Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel Coppola | ||
Date of birth | 11 May 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Ternana | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | Lodigiani | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2004 | Tivoli | 74 | (2) |
2004 | Messina | 0 | (0) |
2004 | → Brindisi (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Salernitana | 34 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Genoa | 95 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Siena | 27 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Parma | 1 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Torino (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Lecce (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Empoli (loan) | 31 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Siena | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Cesena (loan) | 44 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Cesena | 11 | (0) |
2015 | Catania | 13 | (0) |
2015– | Ternana | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2015. |
Manuel Coppola (born 11 May 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays for Ternana as a midfielder.
Born in Rome, Lazio, Coppola started his professional career at Tivoli. In January 2004 he was signed by Messina, but spent the remainder of the season in Brindisi. In July 2004 he was exchanged with Marco Zoro, who already on loan at Messina. Messina also retained the 50% registration rights.
In June 2005, Messina bought back Coppola and loaned him to Genoa. Coppola won promotion back to Serie B in 2006. In mid-2006 Coppola joined Genoa outright for undisclosed fee, while Messina got Antonio Ghomsi for free,Daniele De Vezze and Massimo Minetti. He won promotion to Serie A in 2006–07 Serie B. Coppola did not included in the club plan for the 2007–08 Serie A, which he only played once.
In January 2008, he moved to another Serie A club Siena in temporary deal, with option to buy half of the registration rights. In June 2008 Siena excised the option for €1.5 million. In July 2008 Siena also signed Abdelkader Ghezzal (for €3.5 million, Genoa bought him for €2M in June) and bought back Fernando Forestieri for €4.5 million in June (was €1.7 million a year before). The deals effectively made Siena paid Genoa €500,000 cash and 50% registration rights of Forestieri to acquire 50% registration rights of Coppola and Ghezzal from Genoa and Genoa paid Crotone €2M cash for Ghezzal .
Coppola only able to play 15 games in 2008–09 Serie A. In June 2009 Siena signed Coppola outright for another €1.5 million and also signed Gianluca Pegolo for €1 million (a year before a free agent). Co-currently, Siena sold Houssine Kharja to Genoa for €6.5 million. The deals, again effectively made Genoa acquired Kharja for €4 million cash plus 50% registration rights of Coppola and Pegolo. However Coppola was involved in another player swap.