Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 August 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Civitavecchia, Italy | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Chennaiyin FC | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–1998 | Roma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2000 | Roma | 5 | (0) |
1998–1999 | → Lecce (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Perugia | 46 | (0) |
2002–2007 | Juventus | 40 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → Perugia (loan) | 30 | (0) |
2003–2004 | → Parma (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 31 | (1) |
2007–2011 | Napoli | 60 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Palermo (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Parma | 6 | (0) |
2012 | Lecce | 16 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Pescara | 12 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Varese | 34 | (0) |
2015– | Chennaiyin FC | 13 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1996 | Italy U-15 | 10 | (1) |
1996–1997 | Italy U-16 | 10 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Italy U-18 | 10 | (0) |
2000 | Italy U-20 | 4 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Italy U-21 | 6 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Italy | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2005 |
Manuele Blasi (born 17 August 1980) is an Italian football midfielder who currently plays for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC.
Primarily a central midfielder, Blasi made his Serie A debut for A.S. Roma in a match against Piacenza on 22 January 2000. he also played for Lecce at Serie B before returned to Roma. In mid-2000 he was signed by Perugia at (first in co-ownership deal for a peppercorn of 1 million Italian lire; €516). Which he played 46 Serie A matches. In June 2001, he was signed permanently for 18 billion lire (€9.296 million)), however, in terms of the signing of Giuseppe Cattivera also for 18 billion lire.
In July 2002, he was signed by Juventus for about €17.7 million, and loaned back to Perugia in the first season.
In the second season he joined Parma. He was suspended due to test positive for nandrolone until March.
Blasi returned to Juventus F.C. in 2004, under Fabio Capello, his coach at Roma; he received his first Italy call-up in August. In his first season with Juventus, he was often partnered with his former Roma teammate Emerson in the centre of the team's midfield, in Capello's 4–4–2 formation, fighting off competition from Stephen Appiah and Alessio Tacchinardi for a starting spot, and collecting 27 appearances as Juventus won the league title.