Salvatore Caturano (born July 3, 1990) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Empoli

He made his debut in the

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on May 13, 2007 for

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in a game against

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when he came on as a substitute for

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in the 80th minute at the age of 16 years, 10 months and 10 days.

Loan to Taranto

After had made his

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debut in a 2–2 home draw against

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, on 1 September 2008 he was loaned to

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side Taranto on a season-long loan deal. On 14 September he made his Serie C debut for Taranto as a substitute replacing

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in the 63rd minute of a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 21 September, Caturano played his first match as a starter and he scored his first professional goal in the 8th minute of a 1–0 away win over ASD Progreditur Marcianise, he was replaced by Tommaso Marolda in the 70th minute, one week later he played his first entire match, a 2–0 away defeat against

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. On 16 November, Caturano scored his second goal, as a substitute, in the 90th minute of a 3–0 home win over

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. On 18 January 2009 he scored twice in a 3-0 home win over Città di Foligno. Caturano ended his loan to Taranto with 28 appearances and 5 goals.

Loan to Viareggio

After had make only 1 appearance for Empoli in the first part of the season in

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, on 1 January 2010, Caturano was signed by Serie C club Viareggio on a 6-month loan deal. On 24 January he made his debut for Viareggio as a substitute replacing Mirko Guadalupi in the 86th minute of a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 31 January, Caturano played his first match as a starter for Viareggio, a 0–0 home draw against

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, he was replaced by Umberto Eusepi in the 65th minute. On 2 May he scored twice in a 2–2 away draw against

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, one week later he played his first entire match for Viareggio, a 2–2 home draw against

. On 23 May he scored his third goal in the 79th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Paganese in the Serie C play-out. Caturano ended his 6-month loan to Viareggio with 12 appearances and 2 goals.

Loan to Ravenna and Andria BAT

On 1 August 2010, Caturano was loaned to

side

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on a 6-month loan deal. On 22 August, Caturano made his Serie C debut as a starter in a 2–1 away win over

, he was replaced by Luca Gerbino Polo in the 56th minute. On 29 August he played his first entire match for Ravenna and he scored his first goal in the 36th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 19 September he scored his second goal in the 2nd minute of a 3–2 away defeat against

. On 14 November he scored his third goal in the 16th minute of a 2–1 home win over Lumezzane. Caturano ended his loan to Ravenna with 17 appearances, 15 as a starter, and 3 goals. On 1 January 2011, Caturano was signed by

side Andria BAT on a 6-month loan deal. On 23 January he made his Serie C debut for Andria BAT as a substitute replacing Giuseppe Lacarra in the 78th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Lucchese. On 13 March he played his first match as a starter, a 1–0 home defeat against

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, he was replaced by

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in the 55th minute. On 20 March he played his first entire match for Andria BAT, a 3–1 away defeat against

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. Caturano ended his loan with only 3 appearances.

Loan to Nocerina and Foligno

On 1 July 2011, Caturano was signed by

club Nocerina on a 6-month loan deal. On 14 August he made his debut for Nocerina as a substitute replacing

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in the 64th minute of a 2–0 home win over

in the second round of

. On 24 September he made his Serie B debut as a substitute replacing Alessandro Bruno in the 82nd minute of a 2–1 home defeat against

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. On 29 October he played his second match for Nocerina, again as a substitute, a 4–2 home win over

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. On 1 November, Caturato played his first match as a starter, a 2–0 away defeat against

, he was replaced by

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in the 46th minute. Caturato ended his loan to Nocerina with 4 appearances and 1 assist. On 1 January 2012, Caturano was loaned to

club

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on a 6-month loan deal. On 15 January he made his Serie C debut for Foligno playing the entire match and scoring his first goal for the club in the 85th minute of a 2–2 away draw against

. On 5 February he scored his second goal in the 11th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Reggiana. On 4 April he scored his third goal in the 37th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Viareggio. Caturato ended his 6-month loan to Foligno with 16 appearances and 3 goals.

Loan to Paganese

On 1 July 2012, Caturato was signed by

club Paganese on a season-long loan deal. On 5 August he made his debut for Paganese as a substitute replacing Luca Orlando in the 62nd minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Nocerina in the first round of

. On 23 September he made his Serie C debut for Paganese as a substitute replacing Luca Orlando in the 71st minute of a 0–0 home draw against Catanzaro. On 9 December, Caturato played his first match as a starter and he scored his first goal for the club in the 34th minute of a 2–2 away draw against

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, he was replaced by

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in the 74th minute. On 28 March he scored his second goal in the 30th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 21 January he played his first entire match for Paganese and he scored twice in a 4–1 home win over

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. Caturano ended his season-long loan to Paganese with 21 appearances and 6 goals.

Virtus Entella

On 16 August 2018, he joined Virtus Entella on loan from

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. Virtus Entella held an option to purchase him at the end of the loan, that option could turn into an obligation if certain conditions were met. He joined the club permanently on a 3-year contract at the end of the season.

Cesena

On 22 January 2020, he signed with

club

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until the end of the 2019–20 season.

Potenza

On 6 August 2022, Caturano moved to

on a two-year contract.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Lecce *

: 2017–18 Virtus Entella *

: 2018-19

References

External links

*
Career summary on WLecce.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caturano, Salvatore 1990 births Living people Footballers from Naples Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Empoli FC players Taranto FC 1927 players ASD Viareggio Calcio players Ravenna FC players Fidelis Andria 2018 players ASG Nocerina players ASD Città di Foligno 1928 players Paganese Calcio 1926 players Casertana FC players ACR Messina players AS Melfi players SSC Bari players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players US Lecce players Virtus Entella players Cesena FC players Potenza Calcio players Italy men's youth international footballers