Antonio Gaeta

Antonio Gaeta
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-08-04) 4 August 1984
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Carrarese
Youth career
Ascoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2009 Ascoli 11 (1)
2004–2005 → Vis Pesaro (loan) 29 (7)
2005–2006 → Ancona (loan) 19 (4)
2006–2007 → Pro Vasto (loan) 21 (7)
2009 → Juve Stabia (loan) 10 (1)
2009–2010 Legnano 24 (11)
2010– Carrarese 23 (21)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Antonio Gaeta (born 4 August 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Carrarese.

Biography

Ascoli

Born in Naples, Campania Gaeta started his career at Marche team Ascoli. He made his Serie B debut on 1 May 2004, replacing Roberto Colacone. That match Ascoli winning Catania 3–1.[1] He then loaned to Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams for 3 successive seasons, as Ascoli promoted to Serie A in 2005 due to Caso Genoa. After Ascoli relegated to Serie B in 2007, he returned to the team. On 12 October 2007 he signed a new 3-year contract[2] and 8 days later played his first league match of the season.[3] He only played 8 goalless matches in 2007–08 Serie B. In the next season he only played twice in January, scored his only goal for Ascoli. He was loaned to Prima Divisione side Juve Stabia on 2 February.[4] However he unable to give his usual performance in Lega Pro, only scored once in 10 games.

Lega Pro bomber

On 31 August 2009 he was sold to Seconda Divisione side Legnano.[5] He scored 11 league goals and twice more in promotion playoffs, finished as losing finalists. He also sent off in third match[6] despite as unused bench, and he attacked the fourth officials and suspended 6 games, effective ruled out from the final and the first 5 rounds of the new season.[7]

Legnano was expelled from professional league by Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Co.Vi.So.C.) of FIGC at the end of season.[8]

In August 2010 he was signed by fellow second division side Carrarese.[9] That season he became the most effecive scorer in Italian professional leagues, scored 21 goals in just 23 games (0.91 goals per games), and was the top-scorer among the 3 groups of the second division (fourth in pyramid) .[10][11][12] Despite he did not score any goals in the promotion playoffs and was sent off in semifinal second leg,[13][14] the team promoted by the goals of Matteo Merini (twice),[13][14] Maikol Benassi and Nicola Corrent (both once).[15] In 2010–11 Coppa Italia Lega Pro, he played 4 times and did not score any. [16][17][18][19]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.legaserieb.it/it/serie-bwin/campionato/matchreport/-/match-report/Ascoli-Catania/19046
  2. ↑ "Antonio Gaeta bianconero fino al 2010". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 12 October 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.legaserieb.it/it/serie-bwin/campionato/matchreport/-/match-report/Messina-Ascoli/22327
  4. ↑ "Calcio mercato: Gaeta alla Juve Stabia". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 2 February 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Calcio mercato: acquistato Silvestri. Pesce al Catania". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 31 August 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.acspezia.com/cronaca-tempo-reale.316.html
  7. ↑ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 188/DIV" (PDF). Lega Pro (in Italian). 7 June 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "L'ANCONA IN SERIE B E 20 CLUB DI LEGA PRO NON AMMESSI AI CAMPIONATI". FIGC (in Italian). 16 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "UFFICIALE: La Carrarese ingaggia il bomber Gaeta". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 12 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Classifica Marcatori – 2° Divisione gir. A". Lega Pro (in Italian). ca. End of 2010–11 season. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ "Classifica Marcatori – 2° Divisione gir. B". Lega Pro (in Italian). ca. End of 2010–11 season. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ↑ "Classifica Marcatori – 2° Divisione gir. C". Lega Pro (in Italian). ca. End of 2010–11 season. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. 1 2 "Pro Patria, un' incredibile cinquina" (Require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  14. 1 2 "Prato da impazzire: tre gol dopo il 90'" (Require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 30 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  15. ↑ "Carrarese in trionfo insieme ai soci vip Il Prato si arrende" (Require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  16. ↑ "Coppa Italia: Virtus Entella – Carrarese 1–0, il tabellino". Calcio Toscano (in Italian). 19 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  17. ↑ "Coppa Italia: Carrarese – Savona 0–1, decidono Bottiglieri e Nicastro". Calcio Toscano (in Italian). 22 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  18. ↑ "Carrarese-Sanremese 4–1, biancoazzurri eliminati dalla Coppa di Lega Pro". Riviera 24 (in Italian). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  19. ↑ "Coppa Italia: Esperia Viareggio – Carrarese 1- 0". FC Esperia Viareggio (in Italian). 8 September 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

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