Paolo Guastalvino (born 23 June 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Guastalvino started his career at hometown club

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...

. in 1998 he joined

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...

Vicenza

In summer 2001 Guastalvino was signed by

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

for undisclosed fee along with Andrea Staffolani (1.5 billion lire) but re-sold to

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 thr ...

in co-ownership deal for 2.5 billion lire (€1,291,142).Parma AC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 Guastalvino played 28 games in

2001–02 Serie B The 2001–02 Serie B is the 70th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Modena, Palermo, Como and Messina had been promoted from Serie C, while Reggina, Vicenza, Napoli and Bari had bee ...

. Guastalvino was signed by Vicenza outright in June 2002 for undisclosed fee and Parma signed half of

Christian Maggio Christian Maggio (; born 11 February 1982) is an Italian former footballer who played as a right-back, as a wing-back, or as a right winger. A dynamic and hard-working offensive full-back, prior to joining Napoli in 2008, Maggio played for It ...

for 4 billion lire (€2,065,827). However, in the next 3 seasons he played a total of 29 games only.

Lega Pro clubs

Guastalvino left Vicenza in 2005. He played for

Sambenedettese A.S. Sambenedettese S.r.l. is an Italian association football club, based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche. Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie D. History Foundation The club was founded in 1923 as ''U.S. Sambenedettese''. In 195 ...

and Benevento respectively in 2005–06 season. In August 2006 he settled in Foligno. The club won

2006–07 Serie C2 The 2006–07 Serie C2 was the football (soccer) league season of Italian Serie C2 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007 and the playoff phase. Once the regu ...

group B and finished last in 2007 Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione. He played for the club in Italian third division for 3 seasons, all secured the seat for the next season.

Serie D clubs

In the summer of 2010 he moved down 2 divisions to

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 ...

club

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for the

2010–11 Serie D The 2010–11 Serie D was the sixty-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It originally consisted of 166 teams, with two divisions alloca ...

season,Fullsoccer statistics
located in his home province – the province of Perugia.

Honours

;Foligno * Serie C2: 2006–07

References

External links

Serie B profile (data by Panini Digital)
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