Leonardo Pavoletti
Italian footballer (born 1988)
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- Leonardo Pavoletti ( Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo pavoˈletti] ; born 26 November 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Serie A club Cagliari.
- His father Paolo is a tennis coach.
- Club career Early career Born in Livorno, Pavoletti started playing in the youth ranks of Gruppo Sportivo CNFO (Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando), he started his career at Armando Picchi.
- Juve Stabia and Casale, showing good goalscoring form.
- Sassuolo In the summer 2012, Pavoletti joined Sassuolo, scoring 5 goals in the first 4 league appearances for the Serie B side.
Leonardo Pavoletti (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo pavoˈletti]; born 26 November 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Serie A club Cagliari.
Early and personal life
Known to friends as 'Pavoloso', Pavoletti played tennis up until the age of ten, when he began playing football. His father Paolo is a tennis coach. He also owns a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig called Mou.
Club career
Early career
Born in Livorno, Pavoletti started playing in the youth ranks of Gruppo Sportivo CNFO (Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando), he started his career at Armando Picchi. Then had spells at Viareggio, A.C. Pavia, S.S. Juve Stabia and Casale, showing good goalscoring form. He then went to Virtus Lanciano and was awarded the title of top scorer in 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, contributing to the promotion of the team with 16 goals in all competitions and 15 in the league.
Sassuolo
In the summer 2012, Pavoletti joined Sassuolo, scoring 5 goals in the first 4 league appearances for the Serie B side. However, during the season, he suffered a suspension of 40 days for doping, resulting in positive tests of tuaminoheptane after 26 December 2012 game against Livorno, Sassuolo lodged an appeal against the ban due to the assumption of Rinoflumicil, found in a nasal decongestant. Pavoletti returned to help Sassuolo win th Serie B title and earn promotion to Serie A for the first time in their history, after playing 33 matches and scoring 11 goals.
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