) is a Italian

Italy

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 professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Career in Italy

Lanzano began his professional career with Piacenza

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...

 but failed to make an appearance for the Biancorossi during his career with the Serie B

Serie 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. He was released in 2009.

In pursuit of first team football, Lanzano dropped down to Serie C

Serie C

The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...

 level with Poggibonsi

U.S. Poggibonsi

Unione Sportiva Poggibonsi is an Italian association football club located in Poggibonsi, Tuscany. It currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione....

 in 2009 where he made 20 league appearances before leaving in June 2010 for Gavorrano the following season. Lanzano played 16 times for the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione side.

He took part with the Italy U-17 squad at the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, debuting against Andorra.

Swindon Town

On 4 July 2011, Lanzano was confirmed as Paolo Di Canio

Paolo Di Canio

Paolo Di Canio is a Italian former professional footballer and current manager of League Two side Swindon Town. Di Canio made over 500 league appearances and scored over 100 league goals as a player....

's fifth summer signing for Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

 by signing a two-year contract and joining fellow Italian footballers Alberto Comazzi

Alberto Comazzi

Alberto Comazzi is an Italian football who plays for Swindon Town in the Football League Two as a defender.-Italy:...

 and Raffaele De Vita

Raffaele De Vita

Raffaele De Vita is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Swindon Town.-Career:De Vita began his career with Blackburn Rovers but did not make an appearance for the first team. He joined Livingston in July 2008...

 at the Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

 club.

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