Salvatore Gambino (born 27 November 1983) is an Italian-German former professional

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who played as a

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, but could play as a striker as well.

Career

Having joined

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in 1996, Gambino played in the club's youth teams before being promoted to the reserve team. In the 2003–04 season he had 20

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appearances with the first team. Struggling with injuries, Gambino managed ten league games in the 2004–05 season. In summer 2006, Gambino transferred to 1. FC Köln. Two years later, in June 2008, he joined

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where he was released on 24 June 2009. He signed for then-fourth tier Italian club

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in January 2011 playing only ten games with no goals. He was featured more regularly throughout the 2011–12 season, now in

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appearing in 32 games and scoring nine goals. In October 2015, Gambino signed with German fifth-tier club Westfalia Rhynern. He retired at the end of the 2019–20 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gambino, Salvatore 1983 births Living people German people of Sicilian descent German sportspeople of Italian descent Sportspeople from Hagen Footballers from Arnsberg (region) German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Serie B players Serie C players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players 1. FC Köln players TuS Koblenz players SSD FC Trapani 1905 players AS Gubbio 1910 players US Grosseto 1912 players