Emanuele Calaiò

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Emanuele Calaiò
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Personal information
Full name Emanuele Calaiò
Date of birth (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Spezia
Number 11
Youth career
1997–1999 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Torino 20 (3)
2002 → Ternana (loan) 10 (2)
2002–2003 → Messina (loan) 12 (2)
2003–2005 Pescara 70 (28)
2005–2008 Napoli 112 (40)
2008–2013 Siena 148 (46)
2013 → Napoli (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014 Napoli 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Genoa (loan) 22 (3)
2014–2015 Catania 35 (18)
2015– Spezia 3 (0)
International career
1998 Italy U15 3 (0)
1999 Italy U17 1 (0)
2000–2001 Italy U18 4 (1)
2001–2003 Italy U20 14 (12)
2001 Italy U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2015

Emanuele Calaiò (born 8 January 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B side Spezia as a striker.

Football career

Calaiò started his football career at Torino making his league debut against Reggina on 6 January 2000, he scored a goal for Torino three minutes into his debut. He made 20 league appearances in total for Torino.

In January 2002 Calaiò was exchanged with Alessandro Cibocchi of Ternana with inflated price tag to create paper profit on both clubs (which Ternana was fined in 2010, 8 years later[1]) and then a short spell with Messina followed. In January 2003, was loaned by Pescara and turned permanently in June 2004.[2] He also returned to Torino Calcio in 2003 in exchange with Cibocchi again.

With Pescara, Calaiò solidified himself as an impressive striker, the club won promotion back into Serie B in 2003, with Calaiò scoring 20 times in his second season. In the third at Serie B, he scored 6 in the first half of the season.

Napoli

In January 2005, Napoli Soccer at Serie C1 signed him for €2.85 million,[3] he scored just 6 in the first season, but in the second he scored 18, won the champion and promotion back to Serie B with club. He scored 14 in his third season with Napoli, won promotion back to Serie A. With the arrival of Marcelo Zalayeta and Ezequiel Lavezzi, he had limited chances to play.

Siena

In July 2008, he joined fellow Serie A team, Siena in a co-ownership bid, for €2.3 million.[4][5] in June 2009 Siena signed him outright for €1.25 million (which made Napoli register a financial loss of €1.05 million).[6] He followed Siena relegated to Serie B in 2010 and finished as the runner-up and promoted back to top division. On 10 June 2011 he signed a new 3-year contract.[7] Calaiò was one of the two starting strikers along with Mattia Destro in 2011–12 Serie A season, scoring 11 goals in 25 league matches until he broken his leg in March 2012.[8]

Return to Napoli

On 11 January 2013, his transfer to former team Napoli was officially announced. He arrived on-loan with the option to make the switch permanent if Napoli qualified for the Champions League during the 2013 season.[9]

Catania

On 11 July 2014, his transfer to Catania was officially announced. He signed a two-year contract with an option for a third.[10]

International career

Calaiò capped for both Italy U21 and Serie B U21 selection which played the latter for the match 3–2 won Belgium U21 on 30 March 2004.[11][12] He also received the Serie B U21 call-up for the match against Legnano.[13]

He also call-up to 2000 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualification and played in qualifying match in 2001 edition. Calaiò capped once for U17 team, at that time the feeder team of U18. (now called Italy national under-18 football team)

Personal life

Calaiò is married to Federica, sister of Nicola Mora's wife.[14] Both players played for Torino during the 2000–01 season and Napoli in 2004–05.

Honours

Career statistics

As of 12 September 2009[15][16]

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Total
1999–2000 Torino Serie A 7 1 0 0 7 1
2000–01 Serie B 9 2 2 0 11 2
2001–02 Serie A 4 0 1 0 5 0
2001–02 Ternana Serie B 10 2 10 2
2002–03 Messina 12 2 0 0 12 2
2002–03 Pescara Serie C1 8 1 101 1
2003–04 Serie B 43 20 1 0 44 20
2004–05 19 6 3 2 22 8
2004–05 Napoli Serie C1 15 6 182 6
2005–06 33 18 3 1 36 19
2006–07 Serie B 38 14 3 2 41 16
2007–08 Serie A 26 2 5 1 31 3
2008–09 Siena 33 5 2 1 35 6
2009–10 33 8 1 1 34 9
2010–11 Serie B 39 18 1 0 40 18
2011–12 Serie A 25 11 1 1 26 12
2012–13 18 4 1 1 19 5
Career total 377 121 24 10 403 131

1Include 2 matches at promotion playoffs
2Include 3 matches at promotion playoffs

References

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  15. ↑ La Gzzetta dello Sport
  16. ↑ Football.it

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