Giuseppe Caccavallo (born 11 April 1987) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club Nocerina.

Career

Lecce

Born in

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, Campania, Caccavallo started his career with

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie 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 season. It had been ...

club Lecce. He made his Serie B debut on 11 November 2006, replaced

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in the 77th minute. He made his first start on round 17 (19 December 2006), partnered with Alessandro Tulli and Pablo Daniel Osvaldo. He also scored the opening goal for the team on that match. Eventually Lecce winning

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2–0. He scored his second goal in the last round (round 42, 10 June 2007), which he partnered with Simone Tiribocchi and the team winning the bottom team

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4–1.

Lega Pro clubs

In 2007, he left for Serie C1 side

Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ...

. In January 2008, he left for fellow Serie C1/B side Martina. He scored 2 league goals for the team. Martina finished as the bottom team and relegated. In 2008, he left for

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side

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. In January 2009, he left for Seconda Divisione club Celano along with Lecce teammate Stefano Mandorino. In July 2009, he left for Prima Divisione side Cosenza in a co-ownership deal along with Lecce teammate Ugo Gabrieli who went on loan. In January 2010, Lecce bought him back and re-sold him to Valle del Giovenco in a new co-ownership deal. VdG also signed Stefano Dall'Acqua and former Celano teammate Maikol Negro that transfer window, made Caccavallo a backup player, only played 3 starts out of 7 appearances. Circa summer 2010 Lecce bought back Caccavallo . In August 2010, he was loaned to Prima Divisione club

Barletta Barletta () is a city, '' comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory be ...

in temporary deal. Caccavallo made his league debut for Barletta on round 1 (22 August 2010), replaced striker Daniele Simoncelli at the start of second half (433 formation). He scored his first goal in round 4 (12 September), also his second appearance. He replaced

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in the second half. In the next round (19 September), he made his first start for Barletta, partnered with new signing Massimo Margiotta and Bellomo in 4321 formation. Coach Arcangelo Sciannimanico putted the original starter Paolo Carbonaro and

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on the bench.

Crotone

In July 2011, he joined the

side Crotone. In his maiden Serie season, Caccavallo played 8 times. On 31 August 2012 Caccavallo left for

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of the third division.

Parma

In July 2013 Parma acquired half of the registration rights of Caccavallo. Crotone acquired

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in exchange (later replaced by Prestia). Caccavallo remained in Gubbio in another temporary deal. In June 2014 Parma acquired Caccavallo outright, as well as bought back Prestia. On 22 July 2014, he was signed by Paganese in temporary deal, along with Bussi, Deli and Tartaglia. On 23 January 2015 Caccavallo left for

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Return to Paganese

After released by Parma, Caccavallo re-joined Paganese.

Salernitana

On 5 July 2016, he was signed by

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in a three-year contract

Venezia

In January 2017 he moved to

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team that plays in the

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

, coached by Filippo Inzaghi, which aims to jump in class.

Carrarese

Following a very successful loan in the 2018–19 season at

Carrarese Carrarese Calcio 1908, commonly referred to as Carrarese, is an Italian football club based in Carrara, Tuscany. It currently plays in Serie C, having last been in Serie B in 1948. History The club was founded in 1908. In the season 2010–1 ...

, he moved there on a permanent basis on 13 August 2019.

Siena

On 25 August 2021 he signed a two-years contract for

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Gelbison

On 21 August 2022, Caccavallo moved to

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, newly promoted to

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

References

External links

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Football.it Profile

Lega Calcio Profile

La Gazzetta dello Sport (2006–07 season)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caccavallo, Giuseppe 1987 births Living people Footballers from Naples Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players Lega Pro Seconda Divisione players US Lecce players Taranto FC 1927 players ASD Martina Calcio 1947 players ASD Sorrento players Cosenza Calcio players ASD Barletta 1922 players US Pergolettese 1932 players FC Crotone players AS Gubbio 1910 players Parma Calcio 1913 players Paganese Calcio 1926 players Casertana FC players US Salernitana 1919 players Venezia FC players Catania FC players Carrarese Calcio players ACR Siena 1904 players ASD Nocerina 1910 players Gelbison Cilento Vallo della Lucania players