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Emanuele Calaiò

Emanuele Calaiò
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Personal information
Full name Emanuele Calaiò
Date of birth (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982 (age 35)
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Parma
Number 18
Youth career
1997–1999 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Torino 20 (3)
2002 Ternana (loan) 10 (2)
2002–2003 Messina (loan) 12 (2)
2003–2005 Pescara 70 (28)
2005–2008 Napoli 112 (40)
2008–2013 Siena 148 (46)
2013 Napoli (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014 Napoli 0 (0)
2013–2014 Genoa (loan) 22 (3)
2014–2015 Catania 35 (18)
2015–2016 Spezia 39 (9)
2016– Parma 18 (8)
National team
1998 Italy U15 3 (0)
1999 Italy U17 1 (0)
2000–2001 Italy U18 4 (1)
2001–2003 Italy U20 14 (12)
2001 Italy U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2016.

Emanuele Calaiò (born 8 January 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays for Lega Pro side Parma as a striker.

Calaiò started his football career at Torino making his league debut against Reggina on 6 January 2000, he scored a goal for Torino three minutes into his debut. He made 20 league appearances in total for Torino.

In January 2002 Calaiò was exchanged with Alessandro Cibocchi of Ternana with inflated price tag to create paper profit on both clubs (which Ternana was fined in 2010, 8 years later) and then a short spell with Messina followed. In January 2003, was loaned by Pescara and turned permanently in June 2004. He also returned to Torino Calcio in 2003 in exchange with Cibocchi again.

With Pescara, Calaiò solidified himself as an impressive striker, the club won promotion back into Serie B in 2003, with Calaiò scoring 20 times in his second season. In the third at Serie B, he scored 6 in the first half of the season.

In January 2005, Napoli Soccer at Serie C1 signed him for €2.85 million, he scored just 6 in the first season, but in the second he scored 18, won the champion and promotion back to Serie B with club. He scored 14 in his third season with Napoli, won promotion back to Serie A. With the arrival of Marcelo Zalayeta and Ezequiel Lavezzi, he had limited chances to play.

In July 2008, he joined fellow Serie A team, Siena in a co-ownership bid, for €2.3 million. in June 2009 Siena signed him outright for €1.25 million (which made Napoli register a financial loss of €1.05 million). He followed Siena relegated to Serie B in 2010 and finished as the runner-up and promoted back to top division. On 10 June 2011 he signed a new 3-year contract. Calaiò was one of the two starting strikers along with Mattia Destro in 2011–12 Serie A season, scoring 11 goals in 25 league matches until he broken his leg in March 2012.


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