Angelo Paradiso

Angelo Paradiso
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-14) 14 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Teramo 48 (7)
1998–1999 Napoli 29 (2)
1999–2000 Lecce 3 (0)
2000–2001 Cesena 18 (2)
2001 Ravenna 4 (0)
2001–2003 Lucchese 15 (0)
2003 Carrarese 12 (4)
2003–2004 Bellinzona 7 (0)
2004–2005 Pisa 10 (1)
2005 YF Juventus 0 (0)
2005–2006 Chieti 10 (0)
2006–2007 Birkirkara (Semi-pro) ? (?)
2007–2008 Rieti (Amateur) ? (?)
2009–2010 Ibiza-Eivissa (Amateur) ? (?)
Total 156 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Angelo Paradiso (born 14 February 1977) is a former Italian professional footballer. Paradiso spent his career mainly at Serie C1 and Serie C2. He also played 3 Serie A matches.

Biography

Paradiso started his professional career at Teramo. He played two season at Serie C2 before signed by Serie B side S.S.C. Napoli. In 1999, he joined Serie A side Lecce, but in mid-season joined Cesena of Serie B in a co-ownership deal. He followed Cesena relegated to Serie C1, but joined Ravenna of Serie B in mid-season. The team failed to avoid relegation and Paradiso joined Lucchese of Serie C1. After just played 15 league matches in 1+1⁄2 seasons, he joined league rival Carrarese but faced another relegation. In 2003-04 season, he joined Bellinzona of Italian speaking region of Switzerland. He played only 7 matches at Challenge League and moved to Pisa of Serie C1 then for Chieti. After the relegation of Chieti, he moved to Maltese club Birkirkara[1] and played two matches at 2006–07 UEFA Champions League. He then returned to Italy for Serie D (non-professional, regional league or Italian 5th level).

In 2009, he joined Spanish side Ibiza-Eivissa of Tercera División. But the team later was expelled from the league due to late payment of wages.[2] He followed the team to play at Regional de Ibiza y Formentera (Spanish fifth level).

References

  1. ^ "Four new faces for Birkirkara". UEFA.com. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Caverni y Paradiso, primeras bajas de un Eivissa dividido" (in Spanish). UD Ibiza-Eivissa. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2010.