Massimo Lotti (born 7 March 1969) is an Italian footballer who played as a

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. He spent half of his career at

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(ex-Serie C).

Career

Born in

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, halfway between

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, Lazio and

Naples 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 ...

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, Lotti started his senior career at

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side Arzanese, which located at

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, the

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. He then left for another Serie D side

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which located at

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. He won promotion in 1994 and played 2 seasons at Serie C2. In summer 1996, he joined Serie B side

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. In summer 1998, he was signed by Serie B side

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

and played as Fabrizio Lorieri's backup along with Vincenzo Marruocco. Lecce won promotion in June 1999 and the club signed

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as first choice and Lotti worked as backup along with Ivan Aiardi. He played his only match at Serie A on 24 October 1999, a 2-4 loss to

. In summer 2001, he left for Serie C1 side

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, which he shared the starting role with Marco Giannitti and

Alessio Sarti Alessio Sarti (born 8 September 1979) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, and who, as of 2010, is without a club. Career Prato Born in Florence, Tuscany, Sarti started his career at Tuscany club Prato. He then sold to Parma and ...

. In summer 2002, he joined Serie C1 side

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where he was the first choice. In summer 2005, he was signed by newly formed Serie C2

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, which replaced the bankrupted

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. He was the first choice at the first season, played 23 league matches. At the end of season, he was offered a new 2-year contract. In the next season, Venezia signed

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and played as first choice. In 2007-08 season, he shared the first choice role with Aprea and mid-season signing

Enrico Alfonso Enrico Alfonso (born 4 May 1988) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for S.P.A.L., SPAL. Club career Early career Aged only 6 years old, Alfonso began his pla ...

also played 7 times. But in 2008-09 season, Aprea resume as starting keeper. After the bankrupt of SSC Venezia, he remained at

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for newly formed

side Unione Venezia. He retired as a player in 2011, and became goalkeeper coach for Venezia in 2014.

Honours

;Venezia *

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

: 2006

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lotti, Massimo Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players US Lecce players SS Arezzo players Benevento Calcio players Venezia FC players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from the Province of Latina 1969 births Living people