Emanuele Calaiò

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Emanuele Calaiò
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Personal information
Full name Emanuele Calaiò
Date of birth January 8, 1982 (1982-01-08) (age 26)
Place of birth    Palermo, Italy
Height 1.79 m
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club S.S.C. Napoli
Number 11
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-03
2002-03
2002-03
2003-04
2004-		 Torino
→ Ternana (loan)
→ Messina (loan)
Pescara Calcio
S.S.C. Napoli		 20 (3)
10 (2)
12 (2)
70 (27)
105 (40) [1]   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 July 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Emanuele Calaiò (born 8 January 1982 in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian football player, currently playing for Serie A side S.S.C. Napoli. Calaiò plays in the striker position and has an impressive goalscoring record.

[edit] Football career

Calaiò started his football career at Torino making his first team debut against Reggina Calcio on 6 January 2000, he scored a goal for Torino three minutes into his debut. He made 20 appearances in total for Torino before going on loan.

First Calaiò went on loan to Ternana and then a short spell with Messina followed. In January 2003, the young Italian who by this time had turned out for the Italian Under-20 side, was bought by Pescara Calcio.

With Pescara, Calaiò solidified himself as an impressive striker, the club won promotion back into Serie B in 2003, with Calaiò scoring 21 times in his first season. For the side he would eventually play 70 games and scoring 27 goals in two years.

This drew the attention of S.S.C. Napoli who signed the player in 2004, the club at the time were in Serie C, but have since achieved promotion back into Serie B with Calaiò carrying on his sensational scoring record, with 24 goals in 51 games by the time the 2006–07 season dawned.

Former National Team player Bruno Giordano said once that Emanuele Calaiò will be Italy's main striker in 2010 FIFA World Cup. His value is now estimated at over 10 million €[2]

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ Emanuele Calaiò Career Stats
  2. ^ TuttoNapoli.net
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