Matteo Paro is an Italian

Italy

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who plays for Vicenza

Vicenza Calcio

Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A...

.

Career

Paro made his Serie A

Serie A

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 debut in 17 May 2003, in a 2–1 loss to Reggina

Reggina Calcio

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In the summer of 2003, Juventus sold half of Paro's contract to Chievo in July for €450,000 along with Sculli

Giuseppe Sculli

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 and Gastaldello

Daniele Gastaldello

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 as part of the deal that sent defender Nicola Legrottaglie

Nicola Legrottaglie

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 the other way.

In 2005, Juventus bought back all three for €1.05M (€350K each). But Paro and Gastaldello was sold to Siena

A.C. Siena

Associazione Calcio Siena is an Italian football club based in Siena.The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season....

 in joint-ownership for €450K each.

In 2006, Juventus relegated to Serie B

Serie B

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, and bought back Paro's 50% rights from Siena. He also holds the distinction of scoring Juventus' first ever Serie B goal, during Juventus' 1–1 draw with Rimini

Rimini Calcio F.C.

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 on 9 September 2006.

In summer 2007, he was sold to Genoa in joint-ownership deal, for €1.5million. reunited with Sculli. Also Gastaldello joined Genoa's city rival U.C. Sampdoria

U.C. Sampdoria

Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...

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Juventus received another €2million for the player in June 2008.

In July 2009. Paro joined newly promoted side Bari

A.S. Bari

Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....

 on loan. The club also signed Riccardo Meggiorini

Riccardo Meggiorini

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, Leonardo Bonucci

Leonardo Bonucci

Leonardo Bonucci is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team.-Internazionale:Bonucci started his career at Viterbese but was loaned to Internazionale in the summer of 2005. He played a number of pre-season friendlies for Inter first team...

, Andrea Ranocchia

Andrea Ranocchia

Andrea Ranocchia is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Internazionale.-Club career:Born in Assisi in the province of Perugia, Ranocchia started his career at Perugia then in Arezzo. Ranocchia played for Arezzo's Primavera team in 2005–06 season and promoted to the first...

 (loan) and Giuseppe Greco

Giuseppe Greco

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 (loan) from Genoa. On 29 January 2010 AS Bari loaned the midfielder to Piacenza.

External links

Player Profile at vicenzacalcio.com

• http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Paro_Matteo