Nicola Santoni

Nicola Santoni

Personal information
Date of birth	January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) (age 32)
Place of birth	Ravenna, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Ravenna (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2002	Cesena	32	(0)
2000–2001	→ Chieti (loan)	34	(0)
2002–2005	Palermo	18	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Nicola Santoni (born 18 January 1979) is an Italian former association football goalkeeper.

Career

He started his professional career at native club Cesena of Emilia-Romagna region. He was on loan to Chieti (Seri C1) in 2000-01 season.

Palermo

In 2002, he was signed by Palermo, at that time in Serie B.

He made his Serie A debut on 29 May 2005, against S.S. Lazio.

In January 2006, he involved in David Di Michele transfer, which seen Santoni, Simone Pepe and Salvatore Masiello went to Udinese Calcio in co-ownership deal.

But he involved in another transfer, which Santoni transferred to Brescia and Federico Agliardi went to Palermo. Which means Udinese and Brescia shared the played since January 2006.^[1]

Spezia

In summer 2006, Brescia bought the rights from Udine, but he was loaned to newly promoted Serie B team Spezia.

In summer 2007, he remained in Spezia, and awarded No.1 shirt.

Bari

He was bought by Spezia by won the blind auction to Udinese in June 2008, but Spezia faced bankrupt. In July 2008, he signed a 3-year contract with A.S. Bari.^[2] He played only twice during his time at AS Bari.

Retirement

On July 2009 Santoni agreed a loan move to his hometown club Ravenna; however, the move was later suspended after a medical revealed a heart pathology, and Santoni consequently announced his immediate retirement from football at the age of 30.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Santoni was appointed to a non-playing role as coordinator of the youth goalkeeping coaches at Ravenna. On July 2010 Santoni was then named as new Ravenna goalkeeping coach, working alongside head coach Vincenzo Esposito.^[3] He was banned for 4 years due to 2011 Italian football scandal.

References

1. ^ "Agliardi agrees Palermo switch". UEFA.com. 25 January 2006. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=388515.html. 
2. ^ "Preso il vice Gillet" (in Italian). AS Bari. 2008-07-02. http://www.asbari.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1364&Itemid=69. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
3. ^ "Nicola Santoni è il nuovo preparatore dei portieri" (in Italian). Ravenna Calcio. 9 July 2010. http://www.ravennacalcio.com/cgi-bin/_ra/comunicati_ra.cgi?id=12936&mese=7&anno=2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 

External links

• ACSpezia.com (Italian)
• Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Santoni, Nicola
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Short description
Date of birth	18 January 1979
Place of birth	Ravenna, Italy
Date of death
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