Rodrigue Boisfer (born 24 January 1981) is a French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, 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 ...

team

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. ...

Career

Genoa

Born in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, Boisfer started his career at Monegasque club

AS Monaco FC Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Fre ...

. He then left for Italian ''

'' club

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

. He made his ''Serie B'' debut on 5 Match 1999, replacing

Alessandro Manetti Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

in the second half. After not playing in

2004–05 Serie B The 2004–05 Serie B is the 73rd season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Arezzo, Catanzaro, Cesena and Crotone had been promoted from Serie C, while Perugia, Modena, and Empoli had been ...

, in January 2005 he left for

Venezia Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islan ...

false accounting scandal

He also sold to

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 fo ...

along with

Valon Behrami Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Behrami was capped 83 times at international level by the Switzerland national team, playing at four FIFA World Cups, UEFA Euro 2008 and UE ...

in exchanged with

Mohammed Gargo Mohammed Gargo (born 19 June 1975) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Club Torino Gargo's performances at the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship brought him to the notice of European clubs' sc ...

and

Vittorio Micolucci Vittorio Micolucci (born 14 August 1983) is an Italian former professional footballer who last played as a defender. He made his Serie A debut on 14 January 2001 against S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio (; ; ''Lazio Sport Club''), co ...

, all in co-ownership deal in January 2004. In June, except Micolucci, all players returned to/signed outright by Genoa. Despite a player exchange, it made both club had a profit but in terms of the asset value of the new signing, as the players (such as youth products) now had a high nominal asset value on the account. After June transactions, Genoa still made a paper "profit" but the flopped contract value of the player, made Genoa had to amortize in the future, effectively borrowed future revenue to 2003–04 account, It called "''plusvalenze fittizie''" by Italian. In 2008 Geona was fined €400,000 for inflating youth players transfers and accused for other false accounting.

Lega Pro loans

Genoa failed to find a club to buy Boisfer outright for the price equal to or higher than the accounting value (over €4 million), his contract was extended and left on loan to ''

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

'' in the next few seasons. Genoa also hit by ''Caso'' Genoa which saw Genoa from Serie B champion in 2005 to relegated to ''Serie C1'' for manipulate the result of Venezia–Genoa in

, where Boisfer spent months. In

2005–06 Serie C1 The 2005–06 Serie C1 was the twenty-eighth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 28 August 2005 to 7 May 2006, and the playoff phase ...

, he left for

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 part o ...

along with Patrice Feussi and Antonio Ghomsi. In

2006–07 Serie C1 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff pha ...

he played for Sangiovannese. In

2007–08 Serie C1 The 2007–08 Serie C1 season was the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from ...

he left for

Pro Sesto Pro Sesto 1913 S.r.l. (formerly ''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Nuova Pro Sesto'' and initially ''Associazione Calcio Pro Sesto'') is an association football club, based in Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy. Pro Sesto currently plays ...

along with

Paolo Facchinetti Paolo Facchinetti (born 6 March 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Born in Calcinate, the Province of Bergamo, Facchinetti started his career with hometown club Atalanta. He graduated from the ''Primavera'' un ...

. He remained in Pro Sesto in

2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season is the thirty-first since its renaming to Serie C1 in 1978, and the first edition since the renaming from Serie C1 to Lega Pro. It was divided into two phases: the regular season In an organized s ...

and in

2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into tw ...

left on loan to

. Despite Boisfer was left on loan, it still costed Geona €391,111 in 2009 financial year as amortization and had a residual value of €782,2222 on 30 June 2009. He had a contract until 30 June 2011.

Gubbio

In 2009, he left for

along with

Eugenio Lamanna Eugenio Lamanna (born 7 August 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Monza. Career Gubbio In the 2010–11 season Lamanna suffered an injury that ruled him out for an entire month. Bari (loan) In summe ...

, winning the promotion play-off to ''Prima Divisione''. In the next season Gubbio signed Antonio Caracciolo and later

Silvano Raggio Garibaldi Silvano Raggio Garibaldi (born 27 April 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Sestri Levante. Born in Chiavari, he has represented Italy at Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 levels. Club career Raggio Garibaldi made hi ...

from Genoa, Boisfer himself also joined Gubbio for €15,000 on 11 August 2010. He won the promotion again as

2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It will be divided into two ...

Group A champion. In July 2011 he renewed his contract with Gubbio. On 16 January 2012 Boisfer extended his contract again to 30 June 2013.

Honours

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978� ...

: 2011

References

External links

Football.it Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boisfer, Rodrigue French men's footballers Serie B players AS Monaco FC players Genoa CFC players Venezia FC players AC Perugia Calcio players ASD Sangiovannese 1927 players Pro Sesto 1913 players AS Gubbio 1910 players Men's association football midfielders French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Italy French people of Guadeloupean descent French people of Martiniquais descent Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Footballers from Marseille 1981 births Living people