Davide Favaro

Davide Favaro
Personal information
Date of birth7 May 1984
Place of birthMirano, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
YearsTeam
1998–2003A.C. Milan
2003–2004Parma
2005–2006→ Sambenedettese (loan)14(1)
2006–2007→ Prato (loan)26(2)
2007–2008→ Pro Sesto (loan)5(0)
2008Giulianova12(0)
2008–2009Valenzana8(0)
2009–2010Chieti20(0)
2010-2011Treviso30(18)
2011-2012Feltreseprealpi26(11)
–F.C. Dolo28(18)
Total181(56)
National team
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2001Italy U163(0)
† Appearances (Goals).

Davide Favaro (born 7 May 1984) is a former Italian professional footballer.

Biography

Early career

Born in Mirano, Veneto, Davide Favaro started his career at A.C. Milan of Lombardy, where he had been playing for five years since the season 1998/99 to the season 2002/2003. In his five years at A.C. Milan, Favaro scored 59 goals and was trained by well-known coaches: in fact, in his first season Favaro was coached by Luca Gotti, in the second one by Fulvio Fiorin, in the third one by Davide Ballardini, in the fourth one by Mauro Tassotti, and in the last one by Franco Baresi. Unfortunately, on March 2003 he had a ligament rupture that didn't allow him to play until January 2004.[1] In 2003, A.C. Milan swapped youth players with Internazionale and Parma. That season, Favaro (€1M), Marco Donadel (€2M), and Mirko Stefani (€1M) of Milan were swapped for Roberto Massaro (€2M), Filippo Porcari (€1M) and Luca Ferretti (€1M). All deals were co-ownership deals and Favaro signed a 5-year contract. Therefore he played a season at Primavera Team, where he was again trained by his former coach Davide Ballardini as well as scoring 6 goals in only 12 matches. In June 2004, Parma bought the remain rights of Favaro and Stefani, while Donadel was bought back by Milan and got remain rights of Porcari and Ferretti.

Lega Pro

Since 2004 season, Davide Favaro was loaned to clubs in Serie C1 and Serie C2.[2] In his first season, he played at S.S. Sambenedettese where he was trained for the third time by Davide Ballardini, and the club reached the third place in the rank. In 2007-08 season, he left for Giulianova and in mid-season swapped club with Fabio Mazzeo of Valenzana.[3]

Serie D & Eccellenza

In 2008-09 season, Favaro played for Chieti of Serie D, the 5th level and top of regional league and non-professional football. In 2009-10 season, he joined newly re-found Treviso of Eccellenza Veneto[4] which its predecessor bankrupt and finished bottom at Serie B. He scored 18 goals during that season, even though he played midfielder. The following season Davide Favaro played at Feltreseprealpi where he scored 11 goals. Then, he played even at F.C. Dolo, where Davide Favaro scored 18 goals.

International career

He played for Italy at 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualification. (now a U17 event). Davide Favaro accomplished a Bachelor's Degree at University of Padua on October 2013 and he is currently attending a Master's Degree in Sports Administration at St. Thomas University in Miami (USA). In 2014 Davide Favaro became the Assistant Coach Men's Soccer at St. Thomas University, located in Miami Gardens (FL, USA) as well as at Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, located in Miami (USA).[5] In February 2015 he became Academic Tutor at St. Thomas University, as well as attaining the United States Soccer Federation National "E" License.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rivieraoggi.it/2005/01/13/9284/davide-favaro-faccia-da-campione/
  2. ↑ Alessio Calfapietra (2006-09-08). "UFFICIALE: il Parma presta Favaro alla Pro Sesto" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  3. ↑ Stefano Sica (2008-02-01). "UFFICIALE: scambio tra Giulianova e Valenzana" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  4. ↑ "Treviso esulta. E torna sul mercato" (in Italian). la tribuna di Treviso. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  5. ↑ http://www.stubobcats.com/roster.aspx?path=msoc

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