Matteo Centurioni

Matteo Centurioni
Personal information
Date of birth 8 May 1974 (1974-05-08) (age 37)
Place of birth Mestre, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Novara
Number 30
Youth career
1992–1993 Venezia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Venezia 6 (0)
1993–1994 → Corsico (loan) 32 (1)
1995–1997 Lecce 32 (0)
1997–1999 Cagliari 22 (0)
1999–2004 Treviso 148 (5)
2004–2007 Modena 88 (3)
2007–2008 Ravenna 4 (0)
2008– Novara 68 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:42, 27 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Matteo Centurioni (born 8 May 1974) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side Novara. Centurioni has played over 200 matches at Serie B.

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Career

Born in Mestre, Venice, Centurioni started his career at hometown club Venezia. He spent a season at Corsico, Milan for a small Serie D club in 1993–94 season. In 1994, he entered Venezia first team with 6 league matches.

He then played for Lecce of Serie C1, where he won the champion and followed the team to play at Serie B. He won promotion again, this time to Serie A by finished 3rd. But his Serie A debut was delayed as he was sold to Cagliari which relegated from Serie A. With Cagliari, the team also finished 3rd and promoted to the Italian top division. He played 9 league matches in his only Serie A season, and at the end of season he moved to Treviso, where he was the regular starter during his 5 years stay. He won promotion back to Serie B in 2003 after relegated in 2001.

In July 2004, he was signed by Modena F.C. in 2-year contract.[1] Later his contact was extended and he was one of the regular starter.

In July 2007, at age 33, he was sold to Ravenna Calcio which newly promoted to Serie B.[2] But he just played 4 time at Serie B and Ravenna relegated.

He joined Novara of Serie C1 on 31 January 2008.[3] As a Novara player, he was protagonist of the team's double promotion from the third tier to the Serie A between 2009 and 2011.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Acquistato MATTEO CENTURIONI" (in Italian). modenafc.net. 7 July 2004. http://www.modenafc.net/news.asp?n=1389. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Ceduto Matteo Centurioni a titolo definitivo al Ravenna Calcio" (in Italian). modenafc.net. 5 July 2007. http://www.modenafc.net/news.asp?n=3171. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Calciomercato: tre movimenti in uscita" (in Italian). Ravenna Calcio. 31 January 2008. http://www.ravennacalcio.com/cgi-bin/_ra/comunicati_ra.cgi?id=7658&mese=1&anno=2008. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 

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