Fratellanza Sportiva Sestrese Calcio 1919 (in English Fratellanza means Brotherhood) is an Italian football

Football in Italy

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 club located in Sestri Ponente

Sestri Ponente

Sestri Ponente is an industrial suburb of Genoa in northwest Italy. It is part of the Medio Ponente municipio of Genoa.-Geography:It is situated on the Ligurian Sea to the west of the city, between Cornigliano and Pegli...

, a suburb of Genoa

Genoa

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, Liguria

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. It currently plays in Serie D

Serie D

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, having last been in Serie B

Serie B

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 in 1947. Its colors are green and white. In 1991 Sestrese won the Italian Amateur Cup (Coppa Italia Dilettanti-Eccellenza).

During the first half of the 20th century Fratellanza Sportiva also had a Tamburello

Tamburello

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 team, which won the national title ("Campione d'Italia") in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1948 and 1949.

Famous former players

Salvatore Amirante

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 Ugo Amoretti

Ugo Amoretti

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 Mirko Bolesan

Mirko Bolesan

Mirko Bolesan is an Italian footballer who plays as a Midfielder.He played one match as substitute whilst on trial at Cardiff City from Italian side Sestrese during the 1995–96 season when he came on as a substitute for Derek Brazil during a 1-0 defeat to Scunthorpe United.-External links:...

 Ivano Bonetti

Ivano Bonetti

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 Simone Bracalello

Simone Bracalello

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 Emilio Caprile

Emilio Caprile

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 Stefano Colantuono

Stefano Colantuono

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 Najib Farssane

Najib Farssane

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 Sebastián Grazzini

Sebastián Grazzini

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 Paolo Pestrin

Paolo Pestrin

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 Dragutin Ristić

Dragutin Ristic

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 Antonio Rizzolo

Antonio Rizzolo

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 Matteo Rossi

Matteo Rossi

Matteo Rossi is an Italian retired footballer. He played as a defender. He played from 1992 for Genoa youth teams. He made his debut in Serie A on 15 April 1995 with Genoa against Cagliari. He played 67' after being replaced by Kazuyoshi Miura. On 21 May he played his second Serie A match against...

 Fausto Salsano

Fausto Salsano

Fausto Salsano is a football manager and former Italian footballer, currently First Team Coach at Manchester City.-Honours:* Coppa Italia winner: 1984/85, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1993/94....

 Giovanni Zucca

Giovanni Zucca

Giovanni Zucca was an Italian professional football player.He played 2 games in 2 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma.-External links:*...

External links

Official homepage

• Sestrese page @ Serie-D.com