Manuel Coppola

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Manuel Coppola
Personal information
Full name Manuel Coppola
Date of birth (1982-05-11) 11 May 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004
Tivoli
74 (2)
2004
Messina
0 (0)
2004
Brindisi
(loan)
11 (1)
2004–2005
Salernitana
34 (0)
2005–2008
Genoa
95 (1)
2008–2009
Siena
27 (0)
2009–2012 Parma 1 (0)
2009–2010Torino (loan) 17 (0)
2010–2011Lecce (loan) 14 (0)
2011–2012
Empoli
(loan)
31 (0)
2012–2014
Siena
2 (0)
2013–2014Cesena (loan) 44 (1)
2014–2015 Cesena 11 (0)
2015 Catania 13 (0)
2015–2017 Ternana 40 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:34, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Manuel Coppola (born 11 May 1982) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Early career

Born in Rome, Lazio, Coppola started his professional career at

Brindisi. In July 2004 he was exchanged for Marco Zoro, who was already on loan at Messina. Messina also retained the 50% registration rights.[1]

Genoa

In June 2005, Messina bought back Coppola

Genoa. Coppola won promotion back to Serie B in 2006. In mid-2006 Coppola joined Genoa outright for an undisclosed fee, while Messina secured the services of Antonio Ghomsi for free,[3] Daniele De Vezze and Massimo Minetti. He won promotion to Serie A in 2006–07 Serie B. Coppola was not included in the club plan for the 2007–08 Serie A
, which he only played once.

Siena

In January 2008, he moved to another Serie A club

Siena in a temporary deal, with the option to buy half of the registration rights.[4] In June 2008 Siena exercised this option for €1.5 million.[5] In July 2008 Siena also signed Abdelkader Ghezzal (for €3.5 million,[6] Genoa bought him for €2 million in June) and bought back Fernando Forestieri for €4.5 million in June (was €1.7 million a year before[5]
). The deals effectively made Siena paid Genoa €500,000 cash and 50% registration rights of Forestieri to acquire 50% registration rights of Coppola and Ghezzal from Genoa and Genoa paid Crotone €2 million cash for Ghezzal.

Coppola was only able to play 15 games during the 2008–09 Serie A season. In June 2009 Siena signed Coppola outright for another €1.5 million and also signed Gianluca Pegolo for €1 million (a year before a free agent). Co-currently, Siena sold Houssine Kharja to Genoa for €6.5 million. The deals, again effectively made Genoa acquired Kharja for €4 million cash plus 50% registration rights of Coppola and Pegolo. However Coppola was involved in another player swap.

Parma

Coppola moved to

Ângelo to Siena for €2.5 million, who a year before a free agent, and another 50% of Reginaldo to Siena for €2.5 million, to acquire the remaining 50% of Galloppa for €5 million)[10]

After not playing for Parma in the first two games, On 28 August 2009, Coppola was loaned to Torino along with Julio César de León for free.[8][11] Parma also signed Nicola Amoruso from Turin on the same day also for free.[8] However Torino also received €250,000 as premi di valorizzazione for León's deal.[8]

In the summer 2010 of Coppola left for US Lecce in temporary deal for €400,000, however the loan contract also included a bonus deal that Parma paid Lecce €600,000 as premi di valorizzazione, effectively made Parma had to subsidy the loan deal for €200,000 cash.[10]

In the summer of 2011 Coppola left for

Empoli F.C. for €300,000 in temporary deal, co-currently Gianluca Musacci moved to Parma also in temporary deal for €300,000.[12]

Siena return

In June 2012, he returned to Siena from Parma in a co-ownership deal, however it was a financial success only.[nb 1]

Coppola wore no.5 shirt for Siena,[16] however, Coppola again failed to adapt Serie A football even Siena was struggling in the bottom.

Cesena

In January 2013, he left for AC Cesena in temporary deal; the deal was extended on 4 July 2013.[17] In June 2014 the co-ownership between Siena and Parma on Coppola was renewed again. On 15 July 2014, Siena officially expelled from Serie B due to financial difficulties, thus Coppola became a free agent. On 23 July 2014, Coppola signed a one-year contract with Serie A newcomers Cesena.[18]

Catania

On 13 January 2015, Coppola was transferred to

Calcio Catania on a 1+12-year contract.[19]
Catania was relegated at the start of 2015–16 season due to match fixing scandal, thus Coppola left the club.

Ternana

On 27 August 2015, Coppolla was signed by Serie B club Ternana Calcio in a one-year deal.[20][21]

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ "Calcio Mercato 2004" [Football Market 2004] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Calcio. September 2004. Archived from the original on 29 May 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "partecipazioni 2005" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Calcio. June 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 (in Italian)
  4. ^ "MERCATO: Coppola e Kharja al Siena" (in Italian). AC Siena. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
  6. ^ Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (in Italian)
  7. ^ AC Siena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  8. ^ a b c d e Parma FC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2010 (in Italian)
  9. ^ a b c Parma FC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2019 (in Italian)
  10. ^ a b Parma FC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
  11. ^ "Coppola e Leon al Toro" (in Italian). Torino FC. 28 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  12. ^ a b Parma FC Spa Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  13. ^ a b c AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  14. ^ "Coppola in prestito al Cesena" (in Italian). AC Siena. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  15. ^ Marotta, Luca (29 January 2013). "Il Peso del Monte Paschi nel bilancio dell'A.C. Siena" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  16. ^ "Scelti i numeri di maglia" (in Italian). AC Siena. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  17. ^ "Manuel Coppola ritorna in bianconero" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  18. ^ "Manuel Coppola è un giocatore del Cesena" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  19. ^ "Manuel Coppola dal Cesena al Catania a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  20. ^ "Manuel Coppola dal Catania alla Ternana: cessione a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  21. ^ "Dal Calcio Catania arriva il centrocampista Manuel Coppola" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

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