Gaël Genevier (born 26 June 1982) is a French retired

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Career

Genevier moved to Italy in 2003, joining

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

and making four appearances in the Italian top flight before being loaned to

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

side

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

in January 2004, being rarely featured in the regular lineup and playing only eight times with the ''etnei''. In December 2004 he was consequently released by Perugia and signed by

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

team

Acireale Acireale (; scn, Jaciriali, locally shortened to ''Jaci'' or ''Aci'') is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the north-east of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, at the foot of Mount Etna, on the coast facing the Ionian Sea. ...

, where he finally managed to play regularly. After two seasons with the Sicilian side, he moved to

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

to join Sangiovannese, another Serie C1 team, with some success. He was consequently noted by newly promoted

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 ...

, who signed him for the 2007–2008 season.

Siena

On 1 July 2009 Genevier joined A.C. Siena for €400,000 in a 5-year contract. On 29 January 2010 Siena loaned the French defensive midfielder to Serie B club Torino until June. He returned to Siena for

2010–11 Serie B The 2010–11 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) is the seventy-ninth season since its establishment in 1929, and the first one under the rule of the new Lega Serie B. A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which ret ...

, also due to his injury. After recovery, Genevier played for the reserve of Siena as well as for the first team in friendly match. Genevier only played once competitively, the last round of the league. In

2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season will be the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It will be divided i ...

, Genevier returned to Pisa, now as "AC Pisa 1909 Società sportiva a responsabilità limitata". In

2012–13 Serie B The 2012–13 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) is the 81st season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams will contest the league: 16 of which returning from the 2011–12 season, 4 of which promoted from Le ...

, he was the player of

Juve Stabia Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian football club based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania. Juve Stabia currently plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football system. History The football in Castellammare di Stabia From St ...

and

Pro Vercelli Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892, commonly referred to as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. The club is mostly renowned as one of the most successful teams in the early football era of Italy, with seven natio ...

. On 2 September 2014 Genevier was signed by

Novara Calcio Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. The club was founded in 2021 by the Novara, City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional s ...

Lumezzane

On 13 August 2014 Genevier was signed by

Lumezzane Lumezzane (Brescian: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 () it is one of the largest towns in the province of Brescia. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a side val ...

AlbinoLeffe

On 28 January 2019, he signed with AlbinoLeffe. He announced his retirement at the end of the

2023–24 Serie C The 2023–24 Serie C will be the tenth season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system. Changes The league will be composed of 60 teams, geographically divided into three different groups. The group co ...

season.

Honours

Perugia *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

References

External links

Player's blog
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Genevier, Gael 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Martin-d'Hères Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers Olympique Lyonnais players AC Perugia Calcio players Catania FC players Pisa SC players Siena FC SSD players Torino FC players US Livorno 1915 players SS Juve Stabia players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players Novara FC players FC Lumezzane players AC Reggiana 1919 players ACR Messina players UC AlbinoLeffe players French expatriate men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Footballers from Isère