Gennaro Sardo
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Gennaro Sardo is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Chievo
in the Italian Serie A.
. In 1998, he moved on loan to S.S.C. Giugliano
. He played 16 total games with the club. He would then return to A.S. Palmese Calcio
. In all he managed 3 goals in a total of 25 starts for Palmese. In 1999, Sardo transferred to A.C. Sant'Anastasia. In the next two seasons Sardo played 30 games and scored 3 goals. In 2001 he again transferred clubs, this time he moved to A.C. Nuovo Terzigno. At the club he again scored 3 goals, but this time in just 26 appearances.
based club, he made a total of 17 appearances. He moved to nearby rivals U.S. Avellino
next season. In his season with Avellino
, Sardo greatly impressed, appearing 41 times and scoring a single goal.
side Piacenza Calcio
. Over the next two seasons where he totaled 64 appearances and even scored two goals. He was sought after by many clubs following his spell with Piacenza
and in 2006, he was sold to newly promoted Serie A
side Calcio Catania
.
in August 2006, and made 12 starts in 17 league appearances in his first season with the club, under then-coach Pasquale Marino
. Sardo remained with the club for the 2007–2008 Serie A
campaign, and broke into the starting line-up under Silvio Baldini
. During the course of the season, the right full back made 22 league appearances for the rossazzurri, and also scored his first goal for the club. For the 2008–09 season, Sardo remained as one of the regular starter under Walter Zenga
, which he made 12 starts in 14 league appearance.
But following the purchase of right back Alessandro Potenza
from Genoa
, Sardo was sent on loan to Chievo
on 31 January 2009 along with teammate Giuseppe Colucci, who found playing time very limited in Sicily
.
, On 1 July 2009, Sardo returned to Catania
. He took part in Catania's pre-season and being re-included into Catania's Starting XI, Sardo was chosen to start the Serie A
opening game under coach Gianluca Atzori
, and a Coppa Italia
match a week before.
However, on the final day of the transfer market (August 31), Calcio Catania
announced that Sardo would move back to Chievo
again on loan. The loan was a part exchange deal that saw Chievo left back Giovanni Marchese
, move in the opposite direction also on loan. Following the move, Sardo broke into Domenico Di Carlo
's starting line-up and was one of the stand-out performers in Chievo's season, notably scoring against Juventus where he scored a scorcher in the 33rd minute to put Chievo ahead in the Serie A
clash, while he also poured a load of trouble versus his owners, Calcio Catania
, in a 1–1 draw. Sardo went on to make 22 league appearances for the Verona
based club, scoring 3 goals and shared the right-back role with Nicolas Frey
but sometimes featured at right wing-back role when Frey was used as one of the 3 central defender in 4–3–3 formation and even replaced midfielder Michele Marcolini
in 2–0 won Fiorentina
on April 25 in 3–5–2 formation. On 28 June 2010, both club excised the rights to sign Sardo and Marchese permanently. he signed a 3-year contract.
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
in the Italian Serie A.
Early Career
Sardo started his professional career in 1997 when he played for A.S. Palmese CalcioA.S. Palmese Calcio
U.S.D. Palmese is an Italian association football club, based in Palma Campania, Campania.-History:The club was founded in the year 1914. In the season 2000–2001 was the champion of Serie D.-Stadium:...
. In 1998, he moved on loan to S.S.C. Giugliano
S.S.C. Giugliano
Società Sportiva Calcio Giugliano is an Italian association football club, based in Giugliano in Campania, Campania. The club was founded in 1928. The team's colors are blue and yellow.-External links:*...
. He played 16 total games with the club. He would then return to A.S. Palmese Calcio
A.S. Palmese Calcio
U.S.D. Palmese is an Italian association football club, based in Palma Campania, Campania.-History:The club was founded in the year 1914. In the season 2000–2001 was the champion of Serie D.-Stadium:...
. In all he managed 3 goals in a total of 25 starts for Palmese. In 1999, Sardo transferred to A.C. Sant'Anastasia. In the next two seasons Sardo played 30 games and scored 3 goals. In 2001 he again transferred clubs, this time he moved to A.C. Nuovo Terzigno. At the club he again scored 3 goals, but this time in just 26 appearances.
