Massimiliano Ammendola (born 15 May 1990) is a retired

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who played as a

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for Puteolana.

Career

Ammendola started his career at

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. At the start of the 2009-10 season, he was loaned out for the entire season to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione team

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. He would return to

at the start of the 2010-11 season, but was loaned out again, this time to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione team Aversa Normanna. Ammendola returned to

in January 2011. He made his first appearance for the senior

squad on 21 April 2012 against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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. On 9 August 2012, Ammendola joined

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n team

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. He made his

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debut on 26 August, in a 3–0 loss to

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. On 22 September, Ammendola scored the only goal in a victory over

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. On 11 December, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. Ammendola earned 10 appearances in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group.After a year in Paraguay,

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, with

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, where he played 14 appearances and scored, only, one goal, the contract at the end of June 2014 is not renewed and is currently a free transfer. Now trains in Pollena Trocchia (NA), and is followed by the agency AmSport. In 2015 decided to retire after which he remained without club for more than a year without any offers

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Massimiliano Ammendola
at Footballdatabase 1990 births Living people Italian footballers S.S.C. Napoli players FC Botev Vratsa players Italian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Serie A players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Club Sol de América footballers Expatriate footballers in Paraguay Association football midfielders S.F. Aversa Normanna players {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub