Simone Farina

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Simone Farina
Personal information
Full name Simone Farina
Date of birth (1982-04-18) 18 April 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Siena (general manager)
Youth career
Roma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Roma 0 (0)
2001–2002 → Catania (loan) 2 (0)
2002–2004 Cittadella 17 (1)
2004–2006 Gualdo 54 (0)
2006–2007 Celano 28 (2)
2007–2012 Gubbio 58 (2)
Total159(5)
International career
1997–1998 Italy U15 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Simone Farina (born 18 April 1982) is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender, currently working as general manager of Serie D Group E club Siena.

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Career

Early career

Born in Rome and a fan of Lazio, [1] Farina started his career at A.S. Roma and was a member of the Primavera U20 youth team in the 2000–01 season. [2] In the 2001–02 season, he left for Catania on loan. He played twice for Catania in Serie C1 and won promotion playoffs with the Sicilian club.

Roma's False accounting scandal

On 28 June 2002, he was exchanged with Alessandro Sturba who only played twice in Series A, though both players were tagged for the nominal value of €2.4 million. [3] [4] Co-currently, Roma bought back Farina's 50% registration rights (co-ownership deal) for €1.2M. Roma also made similar deals with other clubs before the end of fiscal year on 30 June 2002, and created a "profit" of €55million by selling their youth players. [5] In 2004, Roma was investigated [6] and was fined €60,000 on 30 October 2007 by the Criminal Court of Rome for irregular transferring of youth players. [7]

Cittadella

At Cittadella, Farina only played 17 times in two seasons with the club in Serie C1. In June 2004, Roma gave up the remaining rights for free (which the nominal value was €1.2M). [8]

Serie C2 clubs and Gubbio

Farina then left for Serie C2 club Gualdo. After the club went bankrupt, he joined Celano also in Serie C2. In June 2007, he signed a 1-year contract with Serie C2 club Gubbio. [9] With Gubbio he won two promotions, and reached out his career peak by playing in the 2011–12 Serie B with his club.

2011 Italian football scandal

He became famous during the 2011 Italian football scandal when he was approached and offered €200,000 by Alessandro Zamperini, a former teammate at A.S. Roma, to influence the outcome of an Italian Cup match between Cesena and Gubbio on 30 November. The player refused and reported the incident to the police, [10] resulting in the arrest of 17 people the following month. [1] Following this, the Italy national team manager Cesare Prandelli invited him to train with the national team for three days as a prize for his honesty. [11] For the same reason, he received an award from Sepp Blatter during the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony. [12]

Retirement as a player and appointment by Aston Villa

Farina retired from football with Gubbio in 2012 Farina joined Aston Villa first as a community coach in September 2012 and subsequently as Head of Sports Integrity in September 2013. [13] [14] During this role in August 2014 Farina was named a FIFA Ambassador for fair play by Sepp Blatter, also working with the English FA to raise awareness of betting regulations among players. [15]

Serie B

Farina later became an ambassador for Serie B, having been appointed by Andrea Abodi in May 2015. [16] He had already been a member of the Serie B ethics committee that convenes annually to allocate charitable funds. [16]

Siena

In the summer of 2023, Farina returned to football as the new general manager of Siena following the club's exclusion and a fresh restart from Eccellenza. [17] The club went on to win promotion to Serie D on their first season.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Primavera Squad 2000/2001". Channel 2. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Vittorio Malagutti (7 November 2002). "La Roma ha un buco nel bilancio? Per coprirlo basta vendere 26 sconosciuti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Andrea Righi (4 July 2002). "Il Cittadella attivo sul mercato". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Calciopoli: pm, falsi i bilanci di Roma e Lazio". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 22 May 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Glenn Moore (4 December 2004). "Sensi investigation rocks Roma". The Independent. Retrieved 5 April 2010.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Doping amministrativo Roma colpevole, Lazio no". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 30 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Approvazione Situazione Mensile al 31 maggio 2004" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  9. ↑ Stefano Sica (23 June 2007). "UFFICIALE: Farina al Gubbio". Tutto Mercato Web. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Atalanta captain Doni arrested in match-fixing case". IBN Live. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "Prandelli chiama il 'giocatore pulito' Farina si allenerà con gli azzurri". La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "Pallone d'oro 2011 a Messi".
  13. ↑ "Villa community coach Simone Farina calls on player and club officials to aid fight against match fixing". Aston Villa F.C. Official Facebook Page. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Network Villa: Join Lunch with moral champion Simone Farina". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Video: Villa coach enlisted to help FA". Birmingham Mail. August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Simone Farina returns to Italy. For him a role as ambassador in Serie B (translated)". Sport Media Set. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Siena Fc, inizia la nuova avventura dall'Eccellenza: i primi nomi per l'attacco e la difesa" (in Italian). Mugello Sport. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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