Sicilian amateur club

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, at that time at

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. He then moved to Peloro Calcio of

. In summer 1997, Peloro merged with

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, at that time at

Messina

At Messina, he helped the club gain promotion to Serie C2 in summer 1998, and to Serie C1 in summer 2000. He won a loan contract from

U.S. Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce (), is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2022–23 season, the top level of the Italian football pyramid, having been promoted from Serie B ...

in summer 2000, but did not play. He returned to Messina in summer 2001, this time at

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. He won another loan contract from

S.S.C. Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (), is an Italian professional football club based in the city of Naples ( it, Napoli, nap, Napule), Campania that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. Napoli ha ...

(Serie B) in January 2003, to replace

Marco Storari Marco Storari (born 7 January 1977) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After a lengthy spell in Italy's lower leagues, he arrived in Serie A aged 27. Steady performances for Messina prompted his signing by A.C. Milan i ...

, later the move became permanent. He played 41 out of 42 Serie B games that season. But Napoli faced bankrupt in summer 2004, he started his career that finding a club in every summer.

Later career

He was first for

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(Serie B), but the club almost failed to protect her place on Serie B. He then joined

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as backup of

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, where he just made 2 appearances. In summer 2006, he joined

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, where he made his

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debut on 21 January 2007 in a 1–1 draw against

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. As a backup for

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, he also played 8 Serie A games, but none in the

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. In summer 2007, he moved back to

, ahead

Gabriele Paoletti Gabriele Paoletti (born 11 April 1978) is a retired Italian football goalkeeper. Career In the summer of 2002, Paoletti was exchanged for Alberto Maria Fontana. In summer 2004, he joined Reggiana in co-ownership deal, for €0.5K. He also pla ...

as first choice, where he played 30 Serie B games. Following the disbandment of the Sicilian club, he was released for free in July 2008, and later signed by

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on 3 October 2008 as an emergency replacement for

Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (Greek: Δημήτριος Ελευθερόπουλος; born 7 August 1976) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League 2 club Niki Volos. Club career Greece ...

Honours

Messina *

: 1997–98 *

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 ...

: 1999–2000

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