Roberto Guana (born 21 January 1981) is an Italian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Roberto started his career at Brescia Calcio. He played his first Serie A match on 4 February 2001 against

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. In March 2005 Guana and Daniele Adani announced they would leave the club after receiving threats by Brescia fans. Both players successively joined newly promoted Serie A side

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, with whom Guana appeared in a total 30 games. His good appearances with Ascoli led Palermo to acquire the player in May 2006, for €3.5 million, as one of the first signings of the new season for the Sicilians, along with Francesco Parravicini and Alberto Fontana. He regularly featured in the starting lineup in his first two seasons, then being featured much less regularly under new head coach

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. In July 2009, he was loaned to

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. along with teammate Andrea Raggi. He returned to Palermo at the end of the season, only to leave the Sicilians on August in order to join

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on another loan deal. In July 2011 he agreed a permanent move to fellow Serie A club

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. After Cesena's relegation, Guana was transferred to Chievo in exchange for Manuel Iori.

International career

Guana played his only game for Italy U21 on 20 August 2002. He was also called up as part of the provisional squad of

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Coaching career

In August 2019 Guana joined his former Ascoli teammate Massimo Paci's coaching staff at

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club

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. In August 2020 Guana followed Paci at

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club

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. He successively followed Paci also at

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club Pordenone from July to August 2021, and

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from 1 July 2022 to 20 February 2023.

References

External links

Profile at FIGC
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guana, Roberto Living people 1981 births Footballers from Brescia Association football midfielders Italian footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Brescia Calcio players Cagliari Calcio players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players Palermo F.C. players Bologna F.C. 1909 players A.C. ChievoVerona players A.C. Cesena players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Serie A players Serie B players