Erminio Rullo

Erminio Rullo

Erminio Rullo Avezzano 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-02-19) 19 February 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Lecce
2001–2002	Internazionale
2002–2004	Lecce
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Lecce	95	(1)
2007–2010	Napoli	12	(0)
2008–2009	→ Triestina (loan)	35	(0)
2011–2012	Modena	32	(0)
2013–2015	Lecce	9	(0)
2015	Messina	9	(0)
2015–2016	Martina Franca	8	(0)
2016–2017	Olympia Agnonese	23	(0)
2017	Avezzano	0	(0)
2017–2018	Olympia Agnonese	30	(0)
International career
2000	Italy U15	5	(1)
2003	Italy U20	2	(0)
2004	Italy U21	1	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Olympia Agnonese
2020–2021	Avezzano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2017

Erminio Rullo (born 19 February 1984) is an Italian former footballer who played as a centre back.

Club career

Lecce

Born in Naples, Campania, Rullo started his career with Apulia side Lecce. He archived a record by winning three consecutive Campionato Nazionale Primavera between 2002 and 2004, two with Lecce ^{[2] [3]} and one with F.C. Internazionale Milano Primavera. ^[4]

In June 2001 half of the registration rights of Rullo was acquired by Internazionale for 3,000 million lire (€1,549,371); ^[5] At the same time half of the "card" of Giorgio Frezzolini was sold to Lecce for 2,500 million lire (€1,291,142), ^[5] as well as half the "card" of Bruno Cirillo for 6,000 million lire. (€3,098,741) ^[6] Rullo signed a 4-year contract. Rullo spent a season in Inter's reserve. He also sometimes featured as wing forward as the team had Giovanni Pasquale. In June 2002 Frezzolini joined Lecce for free, as well as Cirillo to Lecce for €306,000 and Rullo returned to Lecce for €151,000. The club failed to agree a price, through a mandatory bidding process, Lecce acquired Cirillo and Rullo.

Rullo made his Serie A debut on 31 August 2003 against Lazio, the opening match of 2003–04 Serie A. He started the match as winger along with Max Tonetto and Giuseppe Abruzzese in left back.^{[ citation needed ]} He was substituted by Alessandro Budel at half time as the team already lost 0–3 away at that time. He started 4 more Serie A matches that season, 3 of them as winger.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2004–05 Serie A, Rullo ahead Abruzzese at the left back position, under new coach Zdeněk Zeman who replaced Delio Rossi. The team now featured only one right winger, Marco Cassetti, instead of 2 or even 3 in the last season, which also saw the departure of Tonetto.

Rullo followed Lecce relegated to Serie B in mid-2006.

Napoli

In January 2007 he left for fellow Serie B side Napoli for €1.5 million ^[7] and Lecce signed Alberto Giuliatto from Treviso as replacement. Rullo signed a 4+1⁄2-year contract. ^{[7] [8]} Rullo worked as understudy of Mirko Savini that season and finished as runner-up and promoted to Serie A.

With Napoli at Serie A, Rullo remained as Savini's backup, despite wore no.3 shirt. On 26 June 2008 he was loaned to Serie B side Triestina. ^[9] Napoli later signed Salvatore Aronica to feature as the new left central back or youth product Luigi Vitale (2ho took the no.3 shirt) as left wingback ahead Savini.

With Triestina, Rullo made 34 started out of possible 42 Serie B matches. In 2009–10 season, he returned to Napoli, and changed his shirt number to no.33 ^[10] But Rullo remained as a backup player, which Roberto Donadoni and then Walter Mazzarri preferred Aronica (as left central back, left back or left wingback), Juan Camilo Zúñiga (left wingback, summer new signing) and Andrea Dossena (left wingback, winter new signing).

At the start of 2010–11 season, Napoli included Aronica, Dossena, Rullo and Zúñiga in the 25-men squad for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying (with several players left out), which also saw Rullo's shirt number changed again, this time to no.84 – the year of his birth (Matteo Gianello took his number). However, he did not receive a call-up to that qualifying match. ^[11]

Modena

Rullo moved to Modena on 10 January 2011 on a free transfer. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "Rullo, Erminio Rullo – Footballer | BDFutbol". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
2. "INTER 2 LECCE 3 – NERAZZURRINI MISS OUT ON SECOND CONSECUTIVE TITLE". FC Internazionale Milano. inter.it. 6 June 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
3. "INTER PRIMAVERA BEATEN ON PENALTIES". FC Internazionale Milano. inter.it. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
4. "ITALIAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL – SCUDETTO FOR INTER". FC Internazionale Milano. inter.it. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
5. FC Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
6. FC Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2002, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
7. page 18, SSC Napoli 2006–07 Annual Report (bilancio), Require purchase in CCIAA
8. Binda, Nicola; Di Chiara, Filippo (26 January 2007). "Rivoluzione Lecce: anche Zanchetta". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 19 August 2010.
9. "Rullo in prestito alla Triestina". SSC Napoli (in Italian). 26 June 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
10. "Napoli, i numeri di maglia per la stagione 2009/2010". SSC Napoli (in Italian). 24 July 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
11. "Napoli, i convocati: Gli azzurri verso il match con l'Elfsborg". SSC Napoli (in Italian). 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
12. "Diario gialloblu di Lunedì 10 Gennaio" [Gialloblu diary, Monday 10 January]. Modena FC (in Italian). 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
13. SSC Napooli SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)

External links

• Profile at Lega-Calcio.it (in Italian)
• La Gazzetta dello Sport (2006–07 season) (in Italian)
• FIGC National Team data (in Italian)
• Football.it Profile (in Italian)
• Erminio Rullo at Soccerway
• Erminio Rullo at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)