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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1972-02-06)6 February 1972 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Forlì, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Staggia Senese | |||
| 1990–1991 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | →Baracca Lugo (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 1992–1994 | Lucchese | 28 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Salernitana | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Lucchese | 34 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Cagliari | 32 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Fiorentina | 18 | (0) |
| 1999 | →Bologna (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Venezia | 82 | (7) |
| 2002–2004 | Sampdoria | 58 | (2) |
| 2005 | Parma | 8 | (0) |
| 2010 | Chievo | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 303 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stefano Bettarini (Italian pronunciation:[ˈsteːfanobettaˈriːni]; born 6 February 1972) is an Italian retired professionalfootballer who played as adefender, and a television personality. He played once for theItaly national team. He was a contestant onGrande Fratello VIP, 2016[citation needed] and currently a host presenter inL'Isola dei Famosi.[citation needed]
Born inForlìcomune, Emilia-Romagna, Bettarini spent his childhood atBuonconventocomune, in theProvince of Siena, Tuscany. He then spent his youth career at a local side ofStaggia Senese, a village inPoggibonsi, in theProvince of Siena.[1][non-primary source needed] He was signed byInternazionale in 1990. After first being loaned toBaracca Lugo, Bettarini joinedSerie B sideLucchese and played four successive Serie B seasons, including one atSalerno. In June 1996, he was signed bySerie A sideCagliari but the team were relegated in1997.
In July 1997, he was signed byFiorentina and priced at 3 billionItalian lire.[2] After a limited chance, he was loaned toBologna on 30 January 1999.[3]
On 2 September 1999, he was signed by Serie A sideVenezia for 4 billion lire transfer fee.[4] He signed a four-year contract.[5] He followed the team relegated in 2000 and promoted back to Serie A in 2001. But theVenice side relegated again in 2002.
AfterMaurizio Zamparini the owner of Venezia, purchasedPalermo (and selling Venezia at the same time), Zamparini bought most of the squad to Sicily, except some players such as Bettarini. Bettarini then joined Serie B sideSampdoria on a free transfer, as Venezia had to reduce the salary expenditure.[6] He signed a reported two-year contract.[7]
According to Bettarini himself, Venenzia had sent a letter to him, accusing that he rejected the transfer to Palermo and thenBrescia in mid-2002 transfer window, thus unable to pay his wage for 2002–03 season [sic]. However, he denied that he rejected the moves to Palermo nor Brescia.[8]
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In August 2004, he was banned 5 months formatch-fixing.[9]Antonio Marasco,Roberto D'Aversa,Generoso Rossi,Maurizio Caccavale andAlfredo Femiano were also banned. Bettarini denied he was guilty and was wrongly included in the investigation.[10]
In January 2005, he left forParma.[11] Bettarini made his club debut on 3 February 2005 (round 22), againstBologna as starter. That matchGialloblu lost 3–1. He then continued as one of the starting XI. On round 28 (13 March) againstAtalanta, he was substituted byMatteo Contini in the 16th minute. He then out of a month due to injury.[12][13] He came back to field on round 32 (20 April) against his former clubSampdoria, but substituted byPaolo Cannavaro in the second minute. That season Parma reached the semi-final of theUEFA Cup; Bettarini retired at the end of the season.
Bettarini received his only national team call-up in 2004, a warm-upfriendly match in Palermo, against theCzech Republic before the start ofUEFA Euro 2004, on 18 February. Bettarini's club teammateSergio Volpi, as well as Parma'sSimone Barone, also received their first call-up.[14] During the experimental match, Bettarini played as one of the starting XI, and was replaced byGiuseppe Pancaro in the 79th minute. Italy managerGiovanni Trapattoni used all of his 22-men squad on the field, and made seven substitutions at half time; the match ended in a 2–2 draw.[15][16]
Bettarini was married to Italian television hostSimona Ventura between 1998 and 2004; the couple had two children together.[17]
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