Fabrizio Anselmi (born 11 May 1978) is an

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manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of ASD Tor Sapienza. He spent most of his career in Italian

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Career

Born in Rome,

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, Anselmi is a youth product of Lodigiani. In 2002, he left for

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and then

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. He settled in

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, which he followed the team promoted twice from

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in 2008. Anselmi was the defender in 2006 and 2007 promotion playoffs (only missed once in 2006 and replaced by Girelli), but did not play in 2008

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. After promoted to Serie B, he was one of the team's starting centre-backs along with

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. In 2009, he left for

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on a 2-year contract. On 31 August 2010 he left for

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in 2-year contract. On 31 January 2011 he was traded to

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for Federico Cerone. In August 2011 he was released by Barletta.Risoluzione per Anselmi e Tesoniero
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Honours

;Sassuolo *

: 2008 *

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: 2008

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anselmi, Fabrizio Italian men's footballers Serie B players AS Lodigiani players US Grosseto 1912 players US Sassuolo Calcio players Hellas Verona FC players ASD Barletta 1922 players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Rome 1978 births Living people Italian football managers