Mattia Minesso (born 30 March 1990) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Vicenza

Born in Cittadella,

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, Minesso started his career at

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

. Minesso made his Serie B debut on 10 May 2008, replacing winger

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in the second half. In that match, Vicenza won

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2–1. Minesso also played for Vicenza's Primavera under-20 team from 2007 to 2010 after promoted from its Allievi Nazionali under-17 team. Minesso failed to play any game for the first team in

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but also only played 4 times for Primavera that season.

Chievo & Andria

On 24 June 2010, five days before the closure of 2009–10 financial year of " A.C. Chievo-Verona s.r.l." and "

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S.p.A.", Minesso joined

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club Chievo, while Amedeo Benedetti joined the opposite side. Both players were "valued" for €2 million (thus no cash involved). Co-currently both clubs bought back 50% registration rights for €1M as part of co-ownership deal. As youth product usually did not have a value as " intangible asset" (because it was based on historical cost, such as acquire cost, agent fee and training cost), both clubs had a selling profit (but partially offset by

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and created amortize cost in next few years) On 30 June 2010, Chievo had a positive shareholder equity of €687,180, thus no need to recapitalisation (The club did re-capitalised for €250,000 in 2010–11 financial year). However, Minesso was part of the "intangible asset" of Chievo which "worth" €2 million at that time, plus Daniele Rosania "worth" €1 million. Vicenza also swapped players with

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and

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before the closure of the financial year. Minesso did not remain in

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, another city of Veneto. Instead Minesso immediately returned to the city of

(likes

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who already "sold" to Cesena) but Minesso only made 5 league appearances in

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, as number 9 of the team. On 7 January 2011, Minesso joined

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club

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 ...

, re-joining team-mate

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. (Italian third division) Minesso played 14 times in

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, but only 8 starts.

Vicenza return

In June 2011 both Benedetti and Minesso returned to their mother clubs for the same price (50% rights for €1 million). Again, Chievo had a positive equity of €679,516 and player asset of €20,156,304, but composited with players such as Benedetti (€2M) and

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(€3 million, recently joined from

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) On Vicenza side, the club also swapped

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with Cesena before the closure of 2010–11 financial year. As Minesso had a "value" of €2 million in accounting, Vicenza failed to find a new club to buy him (or it may have had to write-down the inflated value). Instead Minesso's loan was renewed on 16 July 2011 After Vicenza relegated, Minesso returned to the club and took part in pre-season. He was confirmed as part of the squad despite Vicenza was re-admitted to

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on 23 August after the expel of

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. He wore no.15 shirt.

Cittadella

On 25 January 2013, Minesso left for another Veneto and Serie B club Cittadella, which Tommaso Bellazzini moved to opposite direction. On 1 July 2013 Cittadella signed Minesso outright.

Bassano

On 6 July 2016, he was signed by

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for an undisclosed fee.

Padova

In June 2018 Minesso was signed by

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club Padova as a

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Pisa

On 14 January 2019, he signed with

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Perugia

On 5 October 2020, he joined

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on loan with a conditional obligation to buy.

Modena

On 9 July 2021, he joined

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on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. He made his debut on 29 August, the first matchday of the domestic season, in a 0–0 draw against Grosseto, coming on as a substitute for

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in the second half. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 September in a 4–0 away win over Fermana. He scored again the following week as Modena lost 2–1 to Virtus Entella at home, to bring his goal tally to 2 in 3 games.

Triestina

On 24 August 2022, Minesso signed a two-year contract with

Honours

Club

Cittadella *

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: 2015–16 Group A Perugia *

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Group B

References

External links

Football.it Profile

Lega Serie B Profile

Andria Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minesso, Mattia 1990 births Living people People from Cittadella Footballers from Veneto Italian footballers Association football wingers Serie B players Serie C players L.R. Vicenza players S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 players A.S. Cittadella players F.C. Südtirol players Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. players Calcio Padova players Pisa S.C. players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Modena F.C. 2018 players U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players Sportspeople from the Province of Padua