Massimiliano Zazzetta (born 10 October 1979) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. 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 ...

or defender.

Career

Juventus

Born in

San Benedetto del Tronto San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and ''comune'' in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli P ...

, Marche, Zazzetta started his professional career at Piedmontese club Juventus F.C. After spending 1998–99 Serie C2 season at

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

, he was sold to

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

in co-ownership deal for 250 million lire. (€129,114) After only one appearance, Zazzetta returned to Turin for 150 million lire,Calcio Como SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2000
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/ref> Juventus paid Como via the sale of Manuel Sinato (150 million lire) and Luca Pellegrini (100 million lire; who returned to Juve in June 2001). Zazzetta signed a new 4-year contract with ''The Old Lady''. He spent 3 seasons in Serie C2 with 3 different clubs. The club got €10,000 from

Teramo Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines (Gran Sasso d'Italia) ...

, but unable to cover the amortization cost of about €51,646 a season. In summer 2003 Zazzetta was released by Juventus, and the club write-down the residual contract value of Zazzetta, for about €51,000 ��51,646 = (250+150 million lire) over 4, 1 euro = 1936.27 lire

Viterbese

Zazzetta spent 5 seasons with

Viterbese The Viterbese or it, Asino Viterbese, italic=no is a breed of donkey from Lazio in central Italy. It is particularly associated with the town and province of Viterbo from which it takes its name, and with the Monti della Tolfa and the town ...

. The club bankrupted in 2008.

San Marino

Zazzetta joined Sammarinese club

San Marino Calcio Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Victor San Marino, better known as Victor San Marino, is a San Marino, Sammarinese professional association football club based in the city of Acquaviva, San Marino, Acquaviva, that competes in the Eccellenz ...

in March 2009. He made 5 appearances in Italian

2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-first football (soccer) league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the first since the renaming from Serie C2 to Lega Pro. It was divid ...

. Zazzetta also played 1 of the 2 relegation "play-out" for the club, which the team winning

Poggibonsi Poggibonsi is a town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located on the river Elsa and is the main centre of the Valdelsa Valley. History The area around Poggibonsi was already settled in the Neolithic age, although the firs ...

Sambenedettese

At the start of 2009–10 season Zazzetta returned to hometown club Sambenedettese. Zazzetta scored 4 times in 33 appearances in Eccellenza Marche. The club was the winner and promoted. In

2010–11 Serie D The 2010–11 Serie D was the sixty-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It originally consisted of 166 teams, with two divisions allocat ...

Zazzetta played 27 times and scored once. Zazzetta renewed his contract in June 2011.

References

External links

FIGC

Sambenedettese Profile
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