Francesco Renzetti (born 22 January 1988) is an Italian
footballer who plays as a
left back
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. At international level, he has represented Italy's youth teams playing for the
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and
U21 teams.
Club career
Genoa
Francesco Renzetti began his career in the
Genoa youth system, eventually making one appearance in the first team for Genoa.
Lucchese
He was signed by
Lucchese on a temporary basis in January 2006. The club purchased
half of the registration rights of Renzetti and
Emanuele Volpara for €250,000 each at the end of season.
AlbinoLeffe
Renzetti moved to
AlbinoLeffe in a co-ownership deal in 2008, for €750,000
[ (Genoa acquired Renzetti from Lucchese for €600,000][), as part of the deal that Genoa signed the remain 50% registration rights of ]Gleison Santos
Gleison Pinto dos Santos (born 18 August 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender.
Career
Comercial (RP)
Santos started his career at Comercial de Ribeirão Preto of Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
Atalanta
In July 2002, Sa ...
(and re-sold to Reggina) for €1M.[Genoa CFC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2008 (in Italian)]
Padova
After making 39 appearances for Albinoleffe in Serie B, Renzetti was reacquired by Genoa for just €250,000 and subsequently resold again in co-ownership to Serie B club Padova for €500,000. He was eventually bought in full by Padova for another €1 million.
Cesena
On 12 July 2013 Renzetti joined A.C. Cesena as a free agent. He signed a new contract in January 2016, which would last until 30 June 2019 .
Return to Genoa
On 30 June 2016 Renzetti was re-signed by Genoa for €1.2 million fee. As part of the deal, Giuseppe Panico
Giuseppe Antonio Panico (born 10 May 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for club Carrarese on loan from Crotone.
Club career
Panico is a youth exponent from Genoa. He made his Serie A debut on May 31, 2015, against Sassuolo ...
left for Cesena on loan for 2 seasons. Starting from 2015–16 season, all Serie A clubs required to have 4 club-trained players in their 25-men squad, or else the squad would be forced to be reduced by not using the place for those club-trained players. However, on 31 August Renzetti returned to Cesena in a temporary deal from Genoa. Eventually Genoa only had a 23-men squad (players born 1995 or after were not restricted, such as Giovanni Simeone), as only Mattia Perin
Mattia Perin (; born 10 November 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Juventus. He also represented the Italy national team.
He began his career with Genoa in 2010, and, aside from two season-long lo ...
and Lukáš Zima were used to fill the quota.
Cremonese
On 12 July 2017, Renzetti was transferred to Cremonese
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on loan, with an obligation to buy at the end of season. Cremonese fulfilled the obligation and he joined the club on a permanent basis on 1 July 2018.
Chievo
On 28 January 2020, he signed with Chievo until 30 June 2020.
Modena
On 30 June 2021, he joined Modena
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on a two-year contract.
International career
Renzetti made several appearances representing Italy at various levels of their youth ranks.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
FIGC profile
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1988 births
Living people
People from Monte Carlo
Monegasque people of Italian descent
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Genoa CFC players
Lucchese 1905 players
UC AlbinoLeffe players
Calcio Padova players
AC Cesena players
US Cremonese players
AC ChievoVerona players
Modena FC 2018 players
Italy men's under-21 international footballers