Matteo Di Gennaro (born 2 June 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie C Group B club Carrarese.[2]

Matteo Di Gennaro
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy[1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Carrarese
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2011 Ascoli
2011–2013 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Parma 0 (0)
2013–2014Ascoli (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2015Renate (loan) 16 (0)
2015–2018 Renate 88 (5)
2018–2021 Livorno 63 (4)
2021–2022 Alessandria 44 (4)
2022–2023 Triestina 19 (2)
2023Feralpisalò (loan) 13 (1)
2023 Feralpisalò 0 (0)
2023– Carrarese 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023

Career edit

Ascoli edit

Born in Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Marche region, Di Gennaro started his career at Marche club Ascoli.

Parma edit

In June 2011, few days before the closure of 2010–11 financial year, Di Gennaro was swapped with young Parma defender Zsolt Tamási in a no cash involving co-ownership deals. Both 50% registration rights of the players were tagged for €1.7 million; Di Gennaro signed a 4-year contract.[3] Di Gennaro was a player of the reserve team of Parma from 2011 until 2013.[4] On 2 September 2013, the last day of transfer window, Parma sent Di Gennaro back to Ascoli as well as loaned goalkeeper Stefano Russo to the same team on the same day.[5]

Di Gennaro made his professional debut in 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione on 6 October 2013, against Grosseto.[6] He was the unused bench on round 3.[7]

On 20 June 2014 Di Gennaro, Pasqualini and Gragnoli were acquired by Parma outright, with Colomba was also bought back by Parma,[8] however Di Gennaro also signed by Ascoli Picchio in 2-year loan;[9] on 1 July 2014 Tamási also returned to Parma; on 18 July 2014 Ascoli signed Bright Addae as well as released Storani on 29 July, whom joint-contracted with Parma.

Renate edit

On 22 July 2014 Di Gennaro was loaned to Renate.[10] on 25 June 2015 Di Gennaro became a free agent, after the bankruptcy of Parma F.C. On 9 July he signed a new 3-year contract.[11]

Livorno edit

In 2018 he signed for Livorno.

On 7 September 2020, he signed a 3-year contract with Reggiana.[12] However, 13 days later, Reggiana renounced to buy him.[13]

Alessandria edit

On 18 January 2021, he signed a 2.5-year contract with Alessandria.[14]

Triestina edit

On 17 August 2022, Di Gennaro moved to Triestina on a two-year deal.[15]

Feralpisalò edit

On 31 January 2023, Di Gennaro moved to Feralpisalò on loan with an obligation to buy.[16]

References edit

  1. ^ Parma profile[usurped] (in Italian) Accessed on 22 October 2013
  2. ^ Matteo Di Gennaro at Soccerway
  3. ^ Parma FC SpA financial report and accounts (bilancio) on 30 June 2011, Require purchase in Italian Chamber of Commerce (in Italian)
  4. ^ Fullsoccer Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  5. ^ Valutazione azienda sportiva calcistica Ascoli Calcio 1898 SpA
  6. ^ "Grosseto-Ascoli 0-1: il tabellino" (in Italian). US Grosseto FC. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  7. ^ "PAGANESE-ASCOLI 0-1" (in Italian). Paganese Calcio 1926. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Accordi di compartecipazione: elenco finale" (in Italian). Parma FC. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "L'Ascoli Picchio FC 1898 S.p.A. ufficializza le seguenti operazioni di mercato". Ascoli Picchio FC 1898 (in Italian). Facebook. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Di Gennaro arriva a Renate" (in Italian). AC Renate. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Renate - Di Gennaro altri 3 anni insieme" (in Italian). A.C. Renate. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  12. ^ "MATTEO DI GENNARO RINFORZA LA LINEA DIFENSIVA GRANATA" (Press release) (in Italian). Reggiana. 7 September 2020.
  13. ^ "AC REGGIANA RINUNCIA AL PERFEZIONAMENTO DELL'ACQUISTO DI MATTEO DI GENNARO" (Press release) (in Italian). Reggiana. 20 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Matteo Di Gennaro è un nuovo giocatore dell'Alessandria" (in Italian). Alessandria. 18 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Il giocatore Matteo Di Gennaro arriva" (in Italian). Triestina. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  16. ^ "MATTEO DI GENNARO, 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙐𝙉𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙊 𝙐𝙁𝙁𝙄𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇𝙀" (in Italian). Feralpisalò. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.