Matteo Gentili
Italian footballer (born 1989)
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- Matteo Gentili (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for AC Prato.
- Career Atalanta and loans Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Gentili was signed by Atalanta BC from Polisportiva Margine Coperta in 2004 in a temporary deal, along with Michele Marconi, Leonardo Manni and Daniele Lonetti.
- He was promoted to Atalanta BC's Primavera U19 reserve team in 2006.
- Gentili made his professional debut in the Italian Cup, However, he failed to play any game in the league nor in the league cup.
- He won promotion to Serie B with Varese in June 2010.
Matteo Gentili (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for AC Prato.
He represented Italy at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where they came second, and at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Career
Atalanta and loans
Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Gentili was signed by Atalanta BC from Polisportiva Margine Coperta in 2004 in a temporary deal, along with Michele Marconi, Leonardo Manni and Daniele Lonetti. In the next season he was signed definitely from the Massa e Cozzile based side. He was promoted to Atalanta BC's Primavera U19 reserve team in 2006.
In 2008, he left Atalanta for another Lombard club Pergocrema. Gentili made his professional debut in the Italian Cup, However, he failed to play any game in the league nor in the league cup.
In the next season he was transferred to another Lombard club Varese, also in the same level as Pergocrema. He won promotion to Serie B with Varese in June 2010.
Atalanta kept Gentili for 2010–11 Serie B season, however he only played once for the champions.
In July 2011 he left the Serie A club for the third level side Spezia, but had an operation in his right ankle in the same month. Gentili won promotion to Serie B again as one of the group stage winner of the third level. The team also won 2012 Lega Pro Prime Division Supercup, a tournament between the two winners of the two groups of that level. However, he was not feature in the line-up nor on the bench of the matches. Gentili did feature for Spezia in the finals of the league up as an unused bench, which the team was the winner.
On 28 August 2012 he left for Serie B struggler Vicenza which relegated in the last season but re-admitted to Serie B due to the expulsion of Lecce.
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