Paolo Zanetti

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Personal information
Paolo Zanetti
Date of birth	December 16, 1982 (1982-12-16) (age 25)
Place of birth	Valdagno, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Torino
Number	27
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Vicenza Empoli (co-ownership) Ascoli (co-ownership) Torino (co-ownership)	45 (1) 52 (2) 29 (1) 10 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Paolo Zanetti (born 16 December 1982 in Valdagno, Vicenza) is an Italian football (soccer) midfielder.He currently plays for Torino F.C. of Serie A.

[edit] Football career

Zanetti started his career at native club Vicenza. He was sold to Empoli in a co-ownership deal in 2003.

In his first season with Empoli, he just made 13 appearances in Serie A. However, Empoli was relegated to Serie B at the end of the season and Zanetti followed the club.

Zanetti played 30 games in the 2004–05 Serie B season, helping the club to won promotion back to Serie A. However, he just made nine appearances for the club in Serie A in the following season. Empoli bought the remained registration rights from Vicenza, and sent Zanetti to Ascoli on loan, and sold the club half of the registration rights.

In May 2007, Zanetti said he would stay on at Ascoli, despite them being relegated to the Serie B. ^[1] Ascoli bought the full registration rights of the player, but sent Zanetti, along with Saša Bjelanović, to Torino on loan, with half of the registration rights was sold to the Turin club.