Simone Tonelli (born 13 June 1991) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

Career

Early career

Tonelli started his career in a local side of

Fano Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by popula ...

– A.S.D. C.S.I. Delfino Fano. He then signed by

A.C. Cesena A.C. Cesena, commonly referred to as Cesena (), was an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club spent most of its history in professional leagues such as Serie A and Serie B, but went bankrupt and folde ...

and played in the "Berretti" reserve league in 2008–09 season. Tonelli spent 2009–10 season in the "spring" reserve league (dedicated for the reserve of Serie A and B), as Cesena was promoted. In mid-2010 Tonelli left for amateur club Santarcangelo along with Angelo Gregorio and Nicola Del Pivo. The club won the Group F of

2010–11 Serie D The 2010–11 Serie D was the sixty-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It originally consisted of 166 teams, with two divisions allocat ...

and promoted.

Cesena–Vicenza swap

On 30 June 2011, the last day of 2010–11 financial year, Tonelli was sold to Serie B club

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

in co-ownership, for €600,000. Co-currently, Edoardo Bonicelli was signed by Cesena in the same formula. Tonelli signed a 4-year contract while Bonicelli signed a 3-year deal.AC Cesena Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011
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/ref> Despite both players yet to make professional debut at that time, the aggressive price tag made both club had a profit of €1.2 million despite in form of increase in

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(Tonelli for Vicenza; Bonicelli for Cesena). Moreover, it created an amortize cost of €400,000 to Cesena in next 3 seasons and Vicenza of €300,000 in next 4 seasons if both players eventually worth nothing. Lastly, both clubs had to pay

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. On 30 June 2011, Cesena had a positive net asset of €502,106 thus passed the financial test for 2011–12 Serie A without re-capitalization due to negative equity. However the positive net equity was boosted by G.Bassoli (€2M), Palumbo (€2M), J.Luppi (€1.5M) and Bonicelli (€1.2M). On Vicenza side, the club had a positive net equity of €5,210,591 which boosted by new signing Minesso (€2M) and Tonelli (€1.2M) as well as residual value of retired player Di Donato (€0.6M).

Lega Pro loans

Tonelli returned to Santarcangelo for

2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into t ...

in temporary deal from Vicenza/Cesena. The club also signed G.Bassoli from Cesena/Bologna and

Kadir Caidi Kadir Caidi (born 17 July 1990) is an Football in Italy, Italian footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender. Career Early career Born in Ravenna, Romagna, Kadir Caidi started his professional career at Romagna club A.C. ...

and Angelo Gregorio from Bologna/Cesena and Nicola Del Pivo, Rivolino Gavoci and

Daniele Ferri Daniele Ferri (born 7 March 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Faenza. Career Cesena Ferri started his professional career with A.C. Cesena. Ferri made his professional debut (and Serie B) on 23 January 2010 against G ...

from Cesena only. On 16 August 2012 Tonelli 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 ...

. Tonelli made his debut in Lega Pro Cup as a substitute. He also made his first starts for the club in the second match of the cup. Tonelli was a substitute in most of his appearances for Venice . On 20 June 2013 Vicenza gave up the remain registration rights of Bonicelli as well as Cesena gave up the remain registration rights of Tonelli. On 23 July 2013 Tonelli was signed by

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

References

External links

Football.it Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonelli, Simone 1991 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie C players Lega Pro Seconda Divisione players Serie D players AC Cesena players Santarcangelo Calcio players LR Vicenza players Venezia FC players Forlì FC players Imolese Calcio 1919 players Cesena FC players SS Matelica Calcio 1921 players ACD Campodarsego players ASD Cjarlins Muzane players Rimini FC 1912 players