Gianluca Musacci (born 1 April 1987) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Empoli

Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Musacci started his career at Tuscan club

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. During the 2010–11 season, he often partnered with Davide Moro and/or

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in a 3 (or 2)-man midfield, in a

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role.

Parma and Spezia loans

Musacci moved on loan to

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for €300,000 in August 2011 (with an option to purchase) and secured a permanent deal in a co-ownership arrangement in July 2012 in 5-year contract, for €400,000 transfer fee.Empoli FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013
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Parma FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013
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In January 2013 Parma signed Musacci outright for another €500,000.The extra €100,000 was reflected as ''oneri da compartecipazioni'' on Parma side and ''proventi da compartecipazioni'' on Empoli side He was immediately loaned to Spezia for €400,000, with Spezia receiving payment in the form of €200,000 ( it, premi di valorizzazione) from Parma at the end of season.

Padova and Frosinone loans

On 7 August 2013 he was signed by Serie B club

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in temporary deal. On 21 August 2014 he was signed by

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

Paganese

On 19 July 2018, he signed a two-year contract with

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club Paganese. On 2 November 2018, he was released from his contract by mutual consent.

Footnotes

References

External links

Gianluca Musacci's profile on soccernet
* 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Viareggio Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Empoli FC players US Massese 1919 players Parma Calcio 1913 players Spezia Calcio players Calcio Padova players Frosinone Calcio players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players Catania FC players ACR Messina players US Viterbese 1908 players Paganese Calcio 1926 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Footballers from the Province of Lucca {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub