Vincenzo Sommese

Infobox Football biography
playername = Vincenzo Sommese
fullname = Vincenzo Sommese
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|6|22
cityofbirth = Nola
countryofbirth = Italy
height = Height|m=1.74
position = Midfielder
currentclub = Ascoli
clubnumber = 19
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years = 1993-1994 1995-2003 2000-2001 2002 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2008-
clubs = Nola Torino → Vicenza ("loan") → Piacenza ("loan") Ancona Modena Mantova Ascoli
caps(goals) = 014 (1) 128 (9) 044 (7) 010 (1) 026 (1) 022 (4) 061 (5) 001 (1)
nationalyears =
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Vincenzo Sommese (born 22 June, 1976 in Nola) is an Italian footballer. He plays for Ascoli.

Career

Sommese started his career at Nola of Serie C2. He was signed by Torino in November 1994, and made his Serie A debut on 6 April, 1996, against Juventus F.C., but Torino fall to Serie B in that summer.

After a short return to Serie A in 1999/00 season, Sommese played in Serie B again in summer 2000.

But in October 2000, he was sold to Vicenza of Serie A in joint ownership bid, but the Serie A career end again after the club fall to Serie B in summer 2001.

He played half of the Serie B season for Vicenza, before returned to Serie A again for Piacenza on loan in January 2002.

He returned to Torino in summer 2002, but Sommese once again faced relegation to Serie B as the Turin club finished the last.

Sommese then joined Serie A newcomer Ancona, but faced his fifth relegation to Serie B.

Sommese received an offer from Modena, a first "currently" Serie B club at the time he was signed.

One season later, he joined Mantova of Serie B and played for two season, before banned from football due to betting. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=565876.html|title=Di Michele accepts FIGC ban|date=2007-07-31|accessdate=2008-01-28|publisher=UEFA.com]

In January 2008, after his ban has expired, he was signed by Ascoli of Serie B, and scored a goal in the debut.

Honours and awards

*Serie B runner-up: 1999

References

External links

*it icon [http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/10003.shtml gazzetta.it]