Manuel Benetti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 January 1981 | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sarego | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vicenza | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Vicenza | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → San Marino (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Monza | 50 | (2) |
| 2004–2007 | Sassuolo | 69 | (6) |
| 2007–2008 | Bassano | 8 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Treviso | 0 | (0) |
| 2010– | Sarego | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Manuel Benetti (born 27 January 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie D club Sarego.
Benetti started his professional career at Vicenza Calcio. After he spent one season on loan at San Marino Calcio, he was signed by Monza in co-ownership deal. He played 50 games for Monza, but also suspended six times.
Sassuolo signed Benetti and team-mates Marco Piccioni, Filippo Pensalfini from Monza in 2004, and Vicenza retained 50% registration rights of Benetti. Sassuolo also signed Fabrizio Anselmi, Nicolò Consolini, Sebastiano Girelli and Edevaldo Grimaldi, made the defensive line highly competitive. Anselmi, Consolini, Girelli, Grimaldi and Piccioni were the key player that the team promoted. In 2004–05 Serie C2, Benetti just played 22 times (18 starts), but also played once in the return leg of the promotion playoffs. He was substituted by Consolini (who also played in the first leg).
In June 2005 Vicenza gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Benetti. Benetti only made 13 starts (in 19 appearances) in 2005–06 Serie C2. He missed the first 12 round of the season. Benetti did not play any game in the playoffs. That season the team promoted as the playoffs winner. In 2006–07 Serie C1, Benetti made 18 starts (in 28 appearances). Coach Gian Marco Remondina used Benetti and Piccioni as centre-backs in the 2007 playoffs, losing to former club Monza. In his 3 seasons with Sassuolo, Benetti was suspended 4 times. (2004–05, once) (2005–06, twice, in rescheduled round 21 and round 27), (2006–07, once)
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