Enrico Fantini (born 27 February 1976) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

Career

Born in

, Piedmont Fantini started his professional career with Piedmontese club

Juventus F.C. )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnell ...

Venezia

In 1996 Fantini left for

Venezia Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islan ...

in co-ownership deal for 75 million lire (€38,734)Co-ownership credit from Venezia 275 million lire deducting 200 million belongs to Luigi Giandomenico In June 2000 Venezia acquired Fantini outright for 200 million lire, 125 million lire excess the original valuation. In summer 2000 Fantini was sold to

A.C. ChievoVerona Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, ...

, where he spent the second half of 1999–2000 Serie B. Fantini finished third with Chievo in

2000–01 Serie B The Serie B 2000–01 was the sixty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation. Teams Siena, Crotone, Cittadella and Ancona had been promoted from Serie C, while Torino, Venezia FC, Cagliari and Piacenza had been ...

. He was out of Chievo's Serie A plan and loaned to Modena. In June 2002 Fantini returned to Venice again. Fantini played for the league struggler until January 2004. Former Venezia owner

Maurizio Zamparini Maurizio Zamparini (9 June 1941 – 1 February 2022) was an Italian businessman. He was the owner and director of football club U.S. Città di Palermo between July 2002 – February 2017 and from July 2017 – December 2018. Biography Zampari ...

brought most of the start players of the team out of the ''Lagunari'' in July 2002.

Fiorentina & Torino

Fantini won promotion to Serie A with

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fol ...

in 2004. In 2005 Fantini left for new-born

Torino F.C. Torino Football Club (), commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A. Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mos ...

of Serie B, which previous entity was bankrupted, and missed the Serie A promotion. He won promotion again at the end of 2005–06 Serie B. He was sold to

Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna Football Club 1909, commonly referred to as Bologna (), is an Italian professional football club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. The club have won seven top-flight titles, two Co ...

for €500,000

Bologna & Modena

Fantini then spent 3 more seasons in two difference Serie B from 2006 to 2009.

Return to Piedmont

He returned to the region of Piedmont for Alessandria in 2009 for terminating his contract with Modena. In 2010, he returned to his hometown club

. he scored 31 goals in 32 games in

2010–11 Serie D The 2010–11 Serie D was the sixty-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It originally consisted of 166 teams, with two divisions alloca ...

Honours

;Fiorentina *

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

Promotion Playoffs: 2003–04 ;Torino *

Promotion Playoffs: 2005–06 ;Cuneo * Scudetto Dilettanti Group A winner: 2011

References

External links

Football.it Profile

Lega Serie B Profile
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