| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Frosinone | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Lodigiani | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1997 | Lodigiani | 50 | (17) |
| 1997–1998 | Lucchese | 12 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Lecce (loan) | 19 | (6) |
| 1999–2004 | Napoli | 89 | (30) |
| 2003–2004 | → Reggina (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Genoa | 29 | (17) |
| 2005–2009 | Torino | 111 | (16) |
| 2009– | Frosinone | 14 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Roberto Stellone (born 22 July 1977) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Frosinone as a forward. Stellone has played over 100 games in both Serie A and Serie B level.
Stellone is known for his ability in the air.[says who?]
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Son of former footballer Gaetano Stellone, Roberto Stellone starter his career at hometown club Lodigiani, where he met David Di Michele his team-mate at Reggina and Torino. After 4 seasons at Serie C1, he left for Lucchese of Serie B in mid-1997. In summer 1998 he left for Parma, but he had limited chance and left for Lecce of Serie B on loan in January 1999. He scored 6 goals in 19 League matches, won Serie A promotion with Lecce made himself received call-up to Italy U21 team.
In summer 1999, he left for S.S.C. Napoli of Serie B in co-ownership agreement. He added 10 goals to his Serie B account, which also helped Napoli promoted back to Serie A by finished 4th. Napoli bought the remain registration rights, made him stay at the port city. But Stellone has a limited 3 experience due to injury[1] in his first Serie A season and until 2001-02 season Napoli back to play at Serie B. In his last seasons with Napoli, he scored 19 goals in 51 Serie B matches. He missed part of the matches due to injury.[2] Facing financial difficulties, Napoli loaned Stellone to Reggina of Serie A in 2003-04 season. With present of David Di Michele and Emiliano Bonazzoli, Stellone scored once in 16 league appearances.
In the next season, he left for Genoa of Serie B. He partnered with Diego Milito and Stephen Makinwa, scored over 70% of team total goals. Although the team won the champions, but due to Caso Genoa, the team was awarded last place and relegated.
Stellone was signed by Serie B runner-up Torino in co-ownership deal in August 2005, which forced to remain at Serie B due to financial difficulty. Now partnered with Enrico Fantini and Roberto Muzzi, Stellone failed to score easily like at Geona, but Torino still bought him outright by priced higher bid in blind envelope against Genoa, which Genoa also like to sign player for their Serie B campaign. Despite low efficiency of the striker, Torino still qualified to Serie A that season. With Torino at Serie A, he started to swing from a regular and a substitute. Although Stellone and other strikers also failed to score, with help of Alessandro Rosina and defensive line, the team still avoided releagted back to Serie B. In the next season, with the signing of David Di Michele, Nicola Ventola and Álvaro Recoba, he just played 18 starts with 4 goals. In his last season, the 31 year old forward faced competition from Rolando Bianchi and Nicola Amoruso, with the formation change to use 1 strikers (Bianchi), Stellone played half of the appearances as substitute. With the left of Alessandro Rosina in January 2009, made the team more difficult to score, Torino failed to stay at Serie A in the last round.
Stellone became free agent in June. After months without a club, he signed a 3-year contract with Serie B club Frosinone in November 2009.[3]
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