Davide Manarelli
Davide Manarelli (born 1 February 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays as a left-back. Club careerBorn in Dalmine, a comune near Bergamo, Manarelli started playing football at a local grassroots club in Osio Sopra in 2009, before joining AlbinoLeffe three years later, and then Renate in 2016.[1] After winning a national Under-16 title and finishing runners-up in the Under-17 championship with the latter club,[2] in the summer of 2019 he was scouted and signed on loan by Sassuolo, where he initially joined the Under-18 team, together with his club-mate and fellow loanee Martino Ripamonti.[1][3] Both deals were then made permanent at the start of the following season, with Manarelli spending one more season in the Campionato Primavera.[3] On 19 July 2021, he officially started his senior career by returning to Renate on a season-long loan.[4] However, on 11 August, the spell was cut short, as Manarelli joined fellow Serie C side Paganese with the same formula, instead.[5] He subsequently made his professional debut on 21 August, as he started the league cup match against Foggia, which ended in a 2-0 loss for his side.[6] The full-back played regularly for the club in the third tier, as Paganese eventually got relegated to Serie D after losing the play-out with Fidelis Andria, despite a 1-1 final score on aggregate, since the latter club were better placed in the league table.[7] On 2 July 2022, Manarelli officially joined Viterbese on a permanent deal, signing a three-year deal with the club, who had just escaped relegation from Serie C in the previous season.[7][8] Having collected three appearances in the first part of the 2022–23 season, on 31 January 2023 he joined fellow third-tier side Virtus Francavilla on loan until the end of the season, as part of a swap deal that saw Federico Mastropietro go the opposite way.[9][10] International careerAlthough he has never represented Italy in an international match so far, Manarelli took part in a joint training camp for the under-18 and under-19 national teams in January 2020.[11] Style of playManarelli is primarily a left-back, who can also play as a left wing-back in a five-men midfield.[1][7] He cited Marcelo as his biggest source of inspiration.[1] Career statisticsClub
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