Giuseppe Cardone (born 3 March 1974) is a retired Italian footballer who played more than 300 games as a defender for a number of clubs in the Italian league.

Career

Born in Pavia, Cardone played youth football with Lombardy top-flight club

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. He was named in the first team squad for the

1992–93 Serie A In 1992–93, the Serie A title was retained by Milan, who finished four points ahead of Internazionale. Third placed Parma enjoyed European glory in the European Cup Winners Cup, while unfancied Cagliari crept into the UEFA Cup qualification pl ...

season as a reserve, but did not play any senior games for the club. He was loaned out in turn to

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(in

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) and then

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(in

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

), Lucchese (in

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). In 1996, he was sold to fellow Serie A club

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in co-ownership deal. He returned to A.C. Milan in June 1997 for reported 2 billion

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, and played 19 games for the club in the

1997–98 Serie A The 1997–98 Serie A saw Juventus win their 25th national title, with Internazionale placing second; both teams qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Udinese, Roma, Fiorentina, Parma qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. Lazio qualif ...

season. He did not play any games as Milan won the

1998–99 Serie A The 1998–99 Serie A saw A.C. Milan, Milan win their 16th Scudetto, led by coach Alberto Zaccheroni. S.S. Lazio, Lazio finished second, losing the title on the last day. Inter Milan, Internazionale, with an often injured or rested Ronaldo (Brazil ...

championship, and moved to Serie A club

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. Milan signed Federico Giunti and sold Cardone to Parma. In

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he was loaned to AC Venezia. In summer 2000 Vicenza signed Cardone from Parma for 2,200 million lire (€1,136,205) in another co-ownership deal, in 4-year contract.

Piacenza

When Vicenza were

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following the

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, Cardone moved to newly promoted Serie A club

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, as Piacenza acquired the other half of the registration rights from Parma, for 2,200 million lire (€1,136,205).Vicenza Calcio SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2002
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from Parma, for 3,000 million lire (€1,549,370), as well as

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and

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Parma return

During the

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season, he was re-signed by Parma, at first in temporary deal. In June 2003 Vicenza bought back Cardone and sold him back to Parma in July 2003. Roberto Vitiello also moved to Vicenza as part of the deal. Cardone missed the rest of the season in October 2006 due to serious injury, since then he never played for Parma.

Cesena & Modena

After playing 58 games in five years, Cardone moved to Serie B club

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during the

2007–08 Serie A The 2007–08 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier Italian football, the 76th in a round-robin tournament. It started on 25 August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. Internazionale successfully ...

season. He moved to

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for the

2008–09 Serie B The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 (now Lega P ...

season, and ended his career after that season.

References

External links

Serie A Profile
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