Benito Nicolas Viola (born 12 October 1989) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

. He is the older brother of fellow footballer

Alessio Viola Alessio Pasquale Viola (born 26 December 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Viola made his Serie A debut for Reggina on 31 May 2009 in a game against Siena when he came on as a substitute in the 69th minu ...

Career

Reggina

Viola was born in

Oppido Mamertina Oppido Mamertina ( el, label=Calabrian Greek, script=Latn, Oppidù, ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Reggio Calabria in Calabria in southern Italy at about northeast of Reggio Calabria and about southwest of Catanzaro. It is the se ...

, in the same

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of Reggina Calcio. Viola made his Serie A debut for

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are nic ...

on 11 January 2009 against

S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio (; ; ''Lazio Sport Club''), commonly referred to as Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activity. The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent ...

. He also played twice at

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Palermo

On 30 January 2012,

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

announced to have purchased Viola from Reggina in a co-ownership agreement with the club, for €1.8 million in a -year contract. The player would stay on loan at Reggina until the end of the

2011–12 Serie B The 2011–12 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) was the eightieth season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams will contest the league: 15 of which returning from the 2010–11 season, four of which promo ...

season.

Ternana

On 1 July 2013,

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...

acquired Viola from Reggina, with Palermo retained the 50% registration rights. In June 2015 the co-ownership deal expired, as Ternana did not purchase him from Palermo. However, Palermo also released Viola for free.

Novara

On 2 August 2015, Viola was signed by

Novara Calcio Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. The club was founded in 2021 by the Novara, City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional s ...

Benevento

On 31 January 2017, Viola was signed by

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

in a -year contract.

Bologna

On 20 October 2021, he signed with

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 ...

Cagliari

On 2 July 2022, Viola joined

on a two-year contract.

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta 2008-09
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Profile at Reggina
* 1989 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers LFA Reggio Calabria players Palermo FC players Ternana Calcio players Novara FC players Benevento Calcio players Bologna FC 1909 players Cagliari Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub