Filippo "Pippo" Maniero (born 11 September 1972, in
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
) is an Italian retired
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
er who played as a
striker.
Club career
Maniero played for several teams throughout his career, most notably
A.C. Milan
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,
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...
,
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
and
Torino
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...
.
On 31 August 2005, after having been released on a free transfer consequently to the cancellation of Torino, he signed for
Rangers, the last day of the
transfer window
A transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other playing staff into their playing staff. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA. "Transfer win ...
at the start of the 2005–06 season. He later joined
Nuova Piovese, a
Venetian team of
Eccellenza
The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Ao ...
league, leading it to
Serie D
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promotion. In July 2006 he left Nuova Piovese for Legnarese, a small
Prima Categoria
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(8th division) team in which he started his playing career, where he spent the 2006–07 season.
References
External links
Career profile @ FootballPlus.com
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1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Padua
Italian footballers
Italy under-21 international footballers
Association football forwards
Serie A players
Serie B players
Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players
Atalanta B.C. players
A.C. Milan players
Calcio Padova players
Palermo F.C. players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Rangers F.C. players
U.C. Sampdoria players
Torino F.C. players
Venezia F.C. players
Brescia Calcio players
Footballers from Veneto