Matteo Boccaccini (born 8 February 1993) is an Italian

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who plays as a defender for Flaminia in

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Club career

On 20 July 2012 Boccaccini left the reserve team of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

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Fano Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by popula ...

. in the following season he was signed by Bellaria. On 27 June 2014, few days before the closure of 2013–14 financial year of most clubs, in order to raise paper profit, Boccaccini was swapped with Gianmarco Gerevini of

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

, both valued at €800,000. Boccaccini signed a 3-year contract. Boccaccini failed to play any Serie B games for the Lombard club, which on 1 February 2015 he was sent to Slovenia along with

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, who joined Brescia in 2012 for a flopped €2.4 million price tag at that time. On 1 February 2016 Boccaccini left for Krka in a temporary deal. After Krka, Boccaccini also played for

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional football club, based in Sarajevo ...

from 2016 to 2017 and AS Sasso Marconi from 2017 to 2018. Since the summer of 2018, Boccaccini has been playing for

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Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

. On 26 July 2019, he signed with

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

. After just two games for Rimini, on 2 September 2019 he moved to

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, signing a 2-year contract. On 22 September 2020 he moved to

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Prato Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...

. On 1 February 2021 he returned to

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* * Living people 1993 births Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players AC Bellaria Igea Marina players ND Gorica players NK Krka players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Ravenna FC players Rimini FC 1912 players AC Carpi players AC Prato players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Serie C players Serie D players Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Footballers from Bologna {{Italy-footy-defender-1990s-stub