Paolo Zanetti

Paolo Zanetti

Paolo Zanetti (right) against Alessandro Rosina
Personal information
Full name	Paolo Zanetti
Date of birth	(1982-12-16) 16 December 1982 (age 34)
Place of birth	Valdagno, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Vicenza	45	(1)
2003–2006	Empoli	52	(2)
2006–2007	Ascoli	29	(1)
2007–2011	Torino	72	(1)
2010	→ Atalanta (loan)	2	(0)
2011–2012	Grosseto	14	(0)
2012–2013	Sorrento	13	(1)
2013–2014	Reggiana	27	(1)
National team
2000	Italy U19	2	(0)
2000–2001	Italy U20 B	2	(0)
2001–2002	Italy U20	13	(2)
2002–2003	Italy U21	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Paolo Zanetti (born 16 December 1982) is a former Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Zanetti started his career at native club Vicenza.

Zanetti was sold to Empoli in a co-ownership deal in July 2003, for €671,400 fee (about 13 billion lire).

In his first season with Empoli, he just made 13 appearances in Serie A. However, Empoli was relegated to Serie B at the end of the season and Zanetti followed the club.

Zanetti played 30 games in the 2004–05 Serie B season, helping the club to win promotion back to Serie A. However, he just made nine appearances for the club in Serie A in the following season. In June 2006 Empoli signed him outright from Vicenza, for an additional €125,000 fee, making Empoli had paid Vicenza €796,400 in total.

After acquiring the remain 50% registration rights from Vicenza in June 2006 for an additional €125,000 transfer fee, Empoli sold Zanetti to Ascoli in another co-ownership deal for €400,000 transfer fee in July.

In May 2007, Zanetti said he would stay on at Ascoli, despite them being relegated to the Serie B. Ascoli bought the full registration rights of the player for an additional €750,000 fee, (making Ascoli had paid €1.15 million transfer fee in total) but sent Zanetti, along with Saša Bjelanović, to Torino in another co-ownership deals for €1 million fee each, in a 5-year and 3-year contract respectively. In the mid of same season Torino bought him outright for an additional €500,000 (making Torino had paid Ascoli €1.5 million transfer fee for Zanetti in total) and Bjelanović was also bought by Torino for an additional €60,000 in June 2008.

During 2009–10 season, Ultras of Torino attacked the players during David Di Michele's birthday party. After the incident the players involved: Di Michele, Massimo Loviso, Riccardo Colombo, Aimo Diana, Marco Pisano, Francesco Pratali, Zanetti were transferred to other clubs and only Rolando Bianchi, Matteo Rubin and Angelo Ogbonna were remained.