Massimo Ganci (born 17 November 1981) is an Italian former footballer who last played for Unipomezia Virtus as a forward.

Massimo Ganci
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-11-17) 17 November 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Unipomezia Virtus
Youth career
Corsico
Monza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Monza 58 (16)
2002–2005 Treviso 58 (11)
2004–2005Reggina (loan) 10 (0)
2005–2006 Piacenza 39 (4)
2006–2008 Bari 66 (9)
2008–2009 Cittadella 14 (1)
2009 Salernitana 18 (6)
2009–2011 Pescara 51 (10)
2011–2013 Frosinone 40 (7)
2015 Maceratese 4 (1)
2015–2016 Castelfidardo 16 (8)
2016 L'Aquila 11 (2)
2016–2017 Pineto 15 (2)
2017–2018 Pavia 32 (16)
2018 Hamrun Spartans 4 (2)
2018–2019 Crema 16 (6)
2019 Barletta
2019– Unipomezia Virtus
International career
2001 Italy U-20[1] 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:59, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

He played 10 games in the Serie A in the 2004–05 season for Reggina Calcio.

Career

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Ganci started his professional career at Monza. In June 2001, along with Diego Daldosso, Daniele Degano and Cristian Maggioni, they were signed by Parma in co-ownership deal for 1 billion each (€516,457).[2] In June 2002 Daldosso and Ganci was bought back by Monza while Degano and Maggioni joined Parma outright. Ganci also immediately left for Treviso in temporary deal in summer 2002.

Ganci was signed outright by Treviso in January 2004, after a 1+12-season loan from Monza. In summer 2004 he left for Reggina Calcio, where he made his Serie A debut. As he made his Serie A debut, FIGC accepted the claim from his youth club Corsico against Reggina for training compensation of €103,000[3] an incentive scheme set-up by FIGC. In January 2005 he was signed by Piacenza in new co-ownership deal, re-joining Degano. In January 2006 Ganci left for Bari in temporary deal.

Bari acquired Piacenza's half registration rights on Ganci in summer 2006 via Treviso, which Bari paid Treviso €250,000;[4] In June 2007 Bari acquired Ganci outright from Treviso.[5] Ganci was included in Bari's 2008 pre-season camp on 14 July despite he would join the team on 16 July.[6] On 1 September 2008 Ganci joined Cittadella. In January 2009 he was signed by Salernitana.

In July 2009 he left for Pescara.[7] In 2011–12 Serie B season, he was awarded no.99 shirt of the team,[8]

Ganci was released by Pescara along with Samuele Olivi on 29 August;[9] on the same day he was signed by Frosinone in 2-year contract.[10]

Italian football scandal

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On 16 July 2013 Ganci was suspended from football for 4 years due to involvement in 2011 Italian football scandal.[11] His appeal was rejected on 27 July.[12] On 27 April 2014 his final appeal was accepted, which the ban was reduced to 22 months.[13]

Maceratese

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On 21 July 2015 Ganci was signed by Maceratese.[14]

Unipomezia Virtus

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In December 2019, Ganci joined Unipomezia Virtus.[15]

References

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  1. ^ FIGC (in Italian)
  2. ^ Parma AC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2001 (in Italian)
  3. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N.12/D (2005–06)" (PDF). Commissione Vertenze Economiche (in Italian). FIGC. 22 November 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. ^ Treviso FBC 1993 srl Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 (in Italian)
  5. ^ "Mercato: riscattati Ganci, Esposito e Carozza" (in Italian). AS Bari. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Lista convocati ritiro estivo 2008–2009" (in Italian). AS Bari. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  7. ^ "MASSIMO GANCI IN BIANCAZZURRO" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  8. ^ "I numeri della stagione 2011/2012" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 3 August 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Speciale Calciomercato: risoluzioni consensuali" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  10. ^ "MERCATO, DAL PESCARA ARRIVA GANCI" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Bari investigations: 20 gli disqualifiedi, Pianu and Strambelli acquitted" (in Italian). FIGC. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Comunicato Stampa" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC Corte di Giustizia Federale. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Sig. Massimo Ganci / Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (Squalifica)" (PDF). Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Maceratese, per Sarr è biennale, firma Ganci ed arriva Altobelli" (in Italian). S.S. Maceratese. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original (Google Cache) on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  15. ^ MASSIMO GANCI: "IMPATTO POSITIVO, ORA SERVONO LE VITTORIE", unipomeziavirtus.com, 13 December 2019
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