Francesco Corapi

Francesco Corapi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Catanzaro, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lamezia Terme
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2005	Catanzaro
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005	Catanzaro	2	(0)
2005–2006	Sapri	31	(4)
2006–2007	Gela	30	(3)
2007–2008	Vibonese	15	(2)
2008	Benevento	0	(0)
2008–2011	Catanzaro	54	(5)
2011	Siracusa	14	(0)
2011–2012	Vibonese	32	(3)
2012–2013	Nocerina	27	(2)
2013–2015	L'Aquila	62	(6)
2015–2018	Parma	82	(13)
2018–2020	Trapani	59	(6)
2020–2021	Catanzaro	38	(1)
2021–	Lamezia Terme	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Francesco Corapi (born 22 December 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Lamezia Terme. ^[2]

Biography

Born in Catanzaro, Calabria, Corapi started his career at U.S. Catanzaro. He played twice in the last two rounds of 2004–05 Serie B.

In 2005 Corapi left for Serie D club Sapri (Italian fifth division until 2014). In 2006, he was signed by Serie C2 club Gela. In August 2007 he joined fellow fourth division club Vibonese. ^[3] In January 2008 he left for Benevento. ^[4]

Catanzaro return

In 2008 Corapi returned to hometown for F.C. Catanzaro in co-ownership deal (which Catanzaro signed him outright from Benevento in June 2009 ^[5] ). He spent 2+1⁄2 seasons in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (ex- Serie C2) until January 2011, which he was signed by Siracusa of Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

Corapi signed a new 2-year contract worth €37,791.78 in gross annually in August 2010 (decreased from €74,000 in gross in 2009–10 season; €57,000 in gross in 2010–11 season in a contract signed in May 2010, but increased from actual receiving of Lega Pro minimum from 2008 to 3 May 2010 of €16,745 in net ^[6] and €17,281 in net ^[7] ), ^[8] the wage was increased to €96,314.72 in gross in the version that submitted to Lega Pro on 3 November 2010. ^[8] The president of Lega Pro voided the second version of the contract due to financial difficulties of Catanzaro, on 30 November. ^[8] Catanzaro bankrupted in June 2011.

Vibonese

In 2011 Corapi was re-signed by Vibonese. The club relegated to Serie D (amateur league) after losing the relegation "play-out" to Mantova.

Nocerina

On 14 July 2012 Corapi joined Italian third division club Nocerina. ^[9] In February 2013 he was suspended 3 months due to contract issue with Catanzaro. ^[8] His appeal was accepted by the Corte di Giustizia Federale (CGF) of Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on 7 March. ^[10]

He was the starting midfielder in 4-3-3 formation in the promotion playoffs. ^{[11] [12]}

L'Aquila

On 21 August 2013 Corapi joined L'Aquila in 2-year contract. ^[13]

Trapani

On 16 January 2020, he was released from his contract with Trapani by mutual consent. ^[14]

Second return to Catanzaro

On 17 January 2020, he returned to Catanzaro once again and signed a 1.5-year contract. ^[15]

Serie D

On 27 August 2021, he joined Lamezia Terme in Serie D. ^[16]

Honours

• Serie C2: Benevento (2008)

References

1. L'Aquila profile Archived 2014-04-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
2. Francesco Corapi at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
3. "Visti Esecutività Su movimenti di Trasferimento (pagina 124)" (in Italian). Lega Calcio Serie C. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original (require debug to 8 bit encoding) on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
4. "Visti Esecutività Su movimenti di Trasferimento (pagina 8)" (in Italian). Lega Calcio Serie C. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original (require debug to 8 bit encoding) on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
5. "Risoluzioni accordi di partecipazione ed esito apertura buste (CU Lega Pro 193/L del 15 MAGGIO 2009)" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 30 June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
6. "C.U. N°191/L (2007–08)" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Calcio Serie C. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
7. "C.U. N°194/L (2008–09)" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 19 May 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
8. "Comunicato Ufficiale (C.U.) N°66/CDN (2012–13)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC Commissione disciplinare nazionale. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
9. "Ingaggiato Corapi" (in Italian). ASG Nocerina. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
10. "C.U. N°210/CGF (2012–13)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC Corte di Giustizia Federale. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
11. "Baldan in gol La Nocerina va verso la finale Cede il Latina". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 May 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
12. "Ribaltone Siluro Barraco festa Latina". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
13. "FIRMA IL CENTROCAMPISTA CORAPI" (in Italian). L'Aquila Calcio 1927. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
14. "La Società #TrapaniCalcio comunica la risoluzione consensuale del contratto con il calciatore Francesco #Corapi" (in Italian). Trapani. 16 January 2020.
15. "Corapi ritorna in giallorosso!" (Press release) (in Italian). Catanzaro. 17 January 2020.
16. "HA FIRMATO ORA CON IL LAMEZIA TERME IL CENTROCAMPISTA FRANCESCO CORAPI" (in Italian). Lamezia Terme. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

External links

• AIC profile (data by football.it) (in Italian)