Stefano Guidoni (born 27 October 1971) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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Career

Early career

Born in

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, Piedmont, Guidoni started his senior career at

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side

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and Sparta Novara, both located in Piedmont. In 1993–94 season, he left for

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side Solbiatese and played one season at

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. After played 10 league matches in 1994–95 Serie C2 season, he was signed by

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side

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. He played 56 league matches for the Lombardy side before left for Campania side

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in 1996–97 Serie C1. In December 1996, he was signed by Serie B side

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, played 25 league matches and scored 10 goals for the southern Italy club.

Perugia

As Cosenza's financial crisis, he was transferred to

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side

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in June 1997, the last few days of the 1996–97 fiscal year, for 850 million Italian lire. He just scored 4 goals for the team that won Serie A promotion. Guidoni left for Serie B side Reggiana in co-ownership deal in June 1998, in exchange with

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. But in October he was signed by

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along with

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(priced Guidoni 2 billion Italian lire, purchased the 50% rights from Reggiana) He won Serie B champion with the

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club. In June 1999, he was bought back by Perugia. He made his Serie A debut on 29 August 1999, the opening match of the season. He was in the starting XI and was replaced by

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in the 68th minutes. Perugia 1–1 draw with

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in that match. He played his 2nd league match of the season in round 3, substituted

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(who scored the 3rd goal). The match Perugia won

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3–0.

Salernitana

On 1 October 1999, he was sold to Serie B side Salernitana for 2.5 billion lire. After just scored 2 goals in Serie B, in January 2001, he was loaned to Serie B rival Cosenza.

Palermo & Cosenza

In July 2001, Guidoni requested the court to void the contract with Salernitana after the club owe him salary, and he had already signed a pre-contract with

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. With the

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side, he scored 11 league goals, tied his personal record in a single Serie B season. After

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purchased Palermo in July 2002 and bought some of the players from Venezia he previous own, Guidoni became a surplus and on 13 September left for Cosenza again.

Venezia & late career

After the bankruptcy of Cosenza, he joined Serie B side Venezia but the club also went bankrupt in 2005. In February 2006, he was signed by Serie B side

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and in 2006–07 season he was acquired by

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Honours

;Verona *

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: 1998–99

References

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