Giovanni Martina

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Giovanni Martina
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Vittorio Veneto, Italy
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Bassano
Youth career
Treviso
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Treviso 5 (0)
2007–2008Pizzighettone (loan) 22 (0)
2009– Bassano 17 (0)
2011Viareggio (loan) 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Martina (born 20 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bassano.

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Biography

Born in Vittorio Veneto, the Province of Treviso, Martina started his career at Treviso. In his last year with Treviso's under-20 youth team, he also played 3 Serie B games. In the first game he replaced Gianni Guigou in the 63rd minute on 8 October 2006, drawing 0–0 with Piacenza. [1] In July 2007 he was loaned to Pizzighettone along with Eros Bagnara. [2] On 1 July 2008 Martina returned to Treviso but only played 2 times in Serie B, which the team relegated and then bankrupted.

On 5 August 2009 he joined Bassano on free transfer. [3] He played a career high of 13 games, and in June his contract was extended. [4] That season despite finished seventh in the Group B of 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the team promoted to Prima Divisione to fill the vacancies by the bankrupted teams. He only played 4 times in his maiden Prima Divisione season before moved to fellow Prima Divisione team Viareggio (but from another group, Group B), in exchange with forward Cristian Longobardi. [5] [6] he was the understudy of Nicolò Brighenti; just played four times: started once as right-back (but sent off at first half), [7] replacing centre-back Lorenzo Fiale once and left-back Davide Bertolucci twice respectively.

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References

  1. "Treviso 1–1 Piacenza". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
  2. "UFFICIALE: il Pizzighettone prende due baby del Treviso". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 11 July 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  3. "Si completa il roster del Bassano" [This completes the roster of Bassano]. Bassano Virtus 55 ST (in Italian). 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  4. "Il Gaucho continua l'avventura in giallorosso!" [Gaucho continues the adventure with Roma!]. Bassano Virtus 55 ST (in Italian). 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  5. "Calciomercato: Longobardi alla corte di Jaconi" [Football: Longobardi at Jaconi's court]. Bassano Virtus 55 ST (in Italian). 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  6. "Scambio Viareggio- Bassano: parte Longobardi, arriva Giovanni Martina" [Exchange Viareggio - Bassano: Longobardi goes instead Giovanni Martina]. FC Esperia Viareggio (in Italian). 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  7. "Nel Benevento aria di crisi Viareggio, punto prezioso". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 14 February 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.