Matteo Gentili

Matteo Gentili
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989
Place of birth Viareggio, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Real Forte
Youth career
Margine Coperta
2004–2008 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Atalanta 1 (0)
2008–2009 → Pergocrema (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Varese (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2012 → Spezia (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2013 → Vicenza (loan) 11 (3)
2013–2014 Reggina 2 (0)
2014–2015 Vicenza 35 (1)
2017 Carrarese 11 (2)
2017– Real Forte 9 (2)
National team
2005–2006 Italy U-17 9 (0)
2006–2007 Italy U-18 3 (0)
2007–2008 Italy U-19 4 (0)
2009 Italy U-20 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2018

Matteo Gentili (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for U.S.D. Real Forte dei Marmi-Querceta.

He represented Italy at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where they came second, and at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Career

Atalanta and loans

Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Gentili was signed by Atalanta B.C. from Polisportiva Margine Coperta in 2004 in a temporary deal, along with Michele Marconi, Leonardo Manni and Daniele Lonetti.[1] In the next season he was signed definitely from the Massa e Cozzile based side. He was promoted to Atalanta B.C.'s Primavera U19 reserve team in 2006.[2]

In 2008, he left Atalanta for another Lombard club Pergocrema. Gentili made his professional debut in the Italian Cup,[3] However, he failed to play any game in the league nor in the league cup.

In the next season he was transferred to another Lombard club Varese, also in the same level as Pergocrema. He won promotion to Serie B with Varese in June 2010.

Atalanta kept Gentili for 2010–11 Serie B season, however he only played once for the champions.

In July 2011 he left the Serie A club for the third level side Spezia,[4] but had an operation in his right ankle in the same month.[5] Gentili won promotion to Serie B again as one of the group stage winner of the third level. The team also won 2012 Lega Pro Prime Division Supercup, a tournament between the two winners of the two groups of that level. However, he was not feature in the line-up nor on the bench of the matches.[6][7] Gentili did featured for Spezia in the finals of the league up as an unused bench,[8] which the team was the winner.

On 28 August 2012 he left for Serie B struggler Vicenza which relegated in the last season but re-admitted to Serie B due to the expulsion of Lecce.

Reggina

On 2 September 2013 Gentili was signed by Serie B club Reggina in a co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee.[9][10]

Vicenza

On 31 January 2014 he left for Vicenza in a 3½-year contract (re-sold from Atalanta in another co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €250).[11][12] In June 2014 Vicenza acquired the remaining 50% registration rights of Gentili, from Atalanta for free.[11]

In December 2015 Gentili was released by the Veneto club.[13]

Carrarese

On 14 February 2017 Gentili was signed by Carrarese.[14]

Honours

Club

Atalanta
Spezia
Varese

References

  1. ↑ "Calcio Mercato 2004" [Football Transfer 2004] (PDF). Lega Calcio (in Italian). available in Wayback Machine. 31 August 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Fullsoccer statistics (in Italian)
  3. ↑ Spaccini, Luca (10 August 2008). "IL FOLIGNO BATTE IL PERGOCREMA 3 A 2 E FA SUO IL PRIMO TURNO DI COPPA ITALIA". Umbrialeft (in Italian). Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Mercato: Matteo Gentili, nuovo difensore aquilotto" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Matteo Gentili, operato alla caviglia destra" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Supercoppa: mister Serena porta in Umbria 21 giocatori" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Supercoppa Ritorno - Spezia-Ternana: 20 convocati per l'ultimo impegno stagionale" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pisa-Spezia 1-2 (1-0) Niente Coppa per i nerazzurri". http://www.pisainformaflash.it (in Italian). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2017. External link in |website= (help)
  9. ↑ Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2013, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  10. ↑ "GENTILI ALLA REGGINA" (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  11. 1 2 Vicenza Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  12. ↑ "Matteo Gentili in biancorosso" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "CRisoluzione per Matteo Gentili: il ringraziamento del Club" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tesserato Matteo Gentili" (in Italian). Carrarese Calcio. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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