Salvatore Foti

Salvatore Foti (born 8 August 1988) is an Italian football coach and former professional player.

Salvatore Foti
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Foti
Date of birth (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
20xx–2005 Venezia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Sampdoria 19 (2)
2007 → Vicenza (loan) 23 (6)
2008 → Messina (loan) 17 (2)
2008–2009 → Treviso (loan) 19 (1)
2010 → Piacenza (loan) 18 (3)
2010–2011 → Empoli (loan) 17 (3)
2012 → Brescia (loan) 6 (0)
2012–2013 Lecce 15 (8)
2014–2015 Chiasso 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Balerna (loan) 0 (0)
Total 134 (25)
National team
2003 Italy U15 4 (1)
2003–2004 Italy U16 9 (4)
2004–2005 Italy U17 14 (4)
2007–2008 Italy U20 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Sampdoria

Foti started his professional career with Sampdoria, where he was occasionally featured under the guidance of Walter Novellino. Foti joined the club in mid-2005 after his previous team, Venezia, disbanded because of financial troubles.

Udinese

He was sold to Udinese in summer 2006 in a co-ownership deal for €2 million.[1] At the same time Sampdoria acquired Fabio Quagliarella and Mirko Pieri for €1.5M and €0.5M respectively[1] in co-ownership deal.[2] He was loaned back to Sampdoria for the first half of 2006–07 season, and then to Serie B's Vicenza for the second half in order to give him the opportunity to play more first team football.

Foti started the 2007–08 season again with Sampdoria, mostly being featured as a backup player, being later loaned again to a Serie B club, this time Messina. In the summer of 2008, he was loaned to Treviso for the entire 2008–09 season.

Return to Sampdoria

Foti returned to Sampdoria in June 2009 for free. Foti then spent 1½ seasons at Serie B teams Piacenza and Empoli. In January 2012 Foti was loaned to again to another Serie B team Brescia; while Juan Antonio joined Sampdoria definitely.

Lecce

In the summer of 2012, he joined Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Lecce following their relegation from the Serie A and subsequent expulsion from the Serie B. On his debut, he scored the opening goal and created the second for Cosimo Chiricò in a 2–0 win over San Marino, and scored his second goal a week later in a 3–1 win against Treviso.[3] After scoring again in a 2–2 against Como, he made his first start for the club at home to Virtus Entella, and scored a hat trick, taking his tally to six goals from just one start and four substitute appearances.

Chiasso

Foti signed for Swiss side Chiasso in the summer of 2014. However, he failed to make any appearances due to a knee injury and after an equally appearance-less loan spell at Balerna, a lower division club, he retired in January 2016.

International career

Foti played all five matches of 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He also played seven friendlies for U17 team and twice in 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Coaching career

In July 2016 he became part of Marco Giampaolo's coaching staff at Sampdoria and later at Milan.

References
  1. UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2007 (in Italian)
  2. "Calciomercato: arrivano Pieri e Quagliarella". UC Sampdoria (in Italian). 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. "Lecce inarrestabile, passa anche a Treviso". Yahoo Sport. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
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