Benito Carbone
Benito Carbone (born 14 August 1971) is an Italian football manager and former professional player
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| Full name | Benito Carbone | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bagnara Calabra, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Azerbaijan (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Torino | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1994 | Torino | 35 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | → Reggina (loan) | 31 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | → Casertana (loan) | 32 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | → Ascoli (loan) | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Napoli | 29 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Inter Milan | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | 96 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Aston Villa | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Bradford City | 42 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | → Derby County (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Como | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Parma | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Catanzaro | 27 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Vicenza | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Sydney FC (loan) | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Pavia | 80 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 554 | (112) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy U21 | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Pavia (Youth Coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Pavia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Varese | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Vallée d'Aoste | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Ternana | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Azerbaijan (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As a player, he was played as a forward, winger or midfielder, notably playing in the Premier League with Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Bradford City, Derby County and Middlesbrough, and in Serie A for Torino, Napoli, Inter Milan and Parma. He also played for Reggina, Casertana, Ascoli, Como, Catanzaro, Vicenza and Pavia. In 2006, he spent time on loan in the A-League with Sydney FC. He also represented Italy under-21s eight times during his playing career.
Retiring in 2010, he became manager of Pavia the following season, and has gone on to manage Varese and Vallée d'Aoste, before being hired as a sports consultant by Leeds United in 2014. He has since managed Ternana, before joining Azerbaijan as assistant coach in 2020.