Salvatore Gambino
 Gambino with 1. FC Köln in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 November 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Hagen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2002 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | Borussia Dortmund | 45 | (5) |
| 2006–2008 | 1. FC Köln | 21 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | TuS Koblenz | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Kongsvinger IL | ||
| 2010–2012 | Trapani Calcio | 35 | (10) |
| 2012 | Gubbio | ||
| 2012–2014 | Trapani Calcio | 49 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Grosseto | 20 | (1) |
| 2015–2020 | Westfalia Rhynern | 127 | (30) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Westfalia Rhynern (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Rot Weiss Ahlen (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Salvatore Gambino (born 27 November 1983) is an Italian-German[1] former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, but could play as a striker as well.
Career
[edit]Having joined Borussia Dortmund in 1996, Gambino played in the club's youth teams before being promoted to the reserve team. In the 2003–04 season he had 20 Bundesliga appearances with the first team. Struggling with injuries, Gambino managed ten league games in the 2004–05 season.
In summer 2006, Gambino transferred to 1. FC Köln. Two years later, in June 2008, he joined TuS Koblenz where he was released on 24 June 2009.
He signed for then-fourth tier Italian club Trapani in January 2011 playing only ten games with no goals. He was featured more regularly throughout the 2011–12 season, now in Lega Pro Prima Divisione appearing in 32 games and scoring nine goals.[2]
In October 2015, Gambino signed with German fifth-tier club Westfalia Rhynern.[3]
He retired at the end of the 2019–20 season.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Salvatore Gambino". Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Scheda anagrafica di Salvatore Gambino" [Profile of Salvatore Gambino]. AIC.football.it (in Italian).
- ^ Sporkert, Cedric (23 October 2015). "Rhynern gelingt gegen Stadtlohn Befreiungsschlag" (in German). Westfälischer Anzeiger. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Nitsche, Thomas (21 July 2020). "Neuer Job in Werl: Das macht Ex-BVB-Fußball-Profi Salvatore Gambino heute". Soester Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Salvatore Gambino at WorldFootball.net
- 1983 births
- Living people
- German people of Sicilian descent
- German sportspeople of Italian descent
- Footballers from Hagen
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football forwards
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- Borussia Dortmund II players
- 1. FC Köln players
- TuS Koblenz players
- FC Trapani 1905 players
- AS Gubbio 1910 players
- US Grosseto 1912 players
- 21st-century German sportsmen