Giuseppe Mascara
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Caltagirone, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Comiso | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Ragusa | 29 | (5) |
| 1997–2000 | Battipagliese | 48 | (10) |
| 2000–2001 | Avellino | 29 | (16) |
| 2001 | Salernitana | 1 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Palermo | 38 | (9) |
| 2002–2003 | → Genoa (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2003–2011 | Catania | 226 | (58) |
| 2004–2005 | → Perugia (loan) | 37 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Napoli | 21 | (4) |
| 2012 | Novara | 15 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Al Nasr | 22 | (13) |
| 2013–2014 | Pescara | 27 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Siracusa | 31 | (14) |
| 2016 | Scordia | 17 | (9) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Giuseppe Mascara (born 22 August 1979 in Caltagirone) is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a striker or a wide forward.
Mascara started out playing for the youth side of Sicilian amateurs Comiso before transferring to nearby club Ragusa to start his professional career. There, he earned some valuable experience over a two season period, turning out for the first team and scoring 5 goals in 29 appearances.
Successively, Mascara moved to the mainland, joining Campanian side Battipagliese in 1997, and remained with the then-Serie C1 club until June 2000, playing just under 50 games for them also scoring 67 goals. Following his impressive three-season stint with the club, he transferred to another Campanian team, Avellino.
Following his 2000 transfer to Avellino, Mascara was soon a big hit at the southern Italian club, where he strongly impressed during his lone season with the club, securing 16 goals in 29 games. He then briefly moved to nearby rivals Salernitana, scoring in his only appearance for the club, before moving back to Sicily with Palermo.
In January 2001, Mascara officially transferred to Palermo, who had just been promoted back into Serie B. He began his career well in the Sicilian capital, grabbing 8 Serie B goals in 38 league appearances. In his second and final season with Palermo, Mascara was sent on loan to Genoa, where he made just 13 league starts, scoring twice. He returned to Palermo but was transfer listed and soon signed for Sicilian rivals, Catania.
In July 2003, Mascara joined Catania. In his first season with the club, then playing in Serie B, he was an undisputed starter, making 41 league appearances and scoring 13 goals. Following an impressive first season in Catania, however, the player was surprisingly sent out on loan for the 2004–05 Serie B season, playing for Perugia. During his season-long loan, he made 37 league appearances, scoring four goals.
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