Salernitana and Avellino
Sardo moved to Salernitana Sport in 2002. During his single season with the SalernoSalerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
based club, he made a total of 17 appearances. He moved to nearby rivals U.S. Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
next season. In his season with Avellino
Avellino
Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 42 km north-east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.-History:Before the Roman conquest, the...
, Sardo greatly impressed, appearing 41 times and scoring a single goal.
Piacenza
In 2004, Sardo moved north to play for Serie BSerie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
side Piacenza Calcio
Piacenza Calcio
Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and...
. Over the next two seasons where he totaled 64 appearances and even scored two goals. He was sought after by many clubs following his spell with Piacenza
Piacenza
Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
and in 2006, he was sold to newly promoted Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
side Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
.
Calcio Catania
Sardo officially transferred to newly promoted Calcio CataniaCalcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
in August 2006, and made 12 starts in 17 league appearances in his first season with the club, under then-coach Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino is an Italian football coach.-Playing career:In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in divisions higher than Serie C1, and ended his career for Catania in 1996/1997....
. Sardo remained with the club for the 2007–2008 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
campaign, and broke into the starting line-up under Silvio Baldini
Silvio Baldini
Silvio Baldini is an Italian association football manager and the former head coach of Vicenza in the Serie B league.- Coach :...
. During the course of the season, the right full back made 22 league appearances for the rossazzurri, and also scored his first goal for the club. For the 2008–09 season, Sardo remained as one of the regular starter under Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga is a retired Italian footballer and current manager. He is a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Internazionale. He also holds Romanian citizenship...
, which he made 12 starts in 14 league appearance.
But following the purchase of right back Alessandro Potenza
Alessandro Potenza
Alessandro Potenza is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Calcio Catania of the Italian Serie A.-FC Internazionale Milano:...
from Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
, Sardo was sent on loan to Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
on 31 January 2009 along with teammate Giuseppe Colucci, who found playing time very limited in Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
.
Chievo
At Chievo he just played 7 matches as the club had Nicolas FreyNicolas Frey
Nicolas Frey is a French footballer who plays for A.C. ChievoVerona in Italy, as either a right or central defender.-Football career:...
, On 1 July 2009, Sardo returned to Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
. He took part in Catania's pre-season and being re-included into Catania's Starting XI, Sardo was chosen to start the Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
opening game under coach Gianluca Atzori
Gianluca Atzori
Gianluca Atzori is an Italian football manager and former player. He last served as head coach of Serie B outfit Sampdoria.-Playing:...
, and a Coppa Italia
2009–10 Coppa Italia
The 2009–10 Coppa Italia was the sixty-second season of the tournament. The competition started on 2 August 2009 and ended on 5 May 2010.-Serie A :-Serie B :-Prima Divisione :-Seconda Divisione :...
match a week before.
However, on the final day of the transfer market (August 31), Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
announced that Sardo would move back to Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
again on loan. The loan was a part exchange deal that saw Chievo left back Giovanni Marchese
Giovanni Marchese
Giovanni Marchese Giovanni Marchese Giovanni Marchese (born 17 October 1984 is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side Calcio Catania as a defender usually as left back.He made his Serie A debut on 10 September 2006, against A.C. Siena.-Torino:...
, move in the opposite direction also on loan. Following the move, Sardo broke into Domenico Di Carlo
Domenico Di Carlo
Domenico "Mimmo" Di Carlo is an Italian association football coach, and former player, currently head coach of ChievoVerona.-Career:...
's starting line-up and was one of the stand-out performers in Chievo's season, notably scoring against Juventus where he scored a scorcher in the 33rd minute to put Chievo ahead in the Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
clash, while he also poured a load of trouble versus his owners, Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
, in a 1–1 draw. Sardo went on to make 22 league appearances for the Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
based club, scoring 3 goals and shared the right-back role with Nicolas Frey
Nicolas Frey
Nicolas Frey is a French footballer who plays for A.C. ChievoVerona in Italy, as either a right or central defender.-Football career:...
but sometimes featured at right wing-back role when Frey was used as one of the 3 central defender in 4–3–3 formation and even replaced midfielder Michele Marcolini
Michele Marcolini
Michele Marcolini is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Calcio Padova.On 27 June 2011 he mutually terminated his contract with Chievo. He signed a one-year contract with Serie B side Padova on 4 July 2011....
in 2–0 won Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
on April 25 in 3–5–2 formation. On 28 June 2010, both club excised the rights to sign Sardo and Marchese permanently. he signed a 3-year contract.