Paolo Vernazza

Football player infobox
playername= Paolo Vernazza
fullname = Paolo Andrea Vernazza
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|11|1|df=y
cityofbirth = Islington
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub = Woking
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–2000
1998
2000
2000–2004
2004–2006
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Arsenal
→ Ipswich Town (loan)
→ Portsmouth (loan)
Watford
Rotherham United
→ Barnet (loan)
Dagenham & Redbridge
Weymouth
Woking
caps(goals) = 04 (1)
02 (0)
07 (0)
96 (2)
27 (0)
17 (0)
10 (0)
29 (1)
07 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 02 (0)
pcupdate = 08:39, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Paolo Vernazza (born 1 November 1979 in Islington) is an English footballer. He is a midfielder, and currently plays for Woking.

Vernazza started his career at Arsenal but struggled to break into the first team. He made his first-team debut in a League Cup match against Birmingham City on 14 October 1997 but only made a handful of appearances for Arsenal over the next three years. However, he did make the England squad for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. He had loan spells at Ipswich Town and Portsmouth, before leaving Arsenal for Watford in December 2000. He played 11 times for Arsenal, scoring one goal, in a 2-1 win over Coventry City on September 16 2000.

Vernazza spent three-and-a-half years at Watford, making 96 league appearances, before moving to Rotherham United in the summer of 2004. He had a loan spell at Barnet before being released by Rotherham in May 2006.

After his release he trialled with several clubs, including Bristol Rovers.fact|date=August 2008 Following a successful trial, Vernazza signed for Dagenham & Redbridge on 14 December 2006. [ [http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=39088 Daggers sign Vernazza] ] He was part of the squad that helped Dagenham gain promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history, winning the Conference in the 2006–07 season.

He joined Weymouth on 9 July 2007. [ [http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/sportslatest/display.var.1529785.0.vernazza_coup.php Vernazza Coup] ]

Vernazza appeared as a substitute for Crawley Town in a pre-season game against former club Arsenal on 26 July 2008. [ [http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/170453/reserves/crawley-town-v-arsenal-res?tab=report Crawley Town 0-1 Reserves] ] However, on 6 August 2008 he signed for another Conference club, Woking, following a successful trial. [http://www.wokingfc.co.uk/pages/news.asp?ID=2219]

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