Raffaele Schiavi (born 15 March 1986) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for Maltese club

Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed "tax-Xelin" ( of the shilling), is a professional Maltese football club. It is the most successful team in Malta and hails from the seaside town of Sliema. It currently plays in the Maltese Premier Leag ...

Biography

Schiavi's first club was

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...

, but he only played eight times before joining

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

in 2005. He had to wait for a chance in the first team however, and had a loan spell at

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

where he made four appearances. He joined the

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team Vicenza Calcio in 2010, in a loan with option to purchase deal. He was a first team regular for Vicenza in the 2010–11 campaign, making 38 appearances with 3 goals. In June 2011 Vicenza signed him outright, for €750,000. Co-currently Lecce signed the remain 50% registration of

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for €750,000. On 16 July 2011, Schiavi joined the

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side

Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

in 5-year contract, also for €750,000 (€600,000 cash plus

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). He was loaned to

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on the same day. On 10 July 2014 Schiavi was signed by Serie B club

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

in 2-year contract for free. On 19 January 2015 he was sold to

Calcio Catania Catania S.S.D., commonly known as Catania, is an Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in . Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the club boasts 17 appearances in the ...

for €200,000.Frosinone Calcio S.r.l. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015
PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
(in Italian) On 6 August 2015 he was signed by

in a 3-year contract. On 2 August 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

. On 12 August 2021, he joined Paganese on a one-year deal. On 29 December 2021, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. On 18 January 2022, he moved to

in Malta.

Personal life

His cousin Pio Schiavi is also a footballer. On 26 August 2020 he tested positive for

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1986 births Living people People from Cava de' Tirreni Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno Italian footballers Association football defenders U.S. Salernitana 1919 players U.S. Lecce players Brescia Calcio players L.R. Vicenza players Parma Calcio 1913 players Calcio Padova players Spezia Calcio players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Frosinone Calcio players Catania S.S.D. players Cosenza Calcio players Paganese Calcio 1926 players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Serie B players Serie A players Serie C players Italian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Malta Italian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Footballers from Campania {{Italy-footy-defender-1980s-stub