Benito Carbone
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benito Carbone | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Bagnara Calabra, Italy | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Torino | 7 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | → Reggina (loan) | 31 | (5) |
| 1991–1992 | → Casertana (loan) | 32 | (4) |
| 1992–1993 | → Ascoli (loan) | 28 | (6) |
| 1993–1994 | Torino | 28 | (3) |
| 1994–1995 | Napoli | 29 | (4) |
| 1995–1996 | Internazionale | 32 | (2) |
| 1996–1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | 96 | (25) |
| 1999–2000 | Aston Villa | 24 | (4) |
| 2000–2002 | Bradford City | 42 | (10) |
| 2001–2002 | → Derby County (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Como | 22 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Parma | 19 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Catanzaro | 27 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | Vicenza | 28 | (5) |
| 2006 | → Sydney FC (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Pavia | 80 | (27) |
| Total | 515 | (95) | |
| National team | |||
| Italy U21 | 8 | (3) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2011 | Pavia (Youth Coach) | ||
| 2011 | Pavia | ||
| 2011 | Varese | ||
| 2012–2013 | Vallée d'Aoste | ||
| 2014 | Leeds United (Special Consultant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Ternana | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Benito "Benny" Carbone (born 14 August 1971) is a former Italian professional footballer and most recently manager of Ternana. He played as a forward, winger or midfielder.
He also represented Italy under-21's eight times during his playing career.
Carbone started his career at Torino, who discovered him at a youth tournament, while he played for A.S. Scilla Calcio, an amateur youth team of Scilla. He made his debut in Serie A with Torino on 15 January 1989 against Pisa, and played a further three games that season. In that season Torino were relegated to Serie B, and the following season he played 5 games in the cadets, without scoring.
He was sent on loan to Reggina the following season, also in Serie B, where he played 31 games scored five goals. In the season 1991–92, always in the lower division, he was loaned to Casertana (31 matches with four goals scored). The following season moved to Ascoli and disputed 28 games and scored six goals.
Carbone returned to Turin in the 1993–94 season. He made 28 appearances in the league and scored three goals. In the summer of 1994 he was purchased by Roma, but a few days later was involved in a transfer with Napoli that brought Daniel Fonseca to the Giallorossi. Carbone was valued at 7.5 billion lire. With Napoli he played 29 games and scored four goals in the league, plus 5 games and three goals in the UEFA Cup, wearing the number 10 shirt.
Benny Carbone fools his opponents with his feints, but also his team-mates!
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