Giuseppe Adriano Di Masi (born 16 July 1981) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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Career

Di Masi started his career at hometown club

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where he became the first choice in 1999–2000 Serie C2 season, after Foggia were relegated from

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Roma

In 2000, he was signed by

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along with team-mate

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and

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. Di Masi signed a 5-year contract and cost Roma 50 million lire (€25,823). He played half the season with Roma's Primavera U20 youth team as one of the keepers along with Matteo Napoli and Simone Paoletti. In January 2000, Di Masi joined Roma's sister club

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(from March 2000 until July 2002) on loan, where he was re-united with Nicodemo. He played as one of the backup goalkeepers to starter

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Reggiana

In July 2001, Di Masi joined Reggiana in co-ownership deal, as part of

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's deal to Roma. (50% registration rights of Di Masi tagged for 2,500 million lire; around €1,291,142, while Wahab tagged for 3,000 million lire; €1,549,371) From November to February he was the first choice ahead of

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; however, Bettoni was later restored as the club's first choice keeper. In the 2002–03 season, Di Masi was the backup of

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and Luca Mondini. In January 2003, he left for Serie C1 side

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Lega Pro

In June 2003, Reggiana bought the remaining 50% registration rights for Di Masi from Roma for free, but sent him to

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of Serie C1. He then played as first choice for Serie C1 club Sangiovannese, then for Serie C2/

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sides Igea Virtus and

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 belong ...

. In the

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season, the division newcomer signed Andrea Tesoniero as first choice and Renato Dossena as backup keeper, which made Di Masi the team's third choice keeper. In October, he became the team's first choice keeper in the league once again, due to Tesoniero's injury. He also played twice in

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. In January 2011 the team signed a new keeper Ugo Gabrieli. Di Masi was released on 30 June 2011. In October 2011 Di Masi joined Serie D club

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. In July 2012 Di Masi returned to professional football with

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, as the backup of

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References

External links

Profile at Barletta

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Masi, Giuseppe 1981 births Sportspeople from Foggia Living people Italian footballers Association football goalkeepers Calcio Foggia 1920 players A.S. Roma players Palermo F.C. players A.C. Reggiana 1919 players Pisa S.C. players A.S.D. Sangiovannese 1927 players A.S.D. Barletta 1922 players U.S. Avellino 1912 players S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Footballers from Apulia