Matteo Bogani (born 2 May 1982) is a former

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. He started his career as a

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but was later also deployed as a

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Career

Born in

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 ...

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

, 45 km north of

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Bogani started his career at

F.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is t ...

. He played with the Primavera U20 youth team during the 2000–01 season, and in September 2001, he was loaned to

Fidelis Andria Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Deg ...

along with teammate Roberto Capetti. Co-currently, he was sold to

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in exchange with

Paolo Ginestra Paolo Ginestra (born 14 February 1979) is an football in Italy, Italian footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He played over 200 games in the Italian lower divisions. Career Ginestra started his career at Serie ...

, which created a "profit" of €3.5million, but the sell of Bogani's profit was in terms of Ginestra's registration rights. Milan and Inter had done the deals to gain false profit in 1999 to 2001, and 2003 (include Bogani's youth team teammate

Marco Varaldi Marco Varaldi (born 21 July 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He spent his whole professional career at Serie C1 and Serie C2. Club career Varaldi started his career at Internazionale. In 2000–01 season, he occasion ...

Salvatore Ferraro Salvatore Ferraro (born 8 September 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Cattolica San Marino. Club career Ferraro started his career at Internazionale. In 2001-2002 he was part of the Nerazzurri youth team, but made hi ...

and

Alessandro Livi Alessandro Livi (born 13 January 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Livi started his career at Internazionale. He played for Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team) at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio. He then left for Fiorenzuo ...

). The two clubs finally fined in 2008. and 5 other clubs were also fined. After spending a season at

Andria Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia ( southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Fogg ...

, he moved to

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 ...

on loan along with Ginestra. In January 2003, he returned to AC Milan and joined

Legnano Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the north-westernmost part of the Metropolitan City of Milan, Province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Le ...

. Since the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, he played for

Tolentino Tolentino is a town and ''comune'' of about 19,000 inhabitants, in the province of Macerata in the Marche region of central Italy. It is located in the middle of the valley of the Chienti. History Signs of the first inhabitants of this favora ...

, where he played 50 league matches in the last seasons.

References

External links

Profile at calciatori.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogani, Matteo Italian men's footballers Fidelis Andria 2018 players Inter Milan players US Sassuolo Calcio players AC Legnano players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Como 1982 births Living people