Paolo Domenico Acerbis (born 5 May 1981) is an Italian footballer, who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and A ...

club S.S.D. Mapello. He also played for professional club Livorno in

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...

, as well as AlbinoLeffe,

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, Catania and

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. He was suspended from 2012 to 2014. Since January 2015 Acerbis had played for several non fully professional clubs in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

and in

Eccellenza Lombardy Eccellenza Lombardy ( it, Eccellenza Lombardia) is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lombardy, Italy. It is competed amongst 48 teams, in three groups (A, B and C). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club ...

Career

After playing at AlbinoLeffe, from 2000 to 2005, he went on loan to Livorno, exchange with Paolo Ginestra then, in the

, before returning to AlbinoLeffe at the end of the 2005–06 Serie A season. He is the first choice goalkeeper since 2002. In January 2008, he left AlbinoLeffe, for

, to replace the left of

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who went to Catania in

on loan as the third choice goal keeper. In mid-2008 Acerbis joined

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

side

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, from Triestina. In

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, Acerbis was the starting goalkeeper for the first part of the year before his January 2009 transfer to Catania. On 3 January 2009 Acerbis signed for

club Catania on loan, with Ciro Polito going to opposite direction. Both clubs would have the option to make the deals permanent at the end of the season. Acerbis became the third choice keeper at Catania behind veteran Albano Bizarri, and twenty-two-year-old Tomáš Košický. On 31 August 2010 Acerbis was signed by

on a 2-year contract for €50,000 transfer fee. He was the backup keeper for

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(2010–11) and

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(2012).

Italian football scandal

He was one of the footballers that involved in 2011–12 Italian football scandal. After a plea bargain, he was suspended by Italian Football Federation for years.

Non-professional years

Acerbis returned to football in January 2015, for

, a division one tier lower than the fully professional league, the

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

. He left

Seregno Seregno (; lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Seregn ) is a town and ''comune'' of the new Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region of Lombardy. Seregno received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 26 January 1979. It is se ...

in June 2016. In October 2016, he was signed by

club Trevigliese. In mid-2018 he left for another Eccellenza club

Tritium Tritium ( or , ) or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life about 12 years. The nucleus of tritium (t, sometimes called a ''triton'') contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of ...

, which he won a Serie D promotion at the end of season.

Giana Erminio

On 30 January 2020, he returned to

, signing with Giana Erminio.

Mapello

For the 2021-22 season, he joined to

club S.S.D. Mapello.

References

External links

Acerbis' profile at LivornoCalcio.itPlayer profile – RAI sport

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Acerbis, Paolo 1981 births Living people People from Clusone Italian footballers Association football goalkeepers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players U.S. Livorno 1915 players U.C. AlbinoLeffe players U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players Catania S.S.D. players F.C. Grosseto S.S.D. players Virtus Bergamo Alzano Seriate 1909 players L.R. Vicenza players Tritium Calcio 1908 players A.S. Giana Erminio players Sportspeople from the Province of Bergamo Footballers from Lombardy