Gianni Munari

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Gianni Munari
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 28)
Place of birth Sassuolo, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sampdoria
Number 11
Youth career
Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Sassuolo 49 (2)
2003–2004 Giulianova 25 (3)
2004–2005 Triestina 35 (5)
2005–2006 Verona 38 (4)
2006–2007 Palermo 0 (0)
2007–2011 Lecce 143 (16)
2011 Palermo 0 (0)
2011–2012 Fiorentina 11 (0)
2012– Sampdoria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gianni Munari (born 24 June 1983 in Sassuolo, Italy) is an Italian footballer presently playing with Sampdoria.

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[edit] Career

[edit] From Sassuolo to Palermo

Munari started his career with hometown club Sassuolo, after being promoted to the senior squad from the youth team. He scored 2 goals in 49 appearances during his two-year spell with the club. In 2003 he joined Giulianova, where he would spend just one season, scoring three goals in 25 total appearances. He then joined Serie B side Triestina in 2004. He had an impressive season, making 35 appearances and scoring 5 goals in his only season with the Trieste-based club. He was snapped up by another Serie B club in 2005 in the form of Verona, where he managed to make 38 appearances and score 4 goals in one season.

Following such an impressive spell in Verona, he was purchased by Serie A side U.S. Città di Palermo together with teammate Mattia Cassani.[2] However, Munari never managed to break into the first team at the Sicilian club and did not play at all during the first half of the 2006-2007 Serie A season, being subsequently loaned out to Serie B side Lecce in January 2007. On July 2007, Lecce acquired 50% of the player's rights from Palermo; Munari then remained at Lecce for four more seasons, making a total of 143 appearances for the club, scoring 16 goals and becoming one of the first team mainstays.

[edit] From Fiorentina to Sampdoria

On June 2011, Munari's co-ownership was ultimately solved in favour of Palermo for undisclosed fee, and the player returned to Palermo, but was immediately clarified he was not in the rosanero first team plans after he was not called up to join the Sicilians' pre-season training camp. On 21 July 2011 he moved permanently to Fiorentina, signing a three-year contract for the Tuscans.[3] On 31 January 2012, the final day of 2011-12 winter transfer window, he moved to Serie B side Sampdoria.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.uslecce.it/SchedaPersona.aspx?ID_PERSONA=42
  2. ^ "Acquistati Cassani e il 50% di Munari" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo official site (www.ilpalermocalcio.it). 1 July 2006. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0607/news_scheda.jsp?id=5449. Retrieved 24 June 2010. 
  3. ^ "Munari in viola" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 21 July 2011. http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-ultimora/items/munari.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "GIANNI MUNARI DALLA FIORENTINA ALLA SAMP A TITOLO DEFINITIVO" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 31 January 2012. http://www.sampdoria.it/news/gianni-munari-alla-sampdoria-a-titolo-definitivo.html. Retrieved 2 February 2012. 

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