Fabio Gatti (born 4 January 1982) is an

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former

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who played as a

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Club career

Gatti started his career at

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

. He played twice for the club in the

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and once in Serie A before he left on loan to

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

. After the relegation of Perugia in 2004 he was sold to Napoli Soccer in

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in a co-ownership deal. He made 16 league appearances in his first season. After he played 4 league matches in first half of his second season, he was loaned to

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

of Serie B. He made 16 appearances as Cremonese were relegated in June. He returned to Napoli and helped them to promotion to Serie B as Serie C1 champion, and then Gatti made 19 starts as Napoli finished

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runner-up. In his final season he was completely ruled out from squad. In January 2008, he signed a short-term contract with

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. In September 2008, he signed a contract with hometown club

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. In January 2010 he was exchanged with

Orlando Urbano Orlando Urbano (born 9 June 1984) is an Italian former football player who played as a defender. Club career Juventus Urbano started his career with Italian powerhouse Juventus FC, where he played for the club's youth sector. In 2004, he gr ...

, Filippo Forò and

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. In January 2011 he was signed along with Urbano. In July 2011 he left for

Lecco Lecco (, , ; lmo, label=Lecchese, Lècch ) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). ...

International career

Gatti played 7 matches for Italy U21. He was called up to

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, but did not play.

Honours

Perugia *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

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Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

: 2005–06 *

(

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

promotion): 2006–07

References

External links

Player Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport website

Profile at FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gatti, Fabio 1982 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers AC Perugia Calcio players Catania FC players US Cremonese players SSC Napoli players Modena FC 2018 players LR Vicenza players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Perugia