Raffaele Bianco (born 25 August 1987) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club Audace Cerignola.

Career

Juventus

A product of the

Juventus F.C. Youth Sector Juventus Football Club Youth Sector ( it, Settore giovanile della Juventus Football Club) is the youth system of Italian football club Juventus. The Youth Sector is made up of various squads divided by age groups. Most of the squads train at ...

, Bianco was one of several academy youngsters called up to the Juventus first team for their season in

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, in the aftermath of Calciopoli. On 14 April 2007, he made his first team and league debut, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Raffaele Palladino in a 1–3 away victory over

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at the Stadio Via del Mare. He managed 4 appearances in Serie B and scored his first goal in the last matchday, a 3–2 loss to

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2007–08 season: Loan to Piacenza

After Juventus were promoted back to

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for the 2007–08 season, Bianco was loaned to

club

Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Calcio 1919, commonly referred to as Piacenza, is an Italian football club based in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. The club currently plays in Serie C. Re-founded in 2012, Piacenza Calcio 1919 acquired the rights to use the brand of the ori ...

on a season-long loan deal, to gain first team experience. On 18 August, Bianco made his debut for Piacenza in a 2–1 away win over

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in the second round of

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

, he played the entire match. On 29 August he played in the third round in a 3–2 away defeat against Reggiana. On 22 September, Bianco made his Serie B debut for Piacenza in a 1–0 away defeat against

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, he played the entire match. On 20 October he scored his first goal for Piacenza in the 60th minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Pisa. Bianco ended his loan to Piacenza with 15 appearances and 1 goal.

2008–09 season: Loan to Bari

On 1 July, Bianco was loaned out to

side

A.S. Bari Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as Bari, is an Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. Bari currently plays in the . The team finished the 2021–22 season in first place in Serie C and earned promotion to Serie B for ...

on a season-long loan deal, coached at the time by Juventus legend,

Antonio Conte Antonio Conte (; born 31 July 1969) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Playing as a midfielder, Conte began his career at local club Lecce and later ...

. On 16 August, Bianco made his debut for Bari in a 2–0 home win over Bassano Virtus in the second round of

, he played the entire match. On 23 August he played in the third round in a 1–0 away defeat against

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. On 7 September he made his Serie B debut for Bari as a substitute replacing Emanuel Rivas in the 73rd minute of a 0–0 away draw against

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. On 20 September, Bianco played his first entire match in Serie B for Bari, a 2–1 away win over

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. Bianco ended his season-long loan to Bari with 24 appearances and 1 assist. At the end of the season Bianco helped Bari win the Serie B championship.

2009–10 season: Loan to Modena

On 30 June, Bianco returned to Juventus but was immediately loaned out to

club

Modena F.C. Modena Football Club 2018, commonly referred to as Modena, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1912, and refounded in 2018, and had spent the majority of its existence playing i ...

on a season-long loan deal. On 9 August, Bianco made his debut for Modena in a 4–2 defeat at penalties after a 2–2 home draw against Novara, he was replaced by Mattia Spezzani in the 78th minute. On 29 August, Bianco made his Serie B debut for Modena in a 2–1 home defeat against

, he played the entire match. Bianco ended his season-long loan to Modena with 33 appearances, including 26 as a starter.

2010–11 season: Loan to Benevento

Following a return to Juventus once more in July 2010, Bianco was not called up to the pre-season training camp under new coach

Luigi Delneri Luigi Delneri (born 23 August 1950), often incorrectly written as Del Neri, is an Italian football manager and a former player. After a playing career as a midfielder including for several Serie A clubs, he began managing in the lower leagues, a ...

and Bianco was sent out on loan to

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 ...

side Benevento Calcio on 22 July, though he also signed a new 3-year contract with Juventus lasting until 30 June 2013. On 5 September, Bianco made his Serie C debut for Benevento in a 1–1 home draw against Nocerina, he played the entire match. He made 26 appearances for the club, including 24 as a starter, and on 23 June, Bianco was hired back permanently by Juventus after Benevento announced that they did not wish to sign him outright.

Spezia

2011–12 season

On 7 July 2011 he moved to

in co-ownership deal. On 14 August 2011, Bianco made his debut for Spezia as a substitute replacing Davide Marchini in the 31st minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Bari in the second round of

. On 4 September, Bianco made his Serie B debut for Spezia in a 0–0 home draw against Andria, he was replaced by Daniele Buzzegoli in the 62nd minute. On 25 September, Bianco played his first entire match for Spezia, a 3–1 away defeat against Siracusa. On 23 October he scored his first goal for

in the 37th minute of a 2–1 away defeat against

Carrarese Carrarese Calcio 1908, commonly referred to as Carrarese, is an Italian football club based in Carrara, Tuscany. It currently plays in Serie C, having last been in Serie B in 1948. History The club was founded in 1908. In the season 2010–1 ...

. Bianco ended this season with 27 matches and scored 1 goal for the Serie C side, helping them gain promotion into

for the 2012-13 season before returning to Juventus on 21 June 2012.

Return to Juventus

2012–13 season: Loan to Carpi

Following his return to Juventus, the player was sent on loan to Carpi F.C. in the

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. He transferred on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the move permanent in July 2013. On 2 September, Bianco made his debut in Serie C for Carpi in a 1–0 away win over

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an imp ...

