- Manuele Blasi
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Manuele Blasi 
Personal information Date of birth 17 August 1980 Place of birth Civitavecchia, Italy Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Parma Number 20 Youth career 1996–1998 Roma Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2000 Roma 5 (0) 1998–1999 → Lecce (loan) 12 (0) 2000–2002 Perugia 46 (0) 2002–2007 Juventus 40 (0) 2002–2003 → Perugia (loan) 30 (0) 2003–2004 → Parma (loan) 12 (0) 2006–2007 → Fiorentina (loan) 31 (1) 2007–2011 Napoli 60 (0) 2009–2010 → Palermo (loan) 14 (0) 2011– Parma 0 (0) National team‡ 1996 Italy U-15 10 (1) 1996–1997 Italy U-16 10 (0) 1998–1999 Italy U-18 10 (0) 2000 Italy U-20 4 (0) 2000–2002 Italy U-21 6 (0) 2004–2005 Italy 8 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2005Manuele Blasi (born 17 August 1980) is an Italian football midfielder who currently plays for Serie A club Parma.
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Career
A centre midfielder, Blasi made his Serie A debut for A.S. Roma in a match against Piacenza on 22 January 2000. he also played for Lecce at Serie B before returned to Roma. In mid-2000 he was signed by Perugia at (first in co-ownership deal). Which he played 46 Serie A matches. In June 2001, he was signed permanently for 18 billion Italian lire.[1][2]
In July 2002, he was signed by Juventus, and loaned back to Perugia in the first season.
In the second season he joined Parma.[3] He was suspended due to test positive for nandrolone[4] until March.[5]
Juventus
Blasi returned to Juventus F.C. in 2004, under Fabio Capello, his coach at Roma, he received his first Italy call-up in August.[6] He partner with Emerson at the midfield.
In the next season, due to the injury of Gianluca Pessotto, he played as right-back. Due to the arrival of Patrick Vieira, he is lack of first team chance at midfield, in although awarded a new contract until 2009.[7] He played 6 start.
Waiting for the 2006 Italian football scandal punishment, Blasi joined Fiorentina with option to purchase,[8] under Cesare Prandelli, his coach at Parma.
Napoli
Along with former team-mate Marcelo Zalayeta, Blasi was sold to newly promoted Serie A team Napoli for €1.4M and €2.45 million respectively in co-ownership deal.[9][10] He signed a 5-year contract.[9] In June 2008 Napoli bought the remain half for €2.6 million.[11]
On 31 August 2009 he was loaned to Palermo[12][13] after played the opening match against Salernitana in Coppa Italia on 16 August.[14]
International career
At youth level he played for Italy U15 team, Italy U16 team at 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualifying; Italy U18 team at 1999 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship, which lost to Portugal U18 at the final; Italy U20 team at 2000 Toulon Tournament. He also played at 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, as starter due to the injury of Enzo Maresca.[15]
Manuele Blasi has been playing for the Italian national team, for which he debuted on 18 August 2004 in a friendly match against Iceland.
Career statistics
Club
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total 1998–99 Lecce Serie B 12 0 6 0 18 0 1999–2000 Roma Serie A 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 2000–01 Perugia 20 0 1 0 21 0 2001–02 26 0 4 0 30 0 2002–03 30 0 5 0 2 0 37 0 2003–04 Parma 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 2004–05 Juventus 27 0 1 0 8 0 36 0 2005–06[16] 13 0 3 0 5 0 21 0 2006–07[17] Fiorentina 31 1 2 0 33 1 2007–08[18] Napoli 27 0 3 0 30 0 2008–09 32 0 0 0 5 0 37 0 2009–10 0 0 1 0 1 0 Palermo 9 0 9 0 Career total 235 1 28 0 21 0 284 1 International
National team Club Season Apps Goals Italy Juventus 2004–05 7 0 2005–06 1 0 Total 8 0 International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 1. 16 August 2000 Pescara, Italy 
Mexico1–0 0 Friendly (Italy U21) 2. 16 April 2002 Como, Italy 
France2–3 0 3. 17 May 2002 Basel, Switzerland 
Portugal1–1 0 2002 U21 Euro (Italy U21) 4. 20 May 2002 
England2–1 0 5. 22 May 2002 
Switzerland0–0 0 6. 27 May 2002 Zürich, Switzerland 
Czech Republic2–3 0 1. 18 August 2004 Reykjavik, Iceland 
Iceland0–2 0 Friendly 2. 8 September 2004 Chişinău, Moldova 
Moldova1–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 3. 13 October 2004 Parma, Italy 
Belarus4–3 0 4. 17 November 2004 Messina, Italy 
Finland1–0 0 Friendly 5. 9 February 2005 Cagliari, Italy 
Russia2–0 0 6. 30 March 2005 Padova, Italy Iceland0–0 0 7. 8 June 2005 Toronto, Canada 
Serbia and Montenegro1–1 0 8. 12 October 2005 Lecce, Italy Moldova2–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification References
