Francesco Ripa (born 7 April 1974) is an Italian

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Biography

Born in

Porto San Giorgio Porto San Giorgio is a ''comune'' (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 15,700 inhabitants (2021) and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. History Already famous at the tim ...

, Marche, Ripa started his career at Sangiorgese of

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. He then moved to

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, Fermana and then

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

(in co-ownership deal with

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until 2001, exchanged with

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in 1998.) With Cosenza, he played 5

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seasons (1 season loaned to

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club

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

.) In mid-2003 he joined

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

and in January 2004 moved to Sora. Since 2005, he spent 5 seasons at

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, which he played 17, 31, 32, 20 and 0 games respectively. In the last season he was the backup of Andrea Rossini and

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. In 2010–11 season, he played for

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club

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, shared the starting role with Lorenzo Riommi, winning Group E champion and promoted back to

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. In October 2011 he joined another Serie D club Santegidiese.

References

External links

Football.it Profile
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LaSerieD.com Profile

FIGC
Italian footballers Italy under-21 international footballers A.C. Carpi players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Cosenza Calcio 1914 players Pisa S.C. players Ravenna F.C. players A.S.D. Città di Foligno 1928 players Association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from the Province of Fermo 1974 births Living people Footballers from Marche {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub