Desiderio Garufo

Desiderio Garufo
Personal information
Full name Desiderio Michele Garufo
Date of birth (1987-04-22) 22 April 1987
Place of birth Grotte, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Right-back,[2] Winger
Club information
Current team
 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Nissa
2009–2010 Sangiovannese 33 (3)
2010–2012 Taranto 52 (1)
2012–2013 Nocerina 26 (3)
2013–2014 Trapani 33 (0)
2014–2015 Novara 25 (1)
2015–2016 Catania 24 (0)
2016- Parma 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2016.


Desiderio Michele Garufo (born 22 April 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Lega Pro club Parma.

Biography

Born in Grotte, Sicily, Garufo started his career at Nissa. He won Eccellenza Sicily with team in 2008 (Italian sixth level until 2014). Garufo scored 10 goals in 2008–09 Serie D, Italian fifth level and top level of amateur football. In 2009 Garufo was signed by Lega Pro 2nd Division club Sangiovannese (Italian fourth level). The club was the losing side of the promotion playoffs. Garufo was a substitute and starting right midfielder in 4-3-2-1 formation respectively.[3][4]

Taranto

Garufo moved to Italian third level for Taranto in 2010. The club entered the promotion playoffs, losing to Atletico Roma. Garufo was the wingback in the 3-4-3 formation in the first leg.[5]

Garufo remained for the club for 2011–12 season. However the club folded despite finished as the losing side of promotion playoffs again.

Nocerina

On 3 July 2012, he was signed by another third division club Nocerina.[2] The club also finished as the losing side of promotion playoffs of 2012–13 L.P. Prime Div. season.[6][7] Garufo was the right-back and right midfielder respectively in 4-3-3 formation in the first and second legs.

Trapani

On 1 July 2013, Garufo was signed by Serie B club Trapani on a free transfer. He wore the number 2 shirt.[8] Garufo made his competitive debut for the club in Italian Cup as right-back.[9]

Novara

On 1 August 2014, Garufo was signed by Lega Pro club Novara Calcio in a two-year contract.[10] After the club promoted to Serie B, Garufo wore the number 17 shirt, the traditional back luck number. He did not play in the opening match of 2015–16 Serie B. On 16 September he was sold back to Lega Pro, the third division of Italian football pyramid.

Catania

On 16 September 2015, Garufo and Bergamelli were sold to Catania in two-year contracts.[11][12] He played 23 games for the club in Lega Pro C, contributing with 4 assists. He also featured in one game in the Italian Cup.

Parma

On 13 July 2016, Garufo was signed on a free transfer by Parma in a two-year contract. He was assigned the number 15 shirt. He made his debut on 7 August 2016 in a Coppa Italia Lega Pro game against Piacenza, playing as a right midfielder in a 3-5-2 formation.

References

  1. ↑ Trapani profile (Italian)
  2. 1 2 "Ingaggiati Di Dio, Garufo e Sabatino" (in Italian). ASG Nocerina. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Lanati, Michele; Faroni, Glauco; Forni, Alessandro; De Simone, Franco (24 May 2010). "Sangiovannese, la casa amica". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Magi, Marco; Sormani, Christian; Grilli, Euro; Bertozzi, Giorgia; Ceniti, Francesco; Lo Giudice, Guido (31 May 2010). "San Marino, la rimonta perfetta". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Calvi, Giuseppe (30 May 2011). "Ahi Taranto All' Atletico basta Babù". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Baldan in gol La Nocerina va verso la finale Cede il Latina". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 May 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ribaltone Siluro Barraco festa Latina". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Trapani da Serie B. La numerazione delle maglie" (in Italian). Trapani Calcio. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Tim Cup" (in Italian). Trapani Calcio. 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "UFFICIALE: DESIDERIO GARUFO E' UN GIOCATORE DEL NOVARA" (in Italian). Novara Calcio. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "DESIDERIO GARUFO A TITOLO DEFINITIVO AL CATANIA" (in Italian). Novara Calcio. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Desiderio Garufo al Catania: il difensore si è legato al nostro club fino al 30 giugno 2017" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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