Salvatore Bocchetti
Italian footballer (born 1986)
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- Salvatore Bocchetti ( Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre bokˈketti] ; born 30 November 1986) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie C Group C club Atalanta Under-23.
- Club career Bocchetti started his professional career at Ascoli.
- He was sent on loan to Serie C1 for Lanciano, and Frosinone of Serie B in the second half of the 2006–07 season.
- In the 2010–11 season, he was signed by Rubin Kazan on a 3.
- On 2 October 2011, Bocchetti scored two goals in a league match against Tom Tomsk.
Salvatore Bocchetti (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre bokˈketti]; born 30 November 1986) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie C Group C club Atalanta Under-23. He played as a centre-back as a player.
Club career
Bocchetti started his professional career at Ascoli. He made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 20 December 2006. He was sent on loan to Serie C1 for Lanciano, and Frosinone of Serie B in the second half of the 2006–07 season. In the 2008–09 season Bocchetti was signed by Genoa and soon became a regular starter in central defence, also functioning as a fullback on occasion.
In the 2010–11 season, he was signed by Rubin Kazan on a 3.5-year contract with a fee reported to be around €15 million for the transfer. On 2 October 2011, Bocchetti scored two goals in a league match against Tom Tomsk. Kazan won the game 2–0. In January 2013, he moved to Spartak Moscow, another Russian Premier League club. In August 2013, he received a knee surgery and missed the rest of the season. On 27 January 2015, Milan had signed him on loan with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season. He was released from his Spartak contract by mutual consent on 6 July 2019.
On 25 July 2019, Bocchetti joined Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona on a two-year contract.
On 29 September 2020, Bocchetti joined Serie B club Pescara on loan until 30 June 2021.
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