Cesare Bovo

Cesare Bovo

Bovo in action during Torino–Zenit, 19 March 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-01-14) 14 January 1983 (age 34)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Pescara
Number	83
Youth career
1999–2002	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Roma	0	(0)
2002–2004	Lecce	30	(2)
2004–2006	Roma	22	(0)
2004–2005	→ Parma (loan)	31	(2)
2006–2007	Palermo	1	(0)
2007	→ Torino (loan)	7	(1)
2007–2008	Genoa	27	(0)
2008–2011	Palermo	89	(7)
2011–2013	Genoa	21	(0)
2013–2017	Torino	56	(2)
2017–	Pescara	0	(0)
National team
2000	Italy U16	3	(0)
2000–2001	Italy U17	9	(1)
2001	Italy U19	7	(1)
2002–2003	Italy U20	8	(4)
2004–2006	Italy U21	27	(2)
Honours Representing  Italy Olympic Games Men's Football 2004 Athens Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2016 (UTC).

Cesare Bovo (born 14 January 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Pescara.

Bovo grew up playing in the A.S. Roma youth system,where he was part of the senior team in the 2000–01 season, while in the 2001–02 season he only played a game in the Coppa Italia: Brescia–Roma (3–0) on 8 January 2002.

In 2002 he was sold in co-ownership to Lecce (swapped with Mauro Rizzo), where he remained for two years and made his debut in Serie A on 5 October 2003 in Lecce–Brescia (1–4). On 2 May 2, 2004 he scored in a 2–1 home win against Inter Milan, contributing to saving Lecce from relegation. With 2 goals in the league, he achieved his personal record of goals in a season. In June 2004, he was redeemed by Roma for €10,000, while Rizzo returned to Lecce for €40,000.

On 31 July 2004 he moved to Parma in temporary deal for €100,000, as part of the signing of defender Matteo Ferrari,where he showed good performances, such that Palermo bought half of his contract on 31 August 2004 for €1.5 million (in pure player exchange: Francesco Milano and Paolo Comi) Even this season he scored 2 goals in the league, equaling his record. The transfer of Bovo, Gianluca Curci, Simone Pepe and Valerio Virga were also accused uneconomical, and were compensation to Maurizio Zamparini for the acquirement of Palermo from Franco Sensi., which Roma denied, despite the sales of 4 players only received one thousand and five hundred euro cash plus half of the registration rights of two reserve players Comi and Milano. Roma did have a net short term debt to Palermo of €1.75 million on 30 June 2004 due to the transfer of Brienza–Bombardini, which paid by Roma in cash but counter-weighted on 30 June 2006 due to the full purchase of Bovo by Palermo .