Emanuele Manitta

Emanuele Manitta

Personal information
Date of birth	January 12, 1977 (1977-01-12) (age 34)
Place of birth	Caltagirone, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–1995	Bari
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1996	Ragusa	12	(0)
1996–1997	Peloro	30	(0)
1997–2003	Messina	140	(0)
2000–2001	→ Lecce (loan)	0	(0)
2003	→ Napoli (loan)	8	(0)
2003–2004	Napoli	41	(0)
2004–2005	Catanzaro	16	(0)
2005–2006	Bologna	2	(0)
2006–2007	Livorno	8	(0)
2007–2008	Messina	30	(0)
2008–2009	Siena	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Emanuele Manitta (born on 12 January 1977) is an Italian football goalkeeper.

Football career

Early career

A native of Caltagirone, Sicily, he spent one season at youth rank of A.S. Bari before to move to Sicilian amateur club U.S. Ragusa, at that time at Serie D. He then moved to Peloro Calcio of Serie D. In summer 1997, Peloro merged with Messina, at that time at Serie D.

Messina

At Messina, he helped the club promoted to Serie C2 at summer 1998, and promoted to Serie C1 at summer 2000.

He won a loan contract from U.S. Lecce in summer 2000, but did not play.

He returned to Messina in summer 2001, this time at Serie B.

He won another loan contract from S.S.C. Napoli (Serie B) in January 2003, to replace Marco Storari, later the move became permanent. He played 41 out of 42 Serie B games that season.

But Napoli faced bankrupt in summer 2004, he started his career that finding a club in every summer.

Late career

He was first for Catanzaro (Serie B), but the club almost failed to protect her place on Serie B. He then joined Bologna as backup of Gianluca Pagliuca in Serie B, where he just made 2 appearances.

In summer 2006, he joined Livorno, where he made the Serie A debut on 21 January 2007 1-1 draw verse A.S. Roma. As a backup for Marco Amelia, he also played 8 Serie A games, but none at UEFA Cup 2006-07.

In summer 2007, he moved back to Messina, ahead Gabriele Paoletti as first choice, where he played 30 Serie B games. Following the disbandment of the Sicilian club, he was released for free on July 2008, and later signed by Siena on 3 October 2008 as an emergency replacement for Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos.^[1]

Honours and awards

Winners

• Serie D: 1998
• Serie C2: 2000

References

1. ^ "Preso Emanuele Manitta" (in Italian). AC Siena. 200-10-03. http://www.acsiena.it/comunicatidetail.php3?id=6655. Retrieved 2009-07-28. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Manitta, Emanuele
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Date of birth	12 January 1977
Place of birth	Caltagirone, Italy
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