Giacomo Cipriani (born 28 October 1980) is an Italian

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who played as a

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Football career

Cipriani started his career at

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. His impression in youth national teams led

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

to buy half of his registration rights in 2000 for 4.5 billion lire (€2.324M),

Alex Pederzoli Alex Pederzoli (born 6 March 1984) is a former Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Youth career Born in Piacenza, Emilia–Romagna, Pederzoli started his career with Emilia–Romagna side Bologna. In mid-2000, Juventus si ...

(€516,457 or 1 million lire) and

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(€2.324M for 50% rights or 4.5 billion lire), and Cipriani and Gamberini remained on loan at Bologna as part of

Jonatan Binotto Jonatan Binotto (born 22 January 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Binotto started his professional career in 1993 at Juventus FC He spent two seasons on loan at Serie B clubs, before jo ...

's permanent deal for 10 billion lire (€5.16 million). After consecutive loans to Piacenza and

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in 2003–04 season, Bologna bought back Cipriani from Juventus for €417,000 and signed a contract extension in September 2004, into 30 June 2007. In January 2008, Cipriani was loaned again, this time to

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. In July 2008 he agreed a one-year deal with Rimini. He left the club in June 2009 after Rimini went relegated to

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. He then stayed without a team until October 2009, when he was announced as being signed by Lega Pro Prima Divisione club SPAL 1907 in a free transfer. He then left SPAL in 2011 to join

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, but managed to make just 19 appearances in two seasons at the club. Another unimpressive season at financially stricken Lega Pro Prima Divisione club

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followed, with just seven appearances and a spare goal. On 4 September 2014, he signed a contract for newly promoted

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club Savoia.

References

External links

FIGC profile
* Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Bologna FC 1909 players US Lecce players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players UC Sampdoria players US Avellino 1912 players Rimini FC 1912 players SPAL players Benevento Calcio players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Bologna 1980 births Living people {{Italy-footy-forward-1980s-stub