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Renato Dossena

Renato Dossena
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-04-14) 14 April 1987 (age 30)
Place of birth Savona, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
000?–2002 Genoa
000?–2006 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013 Empoli 29 (0)
2006–2008 Rovigo (loan) 54 (0)
2010–2011 Barletta (loan) 4 (0)
2011 Como (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2014 Venezia 0 (0)
2014–2015 Carpi 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2015.

Renato Dossena (born 14 April 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Born in Savona, Liguria, Dossena started his career with Ligurian club Genoa but was released in 2002; in the 2001–02 season Dossena and Danilo Russo were the two keepers for Genoa's under-15 team. He then spent his youth career at Empoli, Tuscany. He played 17 games (out of a possible 52 games) during the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons for Empoli F.C.'s reserve team.

In the 2005–06, he was also promoted to the first team as a backup keeper, and awarded the shirt number 37. He spent 2 seasons with Serie C2 club Rovigo in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, and played as a regular starter. Rovigo also signed him in a co-ownership deal in 2007.

In 2008–09 Serie B season, Dossena returned to Empoli and played as the understudy of Davide Bassi, ahead of Gianmarco D'Oria, and then ahead Alberto Pelagotti, in 2009–10 Serie B. In the 2010–11 Serie B season, Empoli loaned Bassi to Torino and sent Dossena to Barletta in another co-ownership deal; Empoli signed Jasmin Handanovič as a replacement and promoted Pelagotti to second choice keeper.

At Barletta, he was the backup of Andrea Tesoniero, ahead of Giuseppe Di Masi. He also played twice in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro.


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