Gianluca Sansone (born 12 May 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

Born in

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, , Sansone started his career with

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side Montorio, located in

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. In the next season, he was signed by newly promoted

side Valle del Giovenco and won Serie D Group F champion. Sansone played with VdG in promotion playoffs but eliminated in semi-final/first round. On 30 June 2008, he transferred to

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side

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, where he signed a 5-year contract. He failed to become a member of first team and left for

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club

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in January. In July 2009, he remained in Prima Divisione but for

Lanciano Lanciano (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Langiàne ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,304 inhabitants as of 2011. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Eucharistic ...

. In June 2010, he was sold to fellow Serie B side

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in co-ownership deal, for €400,000, as part of the deal that

, the newly relegated team signed

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outright, for €2 million.AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 Frosinone also signed the remain 50% registration rights of

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Sassuolo

In June 2011 Siena bought back Sansone for €800,000, and re-sold to

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for €425,000 in another co-ownership deal. In June 2012 Sassuolo signed Sansone (€425,000) and Troianiello (€575,000) outright for a total of €1 million.US Sassuolo Calcio SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2012

Torino

In July 2012 Sansone was signed by

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in another co-ownership deal for €1.6 million.

Sampdoria

In January 2013 Sansone was signed by

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from Torino for €1.45 million in a -year contract;U.C. Sampdoria S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2013 Sassuolo retained its own 50% registration rights of Sansone. In June 2013 Sampdoria acquired Sansone outright from Sassuolo for another €1.25 million. Sassuolo also acquired 50% registration of

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from Sampdoria for €2.5 million, which another half of Zaza was acquired by

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from Sampdoria.

Bologna (loan)

In January 2015 Sampdoria sold forwards Sansone and Manolo Gabbiadini to

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and

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respectively. Sansone only managed to play 4 games in

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. At Bologna Sansone took no.11 from departing

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Bari (loan)

On 15 July 2015 he was signed by Bari.

Novara

On 13 July 2016 he was signed by Serie B club

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. He spent seasons with the Piedmontese club. However, he only played twice in 2018–19 Serie C. On 31 January 2019, he terminated the contract in a mutual consent.

Neftchi

On 2 February 2019, he signed with the

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i club Neftchi Baku under the management of Italian coach

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. On 12 June, Neftchi released Sansone from his contract by mutual consent.

Serie D

On 11 October 2019 he joined

club Audace Cerignola. On 25 September 2021, he moved to

Honours

;Pescina Valle del Giovenco *

: 2006–07 ;Gallipoli *

: 2008–09

References

External links

Football.it Profile
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La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile
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