Manuel Benetti (born 27 January 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie D club Sarego.

Career

Early career

Benetti started his professional career at Vicenza Calcio. After he spent one season on loan at San Marino Calcio, he was signed by

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 co-ownership deal. He played 50 games for Monza, but also suspended six times.

Sassuolo

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

signed Benetti and team-mates

Marco Piccioni Marco Piccioni (born 25 January 1976) is an Italian association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Early spells in Lega Pro Born in Rome, Lazio, Piccioni started his career at hometown club S.S. Lazio. After graduating from ...

, Filippo Pensalfini from

in 2004, and Vicenza retained 50% registration rights of Benetti. Sassuolo also signed

Fabrizio Anselmi Fabrizio Anselmi (born 11 May 1978) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of ASD Tor Sapienza. He spent most of his career in Italian Lega Pro. Career Born in Rome, Lazio, Anselmi is a yo ...

Nicolò Consolini Nicolò Consolini (born 22 December 1984) is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender. Consolini spent entire career in Emilia–Romagna region and was one of the longest serving players for Sassuolo in the club's history. Career ...

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and Edevaldo Grimaldi, made the defensive line highly competitive. Anselmi, Consolini, Girelli, Grimaldi and Piccioni were the key player that the team promoted. In 2004–05 Serie C2, Benetti just played 22 times (18 starts), but also played once in the return leg of the promotion playoffs. He was substituted by Consolini (who also played in the first leg). In June 2005 Vicenza gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Benetti. Benetti only made 13 starts (in 19 appearances) in

2005–06 Serie C2 The 2005–06 Serie C2 was the football league season of Italian Serie C2 for the years 2005 and 2006. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from August 28, 2005 to May 7, 2006, and the playoff phase. Once the regular seaso ...

. He missed the first 12 round of the season. Benetti did not play any game in the playoffs. That season the team promoted as the playoffs winner. In

2006–07 Serie C1 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff pha ...

, Benetti made 18 starts (in 28 appearances). Coach

Gian Marco Remondina Gian is a masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Gianni and is likewise used as a diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John. In Italian, any name including Giovanni can be contracted to Gian, particularly in combination with othe ...

used Benetti and Piccioni as centre-backs in the 2007 playoffs, losing to former club Monza. In his 3 seasons with Sassuolo, Benetti was suspended 4 times. (2004–05, once) (2005–06, twice, in rescheduled round 21 and round 27), (2006–07, once)

Treviso

In July 2007 he was signed by Serie B club Treviso. Half of the registration rights was subsequently sold to Serie C2 club Bassano, which also located in Veneto. However, he only played 8 times for Bassano. In January 2008, he was swapped with Mario Stancanelli of Sassuolo. However Benetti only played 8 more times for the

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club. Benetti also suspended once. (He collected 3 yellow cards with Sassuolo and once with Bassano.) The team won

2007–08 Serie C1 The 2007–08 Serie C1 season was the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from ...

group stage and promoted directly. Coach Massimiliano Allegri used

Francesco Magnanelli Francesco Magnanelli (born 12 November 1984) is an Italian former professional football midfielder. He is currently the all-time record appearance holder for Sassuolo. Career Throughout his club career, Magnanelli has played for several Italian ...

and Consolini in Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione, winning Salernitana to become the grand champion of the third division. In June 2008 Treviso bought back Benetti from Bassano. However, he did not have a shirt number and was released in June 2009 after the club bankrupted.

Serie D

Benetti was signed by Sarego of Eccellenza Veneto ca. 2010 (or 2009?). The team was located in the province of Vicenza. He followed the team promoted to

2011–12 Serie D The 2011–12 Serie D was the sixty-fourth edition of the top level Italian non-professional Association football, football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It consisted of 168 teams divided into s ...

Honours

;Sassuolo * Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione: 2008 * Lega Pro Prima Divisione: 2007–08

References

External links

Football.it Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benetti, Manuel Italian men's footballers LR Vicenza players ASD Victor San Marino players AC Monza players US Sassuolo Calcio players Bassano Virtus 55 ST players Treviso FBC 1993 players Men's association football defenders 1981 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)