Mattia Giovanni Masiero (born 18 October 1986) is an Italian footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mattia Giovanni Masiero | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-10-18) 18 October 1986 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Valdagno, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vicenza | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Ancona | 23 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | → Ancona (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Pro Patria | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Sorrento (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Barletta | 30 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Valdagno, the Province of Vicenza, Veneto, Masiero started his career at Vicenza. In June 2006 he graduated from Primavera under-20 team and soon joined Serie C1 club Ancona. He made an impressive 23 appearances in his maiden season. In July 2007, Masiero was signed by Serie A club Torino. In exchange, Pasquale Schiattarella and Claudio De Sousa joined the Serie C1 club.[1] Masiero played for Torino in pre-season friendlies,[2][3] finished as the runner-up of Trofeo Spagnolo.[4] However, on 20 August 2007 Masiero also returned to Ancona, Veneto.[5][6] The loan was renewed on 1 July 2008. With Ancona, he made 18 more league appearances but only 3 times in 2008–09 Serie B. Masiero also played once out of 4 matches in the 2008 promotion playoffs. In June 2009, Ancona gave up the remain 50% registration to Torino but the Piedmontese transferred Masiero to Pro Patria.[7] Masiero only played 12 times in his third season in the Italian third division, which renamed to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He played 6 games each for Pro Patria and his loan club Sorrento.
On 31 August 2010 Masiero was exchanged with Devis Nossa.[8] Masiero made his club debut on 5 September, replacing Benedetto Lorusso.[9] In the next round, he became the starting defender.[10] However, he only made 8 more starts for Barletta in 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione.