Vito Falconieri is an Italian striker who plays for 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...

 outfit Ascoli.

Club career

Falconieri made his 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...

 debut on April 26, 2009 against U.S. Lecce

U.S. Lecce

Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

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On May 23, 2009, Falconieri scored his first 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...

 goal on a volley from 30 metres (98.4 ft) away, as Catania defeated S.S.C. Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

 3–1 at the Stadio Angelo Massimino

Stadio Angelo Massimino

Stadio Angelo Massimino is a multi-use stadium in Catania, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Calcio Catania. The stadium was built in 1937 and holds 23,420...

. In June 2009, Catania confirmed the purchase of Italian U-21 international Giuseppe Bellusci

Giuseppe Bellusci

Giuseppe Bellusci is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Catania.-Ascoli:After spending his youth career within the junior ranks at Ascoli Calcio, Bellusci began to earn call-ups to the club's first team in 2006. He made his debut in Serie A with Ascoli at the age of...

 from Ascoli Calcio while Falconieri and teammate Marcello Gazzola

Marcello Gazzola

Marcello Gazzola is an Italian footballer who plays for Ascoli Calcio in the Italian Serie B.-Parma F.C.:Gazzola started his youth career at Serie A club, Parma F.C. in 1995...

 were sold to Ascoli Calcio in joint-ownership deals. On August 31, 2009, it was confirmed that Ascoli

Ascoli

-Places of Italy:*Ascoli Piceno, a city and provincial seat in Marche*Ascoli Satriano, a town in the Province of Foggia*Porto d'Ascoli, a civil parish of San Benedetto del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno*Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche...

 and 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...

 agreed to loan

Loan

A loan is a type of debt. Like all debt instruments, a loan entails the redistribution of financial assets over time, between the lender and the borrower....

 the player to third division club Taranto Sport

Taranto Sport

A.S. Taranto Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. The club was founded in 1904. Taranto currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie B in 1993. The team's colors are red and blue.-History:...

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In 2010, Falconieri was loaned out to L'Aquila.

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