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Sergio Carnesalini (born 29 August 1982) is a retired Italian
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. Carnesalini had played over 110 games in both
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 ...
and
Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
.


Biography

Born in
Treviglio Treviglio (, Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' (i.e. municipality) in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Northern Italy. It lies south of the province capital, in the lower territory called "Bassa Bergamasca". It's also part of the geog ...
, the
Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ...
, Carnesalini started his career at
Atalanta Bergamo Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11. Atalanta was founded in 1907 by Lice ...
. He spent a season with Alzano, and in mid-2002 sold to Aglianese in co-ownership deal. In mid-2004 he was signed by Serie C1 side Lucchese but missed the entire 2005–06 season. He then joined
Lecco Lecco (, , ; lmo, label=Lecchese, Lècch ) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). ...
. Despite only played 14 games in regular season, he played all 4 promotion play-offs. He only played 7 games 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 ...
and in January 2008 returned to Serie C2 side
Viareggio Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as ...
. He followed the team promoted to ''Prima Divisione'' (ex- Serie C1) in 2009 despite losing the promotion play-offs and winning the relegation play-out in 2010. On 3 July 2010 he signed a new 3-year contract, becoming one of the longest serving defenders along with Lorenzo Fiale. Despite a regular starter, he was swapped with
Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...
's Alessandro Visone on 10 January 2011, with
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replacing his starting place. That season he played once in the
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and a combined 31 games in the league, missed once in round 25 due to suspension. He also played in both legs of the relegation play-outs.


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Football.it Profile

Ravenna Profile

FIGC
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carnesalini, Sergio Italian footballers Atalanta B.C. players Virtus Bergamo Alzano Seriate 1909 players S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 players Calcio Lecco 1912 players F.C. Esperia Viareggio players Ravenna F.C. players Association football fullbacks People from Treviglio 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Bergamo Footballers from Lombardy