Francesco Parravicini (born 31 January 1982) is an Italian

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coach and a former player who played as a

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Playing career

Pro Sesto

Parravicini started his career at

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. During 2000–01 season Parravicini was signed by

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in co-ownership deal. The deal was renewed in June 2001. Parravicini became a member of Treviso first team in 2001.

Treviso

Parravicini formally joined Treviso on 1 July 2001. He made his Serie A debut against

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on 11 September 2005. Treviso was promoted due to

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, the bankruptcy of

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and AC Perugia. In January 2006 Parravicini was sold to

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for €2.7 million,ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2006 but loaned back to

for the rest of the season. Treviso also signed William Viali outright,

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and

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in temporary deals.

Palermo

In May 2006, Parravicini was sold to

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from Fiorentina for €1.5 million as part of the deal of Mario Santana (€6.5 million). Fiorentina also retained half of the player's registration rights. He played 5 games in UEFA Cup, 1 in Coppa Italia and 8 in the Serie A, before move on loan to Parma.

Parma

On 31 January 2007, he was loaned to Parma, with

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returned to Palermo. On 11 February 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Parma against

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. In June 2007, Parma bought Parravicini outright from Palermo and Fiorentina for €1.9 million. Palermo and Fiorentina share the revenue equally.ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2007 US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 The deal also made Palermo only paid Parma €4 million cash for the signing of

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(€2.5 million) and Fábio Simplício (€4.6 million) in 2006, as Parma acquired 50% rights of Parravicini (€950,000),

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(€1.25 million) and

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(€900,000) from Palermo in 2007. (Before the deal Palermo still had €4,666,000 debt to Parma on 30 June 2007) Parma also signed

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from Fiorentina in 2007 for €4.5 million, thus along with Parravicini, counter-weight the signing of

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from Parma in 2006 for €5.6 million. On 2 February 2009, the

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player will play on loan for Atalanta until the end of the season; at the same time Parma have obtained from the Lombard club the loan of

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and Alessio Manzoni.

Siena

In June 2009 he was sold to

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for €2.5 million along with

(50% rights for €2.5 million), which

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(€3 million) and

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(50% rights for €5 million)Parma FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010
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joined Parma in exchange. Parravicini signed a four-year contract. On 15 July 2010, he was signed by Livorno.

Novara

On 31 August 2012, Parravicini joined

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. Laurent Lanteri also moved to

as part of the deal, thus no cash was involved. Both players were "valued" €1 million.

Coaching career

In the summer 2017, he was hired as head coach of

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club

. His contract was extended on 14 June 2019. For the 2020–21 season, the club was promoted to

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. He was dismissed by Pro Sesto on 28 March 2021 as the team only won once in their preceding 12 games. He successively served as head coach of Serie C club Renate, resigning after only one league game in charge.

Career statistics

References

External links

Parravicini's profile (from US Palermo official website)
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