Michele Troiano is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

. He currently plays for Sassuolo

U.S. Sassuolo Calcio

Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922....

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Football career

Troiano started his career at native club Monza

A.C. Monza Brianza 1912

Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 is an Italian football club based in Monza, Lombardy.Founded in 1912, Monza currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group A, having last been in Serie B in 2000. Monza spent the last few years in Serie C1 and Serie C2.-History:Monza was founded on 1...

. He then joined Modena F.C.

Modena F.C.

Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team...

 in 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...

. In January 2007, then 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...

 team 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...

 signed Troiano in a co-ownership

Co-ownership (football)

Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

 deal, exchanged with Salvatore Bruno

Salvatore Bruno

Salvatore Bruno is an Italian football striker who plays for Modena F.C..Bruno started his career at Serie A team Napoli, but most of his career has been spent in the lower division....

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On 3 March 2007 Troiano played his first Serie A match for Chievo against A.C. Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

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In June 2008, Modena bought him back and bought Bruno outright, in exchange, Angelo Antonazzo

Angelo Antonazzo

Angelo Antonazzo is an Italian footballer who plays for Taranto.Antonazzo previously played 5 Serie D seasons, one Serie C2, one Serie C1, three Serie B before signed by A.C. ChievoVerona on 25 June 2008, along with Nicholas Frey. He deal was part of the deal that Salvatore Bruno and Michele...

 and Nicholas Frey went to Chievo.

Internationals career

Troiano was capped for Italy in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in The Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. The 2005 championship was the 15th contested.- Venues :- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship...

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Troiano also has a cousin in Australia who plays for Knox city fc.

External links

• FIGC