Emanuele Calaiò
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| Emanuele Calaiò | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emanuele Calaiò | |
| Date of birth | 8 January 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Palermo, Italy | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1999-03 2002-03 2002-03 2003-04 2004- |
Torino Ternana (loan) Messina (loan) Pescara Calcio S.S.C. Napoli |
20 (3) 10 (2) 12 (2) 70 (27) 51 (24) [1] |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Emanuele Calaiò (born 8 January 1982 in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian football player, currently playing for Serie B side S.S.C. Napoli. Calaiò plays in the striker position and has an impressive goalscoring record.
[edit] Biography
Calaiò started his football career at Torino making his first team debut against Reggina Calcio on 6 January 2000, he scored a goal for Torino three minutes into his debut. He made 20 appearances in total for Torino before going on loan.
First Calaiò went on loan to Ternana and then a short spell with Messina followed. In January 2003, the young Italian who by this time had turned out for the Italian Under-20 side, was bought by Pescara Calcio.
With Pescara, Calaiò solidified himself as an impressive striker, the club won promotion back into Serie B in 2003, with Calaiò scoring 21 times in his first season. For the side he would eventually play 70 games and scoring 27 goals in two years.
This drew the attention of S.S.C. Napoli who signed the player in 2004, the club at the time were in Serie C, but have since achieved promotion back into Serie B with Calaiò carrying on his sensational scoring record, with 24 goals in 51 games by the time the 2006/07 season dawned.
[edit] References
| S.S.C. Napoli - Current Squad |
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1 Iezzo | 2 Grava | 3 Montesanto | 4 Montervino | 5 Gatti | 6 Maldonado | 7 Trotta | 8 Inácio Piá | 9 Sosa | 11 Calaiò | 12 Del Giudice | 14 Romito | 16 Cupi | 17 Capparella | 18 Bogliancino | 20 De Zerbi | 21 Amodio | 22 Gianello | 23 Giubilato | 24 Dalla Bona | 25 Vitale | 26 Domizzi | 28 Cannavaro | 29 Bucchi | 31 Giglio |
