Massimo Zappino
{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
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| name = Massimo Zappino
| fullname = Massimo Zenildo Zappino
| image = Massimo_zappino-frosinone.png
| caption = Massimo Zappino with Frosinone in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|6|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Pesqueira, Brazil
| height = {{Height|m=1.90|precision=0}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub =
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| years1 = 2000–2001
| years2 = 2001
| years3 = 2002–2004
| years4 = 2004–2008
| years5 = 2007
| years6 = 2008
| years7 = 2008–2009
| years8 = 2009
| years9 = 2009
| years10 = 2009–2010
| years11 = 2010–2011
| years12 = 2012–2018
| clubs1 = Catania
| clubs2 = Acireale
| clubs3 = Nocerina
| clubs4 = Frosinone
| clubs5 = → Chievo (loan)
| clubs6 = → Pro Sesto (loan)
| clubs7 = Foggia
| clubs8 = → Lecco (loan)
| clubs9 = Taranto
| clubs10 = Como
| clubs11 = Varese
| clubs12 = Frosinone
| caps1 = 0
| caps2 = 0
| caps3 = 27
| caps4 = 81
| caps5 = 0
| caps6 = 14
| caps7 = 0
| caps8 = 14
| caps9 = 0
| caps10 = 13
| caps11 = 35
| caps12 = 101
| goals1 = 0
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| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 0
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Massimo Zenildo Zappino (born 12 June 1981) is a former Brazilian footballer of Italian descent who played as a goalkeeper.
Playing career
In summer 2007, he was exchanged with Vincenzo Sicignano but failed to make permanent move. In summer 2008 he was signed by Foggia in exchange with Nunzio Di Roberto to Frosinone{{cite news|url=http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/news.php?id=1452 |title=TRIS DI ACQUISTI DEL FROSINONE |date=10 July 2008 |accessdate=22 January 2009 |publisher=Frosinone Calcio |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524000948/http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/news.php?id=1452 |archivedate=24 May 2011 }} In June Foggia acquired the remaining 50% registration rights from Frosinone.
In July 2009 he signed a 2-year contract with Taranto as the joint-ownership bid accepted.{{cite news|url=http://www.tarantochannel.tv/it/index.asp?sez=1&id=2102 |title=INGAGGIATO IL PORTIERE ZAPPINO |date=2009-07-09 |accessdate=2009-07-11 |publisher=tarantochannel.tv |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708232508/http://www.tarantochannel.tv/it/index.asp?sez=1&id=2102 |archivedate=July 8, 2009 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.usfoggia.it/news/dettaglio.asp?id=2863 |title=Ufficiale: Zappino al Taranto |date=9 July 2009 |accessdate=29 October 2011 |work=US Foggia |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524000948/http://www.usfoggia.it/news/dettaglio.asp?id=2863 |archivedate=24 May 2011 }} It changed to definitive deal in late July.{{cite news|url=http://www.usfoggia.it/news/dettaglio.asp?id=2906 |title=Zappino è tutto del Taranto |date=23 July 2009 |accessdate=29 October 2011 |work=US Foggia |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524000948/http://www.usfoggia.it/news/dettaglio.asp?id=2906 |archivedate=24 May 2011 }} He then left for Como on free transfer.{{cite web |url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=164758 |title=Como, Zappino vicino alla firma |date=2009-08-05 |last=Zalamena |first=Andrea |website=Tutto Mercato Web |language=it}}
On 2 September 2010 he joined Serie B club Varese He was the first choice keeper. The team finished fourth but failed to win the promotion playoffs.
On 1 November 2015 he made his debut in Serie A with Frosinone, eventually conceding 4 goals to Fiorentina.
After leaving Frosinone in 2018, he shortly joined Promozione amateur club Siracusa in 2019, being released just a few weeks after his signing due to physical and fitness problems, with no first team appearances.{{cite web |url=https://www.tg24.info/sport/calcio-siracusa-massimo-zappino-risolve-il-contratto-terminata-lesperienza-sicula/ |publisher=Tg24.info |language=it |accessdate=8 September 2022|date=3 September 2019 |title=Calcio – Siracusa, Massimo Zappino risolve il contratto. Terminata l'esperienza sicula}}
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Zappino stayed on in Syracuse and started a career as a goalkeeping coach and scout.{{cite web|last=Salines |first=Alessandro |url=https://www.alessioporcu.it/articoli/la-nuova-vita-di-zappino-lex-portierone-scopre-ed-allena-talenti/ |language=it |accessdate=8 September 2022 |date=25 July 2021 |title=La nuova vita di Zappino. L'ex portierone scopre ed allena talenti |publisher=AlessioPorcu.it}}
In 2022, he was hired as the new goalkeeping coach of Eccellenza Sicily amateurs Real Siracusa.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttocalciodilettanti.com/eccsicilia-ex-serie-a-e-b-e-il-nuovo-preparatore-dei-portieri-del-real-siracusa/ |language=it |accessdate=8 September 2022 |date=2 August 2022 |title=ECCSICILIA: EX SERIE A E B È IL NUOVO PREPARATORE DEI PORTIERI DEL REAL SIRACUSA |publisher=TuttoCalcioDilettanti}}
Personal life
Zappino was born in Pesqueira, Brazil to a poor family, and then successively adopted by an Italian family from Syracuse, Sicily.
Honours
;Frosinone
- Serie C1 runner-up and promotion playoff winner: 2006
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_b_2007/giocatori/zappino_mas.shtml |url-status=dead |title=Serie B 2007 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080418061147/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_b_2007/giocatori/zappino_mas.shtml |archive-date=2008-04-18}}
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Category:Brazilian men's footballers
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Frosinone Calcio players
Category:AC ChievoVerona players
Category:Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Category:Calcio Lecco 1912 players
Category:Pro Sesto 1913 players
Category:Taranto FC 1927 players
Category:SSD Varese Calcio players
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Brazilian people of Italian descent
Category:Footballers from Pernambuco
Category:People from Pesqueira, Pernambuco
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
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