Matteo Gentili (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for A.C. Prato. He represented Italy at the

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, where they came second, and at the

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Career

Atalanta and loans

Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Gentili was signed by Atalanta B.C. from Polisportiva Margine Coperta in 2004 in a temporary deal, along with Michele Marconi, Leonardo Manni and Daniele Lonetti. In the next season he was signed definitely from the

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based side. He was promoted to Atalanta B.C.'s Primavera U19 reserve team in 2006. In 2008, he left Atalanta for another Lombard club

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. Gentili made his professional debut in the Italian Cup, However, he failed to play any game in

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nor in the league cup. In the next season he was transferred to another Lombard club

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, also in the same level as Pergocrema. He won promotion to Serie B with Varese in June 2010. Atalanta kept Gentili for

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season, however he only played once for the champions. In July 2011 he left the Serie A club for the third level side

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, but had an operation in his right ankle in the same month. Gentili won promotion to Serie B again as one of the group stage winner of the third level. The team also won 2012 Lega Pro Prime Division Supercup, a tournament between the two winners of the two groups of that level. However, he was not feature in the line-up nor on the bench of the matches. Gentili did featured for Spezia in the finals of the league up as an unused bench, which the team was the winner. On 28 August 2012 he left for Serie B struggler

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which relegated in the last season but re-admitted to Serie B due to the expulsion of

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Reggina

On 2 September 2013 Gentili was signed by Serie B club

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in a co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee.

Vicenza

On 31 January 2014 he left for Vicenza in a -year contract (re-sold from Atalanta in another co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €250).Vicenza Calcio S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian) In June 2014 Vicenza acquired the remaining 50% registration rights of Gentili, from Atalanta for free. In December 2015 Gentili was released by the Veneto club.

Carrarese

On 14 February 2017 Gentili was signed by

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FC Pecciolese

On 24 January 2019, Gentili officially signed with FC Pecciolese 1936.Il ritorno di Matteo Gentili al calcio. Lo fa con la Pecciolese
pisainvideo.it, 24 January 2019

Honours

Club

;Atalanta *

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;Spezia *

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest 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. Before the 1978 ...

Group Stage Winner: 2011–12 *

Coppa Italia Lega Pro Coppa Italia Serie C ( it, Serie C Italian Cup), formerly named Coppa Italia Lega Pro, is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie C in Italian football first held in 1972. Format There are a total of six rounds in the ...

: 2011–12 ;Varese *

Promotion playoffs: 2009–10

References

External links

National Team Statistics
''from FIGC.it''
Lega Serie B Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gentili, Matteo 1989 births Living people Italian footballers Italy youth international footballers Atalanta B.C. players U.S. Pergolettese 1932 players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players Spezia Calcio players L.R. Vicenza players Reggina 1914 players Carrarese Calcio players A.C. Prato players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Association football defenders People from Viareggio Sportspeople from the Province of Lucca Footballers from Tuscany