- ^ "Lupatelli va al Chievo, Di Francesco a Piacenza" (in Italian). AS Roma. 2001-06-29. Archived from the original on 2002-06-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20020602132024/www.asromacalcio.it/sito-ufficiale/news/articolo924.html. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ "CAMPAGNA TRASFERIMENTI" (in Italian). AS Roma. 2001-06-28. Archived from the original on 2001-07-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20010706164617/www.asromacalcio.it/sito-ufficiale/comfin/pdf/28_06_01.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ "Appiah arrives at Juventus". UEFA.com. 2003-06-30. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=78343.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Drugs duo face ban". BBC. 2003-12-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3307675.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Bans reduced for Kallon and Blasi". UEFA.com. 2004-02-09. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=143580.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Lippi looks for fresh approach". UEFA.com. 2004-08-15. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=216248.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Blasi nets new Juve deal". UEFA.com. 2005-09-16. http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=342319.html. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ "Ufficiale l'arrivo di Manuele Blasi" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 21 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060630112724/http://www.acffiorentina.it/it/. Retrieved 30 June 2006. "La Fiorentina comunica di aver acquisito a titolo temporaneo con diritto di riscatto le prestazioni sportive del centrocampista Manuele Blasi, classe 1980, dalla Juventus FC."
- ^ a b "Blasi e Zalayeta al Napoli" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 2007-08-21. http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=656&content=0. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Six-Monthly Report at 31 December 2007". Juventus FC. 2008-03-18. http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/bilanci_relazioni/Rel_Sem31_12_07_inglese.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Agreements with S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A.". Juventus FC. 2008-06-13. http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/comunicatipricesensitive/comunicato_13062008_blasi_zalayetaeng.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Preso Blasi dal Napoli" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 2009-08-31. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/news_scheda.jsp?id=18155. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ "Blasi in prestito al Palermo, Montervino ceduto alla Salernitana" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 2009-08-31. http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=2715&content=0. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ "Napoli-Salernitana 3-0" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 16 August 2009. http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=2677&content=0. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ "Holders' high expectations". UEFA.com. 2002-05-14. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=23680.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.[dead link]
- ^ "2005–06 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2006/giocatori/blasi_man.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "2006–07 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/blasi_man.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "2007–08 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/1140.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
External links
- Manuele Blasi – FIFA competition record
- Player profile on Napoli's official website (Italian)
- Profile at Football.it (Italian)
- Profile at La gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)
- Profile at FIGC (Italian)
• 2 Bonera • 3 Bellini • 4 Ferrari • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Donati • 7 Marchionni • 8 Brighi • 9 Maccarone • 10 Pirlo • 11 Bonazzoli • 12 Spadavecchia • 13 Castellini • 14 Dainelli • 15 Lucchini • 16 Natali • 17 Blasi • 18 Gatti • 19 Pinzi • 20 Caracciolo • 21 Iaquinta • 22 Pelizzoli • Coach: Gentile
Parma F.C. – current squad 1 Pavarini · 3 Feltscher · 4 Morrone (c) · 5 Zaccardo · 6 A. Lucarelli · 7 Biabiany · 8 Galloppa · 9 Crespo · 10 Giovinco · 11 Floccari · 13 Brandão · 14 Danilo · 17 Valdés · 18 Gobbi · 19 Rubin · 20 Blasi · 22 Palladino · 23 Modesto · 24 Musacci · 28 Jadid · 29 Paletta · 32 Marqués · 33 Santacroce · 40 Nwankwo · 77 Zé Eduardo · 80 Valiani · 83 Mirante · 92 Gallinetta · 99 Pellè · Head coach: Colomba
Categories:- Italian footballers
- Italy under-21 international footballers
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- U.S. Lecce players
- Perugia Calcio players
- Parma F.C. players
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- S.S.C. Napoli players
- U.S. Città di Palermo players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Association football midfielders
- People from Civitavecchia
- Doping cases in association football
- Italian sportspeople in doping cases
- 1980 births
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