, he played the entire match. On 10 February he was sent off with a double yellow card in the 83rd minute of a 2–0 home defeat against

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. Bianchi played all the matches in the play-off and he helped Carpi to win promotion to Serie B. Bianchi ended his loan to Carpi with 27 appearances, including 26 as a starter. At the end of the season he was suspended for 6 month.

Carpi

2013–14 season

On 16 January, Bianco was signed by

club Carpi on a free transfer and a 1-and-half-year contract. On 25 January, Bianco made his debut in Serie B for Carpi as a substitute replacing

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in the 86th minute of a 2–1 home defeat against

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 ...

. On 1 March, Bianco played his first match as a starter in Serie B for Carpi, a 2–0 away win over

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, he was replaced by Boadu Maxwell Acosty in the 71st minute. On 29 March he played his first entire match in Serie B for Carpi, a 1–0 away defeat against Latina. Bianco ended his first season to Carpi with 15 appearances and 1 assist.

2014–15 season

Bianco started the new season on 17 August in a 2–1 away defeat against Pisa in the second round of

, he was replaced by

Massimiliano Gatto Massimiliano Gatto (born 28 October 1995) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Italian side Como as a striker. Club career Gatto is a youth exponent from Chievo. On 1 August 2014, he joined Serie B side Carpi on a season-long loan ...

in the 83rd minute. On 30 August, Bianco played his first

match of the season, a 1–1 away draw against Livorno, he was replaced by Emanuele Suagher in the 89th minute. On 22 October he scored his first goal for Carpi in the 46th minute of a 2–1 away win over

. On 25 October he played his first entire match of the season, a 5–0 away win over

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

. On 28 October he scored his second goal in the 9th minute of a 3–1 home win over

. On 22 November he was sent off with a double yellow card in the 62nd minute of a 3–3 away draw against

. On 9 March he signed a contract with Carpi until 2018. Bianco helped Carpi to win the Serie B championship and reach to promotion in

. He ended his second season to Carpi with 37 appearances, including 35 as a starter, 2 goals and 4 assists.

2015–16 season

Bianco started this season on 13 September with his debut in

in a 2–2 away draw against Palermo, he was replaced by Andrea Lazzari in the 82nd minute. On 26 September he played his first entire match of the season, a 5–1 away defeat against Roma. On 13 January he played in a 2–1 away defeat against

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in the quarter-finals of

, he was replaced in the 46th minute by

Matteo Mancosu Matteo Mancosu (born 22 December 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward. A right-footed player, although he is usually deployed in the centre as a main striker, he is also capable of playing as a winger on either flank. Club c ...

. On 2 February, Bianco was sent off with a double yellow card 56th minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Napoli. On 13 March he scored his first goal of the season in the 27th minute of a 2–1 home win over

. At the end of the season Carpi was relegated in

and Bianco ended his third season with 27 appearances, 1 goal and 2 assists.

2016–17 season

Bianco played his first match of 2016–17 season on 27 August in a 2–0 away win over

and he scored his first goal of the season in the 68th minute, he was replaced by Matteo Fedele in the 83rd minute. On 9 September he played his first entire match of the season, a 1–0 away defeat against

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. ...

. On 24 September he scored his second goal in the 70th minute of a 2–1 home win over

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. On 5 February, Bianco scored his third goal in the 65th minute of a 2–1 home defeat against

. On 6 May he scored his fourth goal in the 73rd minute of a 2–0 home win over

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. At the end of the season Carpi reached the play-off final but they were defeat by Benevento. Bianco ended his fourth season to Carpi with 40 appearances(33 as a starter), 4 goals and 2 assists.

Perugia

2017–18 season

On 4 August, Bianco was signed by

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 ...

with an undisclosed fee and a 2-year contract. On 6 August he made his debut for Perugia as a substitute replacing

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in the 51st minute of a 2–1 home win over

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. History The city's origins are very ancient. ...

in the second round of

. On 3 September, Bianco made his Serie B debut for Perugia in a 4–2 home win over

, he was replaced by Simone Emmanuello in the 81st minute. On 11 September he played his first entire match for Perugia in Serie B, a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 30 November he scored his first goal for Perugia in the 55th minute of an 8–3 away defeat against

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a ...

, in the fourth round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.

Return to Bari

On 2 September 2019, he re-joined Bari.

Cerignola

On 1 September 2022, Bianco moved to Audace Cerignola.

Honours

Juventus Primavera * Campionato Nazionale Primavera: 2005–06 *

Coppa Nazionale Primavera Torneo delle Regioni is an annual Italian football tournament for amateur teams which represent the Italian regions. It has been played since 1959 and, from 1998, the winner has taken part in the UEFA Regions' Cup. In 2010 it merged with Coppa Naz ...

: 2006–07 * Supercoppa Primavera: 2007 Juventus *

: 2006–07 Bari *

: 2008–09 Spezia *

: 2011–12 Carpi *

: 2014–15 Bari *

: 2021–22 (Group C)

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bianco, Raffaele 1987 births Living people People from Aversa Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Juventus FC players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players SSC Bari players Modena FC 2018 players Benevento Calcio players Spezia Calcio players AC Carpi players AC Perugia Calcio players SS Audace Cerignola players Footballers from the Province of Caserta