Antonio Gaeta

Antonio Gaeta

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-08-04) 4 August 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Carrarese
Youth career
	Ascoli
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2009	Ascoli	11	(1)
2004–2005	→ Vis Pesaro (loan)	29	(7)
2005–2006	→ Ancona (loan)	19	(4)
2006–2007	→ Pro Vasto (loan)	21	(7)
2009	→ Juve Stabia (loan)	10	(1)
2009–2010	Legnano	24	(11)
2010–	Carrarese	23	(21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Gaeta (born 4 August 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Carrarese.

Biography

Ascoli

Born in Naples, Campania Gaeta started his career at Marche team Ascoli. He made his Serie B debut on 1 May 2004, replacing Roberto Colacone. That match Ascoli winning Catania 3–1. ^[1] He then loaned to Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams for 3 successive seasons, as Ascoli promoted to Serie A in 2005 due to Caso Genoa. After Ascoli relegated to Serie B in 2007, he returned to the team. On 12 October 2007 he signed a new 3-year contract ^[2] and 8 days later played his first league match of the season. ^[3] He only played 8 goalless matches in 2007–08 Serie B. In the next season he only played twice in January, scored his only goal for Ascoli. He was loaned to Prima Divisione side Juve Stabia on 2 February. ^[4] However, he unable to give his usual performance in Lega Pro, only scored once in 10 games.

Lega Pro bomber

On 31 August 2009 he was sold to Seconda Divisione side Legnano. ^[5] He scored 11 league goals and twice more in promotion playoffs, finished as losing finalists. He also sent off in third match ^[6] despite as unused bench, and he attacked the fourth officials and suspended 6 games, effective ruled out from the final and the first 5 rounds of the new season. ^[7]

Legnano was expelled from professional league by Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Co.Vi.So.C.) of FIGC at the end of season. ^[8]

In August 2010 he was signed by fellow second division side Carrarese. ^[9] That season he became the most effective scorer in Italian professional leagues, scored 21 goals in just 23 games (0.91 goals per games), and was the top-scorer among the 3 groups of the second division (fourth in pyramid) . ^{[10] [11] [12]} Despite he did not score any goals in the promotion playoffs and was sent off in semifinal second leg, ^{[13] [14]} the team promoted by the goals of Matteo Merini (twice), ^{[13] [14]} Maikol Benassi and Nicola Corrent (both once). ^[15] In 2010–11 Coppa Italia Lega Pro, he played 4 times and did not score any. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}

References

1. "Ascoli 3 - 1 Catania - legaserieb.it". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
2. "Antonio Gaeta bianconero fino al 2010". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
3. "Messina 1 - 0 Ascoli - legaserieb.it". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
4. "Calcio mercato: Gaeta alla Juve Stabia". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 2 February 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
5. "Calcio mercato: acquistato Silvestri. Pesce al Catania". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 31 August 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
6. "Pagina non trovata".
7. "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 188/DIV" (PDF). Lega Pro (in Italian). 7 June 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
8. "L'Ancona in Serie B E 20 Club di Lega Pro Non Ammessi Ai Campionati". FIGC (in Italian). 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
9. "Ufficiale: La Carrarese ingaggia il bomber Gaeta". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 12 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
10. "Classifica Marcatori – 2° Divisione gir. A". Lega Pro (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
11. "Classifica Marcatori – 2° Divisione gir. B". Lega Pro (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
12. "Classifica Marcatori – 2° Divisione gir. C". Lega Pro (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
13. "Pro Patria, un' incredibile cinquina" (Require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
14. "Prato da impazzire: tre gol dopo il 90'" (Require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 30 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
15. "Carrarese in trionfo insieme ai soci vip Il Prato si arrende" (Require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
16. "Coppa Italia: Virtus Entella – Carrarese 1–0, il tabellino". Calcio Toscano (in Italian). 19 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
17. "Coppa Italia: Carrarese – Savona 0–1, decidono Bottiglieri e Nicastro". Calcio Toscano (in Italian). 22 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
18. "Carrarese-Sanremese 4–1, biancoazzurri eliminati dalla Coppa di Lega Pro". Riviera 24 (in Italian). 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
19. "Coppa Italia: Esperia Viareggio – Carrarese 1- 0". FC Esperia Viareggio (in Italian). 8 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

External links

• "Lega Serie B Profile" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
• "Carrarese Profile" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
• Antonio Gaeta at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)