Gianluca Zanetti (born 2 July 1977) is an Italian former

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who played as a defender. Throughout his career, he played over 200 matches in the

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, the third-highest level of Italian football.

Career

Born in Forlimpopoli, the Province of Forlì-Cesena, Zanetti started his career at

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

. He then left for Serie B side

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

. In January 1998, he was signed by AC Milan but played nil match. In 1998–99 season, he returned to Monza on loan. In the next season, he played at Serie C2 side

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

. In 2000–01 season, he left for

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on loan. But in October 2000, he swapped club with Alessio Sarti but immediate left for Serie C1 side Castel di Sangro, where he regularly picked up by the coach. In January 2002 he left for Serie C1 side

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

, where he won promotion playoffs in 2003. In 2003–04 season, he left for Serie C1 side

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but failed to play regularly.

Sambenedettese

In 2004, he was transferred to Sambenedettese but faced a knee injury. In April 2005, he was offered a new 2-year contract with Sambenedettese. In October 2005 he returned from injury and played his first match of the season. He was the regular of the team, and became the team captain. After the resignation of the coach, he worked with teammate Gianluca Colonnello, who also worked as caretaker manager to manager the team.

Foggia

In next season he left for Serie C1 side

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, signed a 1-year contract. He was ruled out from squad by injury in March 2007. In July 2007, he left for Serie C1 side Lucchese. In January 2008, he returned to Foggia on loan. In July 2008 he deal became permanent after the bankrupt of Lucchese. He played regularly for Foggina including the two promotion playoffs, which lost to

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

Bassano

In July 2009, Zanetti left for

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side Bassano, signed a 2-year contract. He missed the whole October due to injury and again in February for another injury. In July 2011 he was signed by Rimini.

References

External links

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Profile at AIC.Football.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zanetti, Gianluca 1977 births Living people People from Forlimpopoli Italian men's footballers Serie B players AC Cesena players AC Monza players AC Milan players US Cremonese players US Livorno 1915 players Parma Calcio 1913 players Delfino Pescara 1936 players US Sambenedettese players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Lucchese 1905 players Bassano Virtus 55 ST players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players Rimini FC 1912 players Men's association football defenders Footballers from the Province of Forlì-Cesena