Giuseppe Fornito (born 6 September 1994) is an Italian
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for club
Virtus Francavilla.
Club career
Napoli
Coming from the youth ranks of Napoli, he was called to the first team for a match in the Europa League against
PSV Eindhoven
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on December 6, 2012.
Delfino Pescara
In July 2013 Giuseppe Fornito went on loan to
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 ...
becoming the second
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
player in two years to play for the club on loan after the success of
Lorenzo Insigne
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Insigne began his professional career with čelik Niksic in 2009, making his ...
while he was playing there on a loan spell.
Catania
On 31 August 2017, he joined
Catania outright and was given the number 18 shirt.
Rende
On 7 January 2020 he signed with
Rende
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.
Serie D
On 17 September 2020 he moved to
Savoia.
Virtus Francavilla
On 18 July 2023, Fornito joined
Virtus Francavilla.
National team
Giuseppe Fornito has played for the
Italy U16,
Italy U17 and
Italy U19 teams.
References
calciomercato.napoli.itgenerazioneditalenti.forumfree.it
External links
Ficha en la web del SSC Napolicalciomercato.napoli.it*
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1994 births
People from Trebisacce
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Italy men's youth international footballers
SSC Napoli players
Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Cosenza Calcio players
Rimini FC 1912 players
ACR Messina players
SSD FC Trapani 1905 players
Catania FC players
Paganese Calcio 1926 players
US Savoia 1908 players
Giugliano Calcio 1928 players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Footballers from the Province of Cosenza
Gelbison Cilento Vallo della Lucania players