Diego Manzoni

Diego Manzoni

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Italy
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
000?–2008	Pergocrema
2007–2008	→ Genoa (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Pergocrema	2	(0)
2009	→ Merate (loan)	9	(0)
2009–2012	Parma	0	(0)
2012–2015	Genoa	0	(0)
Total		11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Manzoni (born 4 August 1990) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Early career

A youth product of Pergocrema, Manzoni was loaned to Serie A club Genoa C.F.C. in 2007–08 season. Manzoni was on the bench in 2008 Torneo di Viareggio, as the backup of Mirko Lamantia. ^[1]

Parma

Manzoni was signed by Parma on 31 August 2009 ^[2] in a direct player swap, for €500,000. Francesco Pambianchi and Niccolò Galli moved to Pergocrema in co-ownership deal for a total fee of €500,000 (However both player had joined the club in January and July 2009 in co-ownership for peppercorn already, and Parma bought back for peppercorn and resold for a total of €500,000). ^[2] Manzoni signed a 5-year contract. He did not have a shirt number in the first team nor had a place in the youth team (which played by overage player Stefano Russo instead) In 2010-11 season, he remained at Parma's youth team as overage player, ^[3] however he did not play any game.

Ghost player

On 29 June 2011, 2 days before the closure of 2010–11 financial year of "Parma F.C. S.p.A.", he joined Genoa in co-ownership deal, for €1.7 million in a 4-year contract, ^[4] but in July returned to Parma on loan. However, he still did not have a first team squad number and new signing Alberto Gallinetta became the third keeper of the team. The co-ownership was renewed in June 2012, 2013 ^[5] and 2014. ^[6] In 2015 the contract and the co-ownership finally expired, making Genoa having a co-ownership income of €1.7 million, as well as a loss to Parma's account for the same amount. Parma bankrupted in March 2015 and fold in June.

References

1. "Viareggio: la formazione del Genoa" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
2. "Manzoni ceduto al Parma". US Pergocrema 1932 (in Italian). 31 August 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
3. "Primavera: 20 i convocati per Parma - Novara". Parma FC (in Italian). 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
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4. Parma FC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian) CCIAA
5. "ACCORDI DI PARTECIPAZIONE" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
6. "MERCATO ACCORDI PARTECIPAZIONE" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

External links

• Diego Manzoni at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)