Stefano Bettarini

Stefano Bettarini
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-02-06) 6 February 1972
Place of birth Forlì, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left-back
Youth career
Staggia Senese
1990–1991 Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Internazionale 0 (0)
1991–1992 → Baracca Lugo (loan) 24 (2)
1992–1994 Lucchese 28 (0)
1994–1995 Salernitana 5 (0)
1995–1996 Lucchese 34 (2)
1996–1997 Cagliari 32 (0)
1997–1999 Fiorentina 18 (0)
1999 → Bologna (loan) 14 (1)
1999–2002 Venezia 82 (7)
2002–2004 Sampdoria 58 (2)
2005 Parma 8 (0)
Total 303 (14)
National team
2004 Italy 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Stefano Bettarini (born 6 February 1972) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a defender, and a television personality. He played once for the Italian national team. He was a contestant on Grande Fratello VIP, 2016 and currently a host presenter in L'Isola dei Famosi.

Club career

Early career

Born in Forlì, Emilia–Romagna, Bettarini spent his childhood at Buonconvento, in the Province of Siena, Tuscany. He then spent his youth career at Staggia Senese, Poggibonsi, in the Province of Siena and was then signed by Internazionale. After first being loaned to Baracca Lugo, Bettarini joined Serie B side Lucchese and played 4 successive Serie B seasons, including 1 at Salerno. In June 1996, he was signed by Serie A side Cagliari but the team were relegated in 1997.

Fiorentina

In July 1997, he was signed by Fiorentina and priced at 3 billion Italian lire.[1] After a limited chance, he was loaned to Bologna on 30 January 1999.[2]

Venezia

On 2 September 1999, he was signed by Serie A side Venezia for 4 billion Italian lire.[3] He signed a 4-year contract.[4] He followed the team relegated in 2000 and promoted back to Serie A in 2001. But the Venice side relegated again in 2002.

Sampdoria

After Maurizio Zamparini the owner of Venezia purchased Palermo, Zamparini bought most of the squad to Sicily and Bettarini refused. Bettarini then joined Serie B side Sampdoria on free transfer, as Venezia had to reduce the salary expenditure.[5] He signed a reported 2-year contract.[6]

Match-fixing and Parma

In August 2004, he was banned 5 months for match-fixing.[7] Antonio Marasco, Roberto D'Aversa, Generoso Rossi, Maurizio Caccavale and Alfredo Femiano were also banned. Bettarini denied he was guilty and was wrongly included in the investigation.[8]

In January 2005, he left for Parma.[9] Bettarini made his club debut on 3 February 2005 (round 22), against Bologna as starter. That match Gialloblu lost 1–3. He then continued as one of the starting XI. On round 28 (13 March) against Atalanta, he was substituted by Matteo Contini in the 16th minutes. He then out of a month due to injury.[10][11] He came back to field on round 32 (20 April) against his former club Sampdoria, but substituted by Paolo Cannavaro in the 2nd minute. That season Parma reached the semi-final of the UEFA Cup; Bettarini retired at the end of the season.

International career

Bettarini received his only national team call-up in 2004, a warm-up friendly match in Palermo, against the Czech Republic before the start of UEFA Euro 2004, on 18 February. Bettarini's club teammate Sergio Volpi, as well as Parma's Simone Barone, also received their first call-up.[12] During the experimental match, Bettarini played as one of the starting XI, and was replaced by Giuseppe Pancaro in the 79th minutes. Italy manager Giovanni Trapattoni used all of his 22-men squad on the field, and made 7 substitutes at half time; the match ended in a 2–2 draw.[13][14]

TV career

In 2005, Bettarini retired and appeared in reality television.

Personal life

Bettarini was married to Italian television host Simona Ventura between 1998 and 2004; the couple had two children together.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Alessio Da Ronch , Franco Calamai (11 July 1997). "Fiorentina da corsa". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Andrea Tosi (30 January 1999). "Giallo a Bologna: "congelato" Shakpoke Il suo ginocchio non convince i medici". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Carlo Laudisa (2 September 1999). "Oggi Bettarini va al Venezia, Ba Middlesbrough: si fa". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Michele Contessa (3 September 1999). "Bettarini: "con il Venezia volero' alto"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Bettarini va alla Sampdoria Livorno-Balleri: c' è l' accordo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 13 September 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Vito Schembari (14 September 2002). "Verona: ecco Yllana e Salgado Eddy Baggio va alla Salernitana". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Bans for six in match- fixing cases". (Published by Malaysia Star). Reuters. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Nadia Carminati (22 May 2004). "Bettarini pleads innocence". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  9. ↑ "Bettarini picked up by Parma". UEFA.com. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Nadia Carminati (14 March 2005). "Parma rocked by injuries". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Nadia Carminati (20 March 2005). "Bettarini blow for Parma". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  12. ↑ "Barone braced for Italy chance". UEFA.com. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  13. ↑ "Nazionale in cifre: Bettarini, Stefano". figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Italia, solo un pareggio ma un buon primo tempo" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ventura – Bettarini le foto più belle della loro storia". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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