Nicola Belmonte
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicola Belmonte | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Cosenza, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Siena | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bari | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2008 | Bari | 55 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Melfi (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2008– | Siena | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | → Bari (loan) | 44 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Nicola Belmonte is an Italian footballer currently playing for A.C. Siena. He prefers to play as a right back, but can also play as a centre back.
In summer 2008, he was signed by A.C. Siena in co-ownership deal, for €1.2 million,[1] but after just played one league match, Belmonte returned to A.S. Bari on loan.[2] In the first season he played a few games, as the team had Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Ranocchia as centre-backs.
On September 2010, he extended his contract with Bari from 2013 to 2015.[3] He was the centre-back of the team along with Marco Rossi, but sometimes moved to right back when Andrea Masiello was unavailable. The coach also tested Andrea Raggi as starting rightback at the start of season, made Belmonte as sub and A.Masiello moved to centre-back. Despite the arrival of Kamil Glik in mid-season, Glik injury made Belmonte's role unaffected. He also missed a few games since 24 January due to injury.[4][5] He was replaced in the first half on 6 March, his first match since injury.
On 23 June 2011, he returned to Siena for a second spell at the club.[6] Bari and Siena made a pure player swap, which Belmonte, Pedro Kamata and Filippo Carobbio moved to Siena outright, and Abdelkader Ghezzal moved to Bari outright.
On 10 August 2012 he was suspended for 6 months due to involvement in 2011 Italian football scandal; the ban later reduced to 4 months by Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport of CONI.[7]
References
- ↑ AS Bari Report and Accounts on 31 December 2010 (Italian)
- ↑ "2009/10 season preview – Bari". footballitaliano.co.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ↑ "Belmonte, prolungato il contratto fino al 2015". AS Bari (in Italian). 8 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ↑ "Partitella al San Nicola". AS Bari (in Italian). 27 January 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ "Belmonte: "Abbiamo l'obbligo di provarci"". AS Bari (in Italian). 4 march 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ "Arriva Angelo, riscattati Reginaldo, Belmonte, Carobbio e Kamata". AC Siena (in Italian). 23 June 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ↑ "Ridotta la squalifica a Belmonte" (in Italian). AC Siena. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
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