Kevin Cannavò (born 9 February 2000) is an Italian

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who plays as a forward for club

Vis Pesaro Vis Pesaro dal 1898 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Vis Pesaro, is an Italian association football club located in Pesaro, Marche. The club currently plays in Serie C. The team is the largest in the city and among the oldest in Italy. Vis Pesa ...

Career

He is a product of youth teams of

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 4 October 2018 for a term of 4 years. He made his

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

debut for Palermo on 26 January 2019 in a game against

Cremonese Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

, as a 75th-minute substitute for

Ivaylo Chochev Ivaylo Lyudmilov Chochev (; born 18 February 1993) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ludogorets Razgrad and the Bulgarian national team. Career Early career Born in Pleven, Chochev began his career with loca ...

Empoli

On 18 July 2019, Cannavò signed to

club

Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno River, Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Ancient Ro ...

for free. He mostly played for their Under-19 squad in the 2019–20 season, he was called up to the senior squad 10 times but remained on the bench on all those occasions.

Vis Pesaro

On 21 August 2020, he joined

on loan. On 5 July 2021, he moved to Vis Pesaro on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract. On 24 January 2023, Cannavò was loaned to Serie C club

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. On 1 September 2023, Cannavò was loaned to fellow Serie C club

Lumezzane Lumezzane (, locally ) is a town and (municipality) in the province of Brescia, in the Italian region of Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 (), it is one of the largest towns in its province. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a s ...

, with an option for the Lombardian club to sign the player by the end of the season permanently.

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* 2000 births Living people People from Partinico Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Palermo Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players Palermo FC players Empoli FC players Vis Pesaro dal 1898 players Calcio Padova players FC Lumezzane players 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-forward-2000s-stub