Massimo Palanca

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Massimo Palanca
Personal information
Full name Massimo Palanca
Date of birth (1953-08-21) 21 August 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth
Loreto (AN), Italy
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
Recanatese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1973 Camerino 40 (26)
1973–1974 Frosinone 28 (17)
1974–1981
Catanzaro
206 (70)
1981–1982
Napoli
14 (1)
1982–1983
Como
18 (2)
1983–1984 Napoli 19 (1)
1984–1986
Foligno
47 (18)
1986–1990 Catanzaro 126 (45)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Massimo Palanca (born 21 August 1953) is an Italian former

FC Catanzaro
in the mid-seventies and the late eighties.

Career

Palanca was born in

Loreto (AN), Italy, and began his professional career at Camerino,[when?] transferring to Frosinone
the following year where he scored 17 goals in 28 matches.

He transferred to Catanzaro,[

on 4 March 1979 ended 1–3 to Catanzaro; Palanca scored a hat-trick.

Palanca transferred to

Serie C2
, scoring 18 goals in 47 matches, after which he returned to Catanzaro.

While back at Catanzaro for the 1986–87 season, Palanca helped the team gain promotion from

Serie C1
to Serie B, contributing 17 goals in 29 matches. Over the next three seasons with Catanzaro, he made 97 appearances and scored 28 goals. At the end of the 1989–90 season, Palancas' last in football, Catanzaro finished in 20th position in Serie B; the team was relegated to Serie C1.

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