Andrea Gentile

Andrea Gentile
Personal information
Full name Andrea Gentile
Date of birth (1980-02-09) 9 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Aosta, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Juventus 0 (0)
1998–1999 → Valle d'Aosta (loan) 26 (0)
2000–2002 → Brescello (loan) 59 (3)
2002–2003 → Triestina (loan) 25 (1)
2003–2007 Messina 31 (2)
2004–2005 → Arezzo (loan) 35 (4)
2005–2006 → Torino (loan) 7 (0)
2006–2007 → Crotone (loan) 19 (0)
2007 → Monza (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Padova 37 (1)
2010 Olbia 7 (2)
2010–2011 Canavese 18 (0)
2011–2012 Cuneo 28 (2)
2013–2014 Vallée d'Aoste 17 (0)
International career
1995 Italy U16 2 (0)
1995–1996 Italy U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Gentile (born 9 February 1980) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Aosta Valley, Gentile started his career at Juventus. After spent 2002–03 season loaned back to Aosta for Serie D side Valle d'Aosta, along with Luigi Lavecchia were loaned to Brescello, where Gentile played for 2 seasons. He then loaned to Serie B side Triestina.

In 2003, along with Lavecchia and Salvatore Aronica were sold to Messina for €1.5 million (€500,000 each) in co-ownership deal. Gentile won promotion to Serie A in June 2004, but went back to Serie B for Arezzo on loan, along with Lavecchia.

In 2005–06 season, as first he went to Torino on loan, after a limited chance, he went to Crotone on loan. In June 2006, the co-ownership contract of Juve and Messina expired, Gentile now fully owned by Messina. Gentile remained at Crotone for the first half of the season, played 4 starts in 11 appearances. In mid-season, he left for Serie C1 side Monza on loan (exchanged with Vinicio Espinal).

In July 2007, he left for Padova in co-ownership deal, signed a 2+1 year contract.[1] In June 2008 Padova acquire the remain rights form Messina few weeks before the bankrupt of Messina.[2] He then played 15 league matches for Padova before released on 30 June 2009. Padova won promotion to Serie B in June 2009

In March 2010, Olbia of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione announced the signing of Gentile.[3]

References

  1. ^ "PRESO ANDREA GENTILE IN COMPROPRIETA' CON IL MESSINA". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  2. ^ "RINNOVATE LE COMPROPRIETA' DI PETRASSI E LA CAMERA, TROVATO L'ACCORDO CON IL MESSINA PER GENTILE". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: Olbia, tesserato Gentile". tuttomercatoweb (in Italian). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.