Born |
Padova, Italy |
5 November 1985
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Nationality | Italy |
Career history | |
2007 | Workington Comets |
2008 | Birmingham Brummies |
Individual honours | |
2004, 2005 | Italian Under-21 Champion |
Mattia Carpanese born (5 November 1985 in Padova, Italy) is a speedway rider who in 2007 rode in the UK for the Workington Comets who compete in the Premier League, and for the Birmingham Brummies in 2008.
Carpanese finished runner-up in the Italian Championship in 2005. He was selected as a wild card for the 2006 and 2007 Italian Speedway Grand Prix.
He quit the Comets after a string of injuries on 30 August 2007.
On April 20, 2008 it was announced that Carpanese had been signed by Birmingham Brummies as a short term replacement for injured rider James Birkinshaw but was released after twenty eight days.