Bassano Virtus 55 S.T.

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Bassano Virtus
Full name	Bassano Virtus 55 Soccer Team SRL
Nickname(s)	Giallorossi (yellow-reds)
Founded	1903
Ground	Stadio Rino Mercante, Bassano del Grappa, Italy (Capacity 3,900)
Chairman	Roberto Masiero
Manager	Ezio Glerean
League	Serie C2/B
2006-07	Serie C2/A, 5th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Bassano Virtus 55 Soccer Team is an Italian football club, based in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto. The club was founded in 1903 as U.S. Bassano (Unione Sportiva Bassano) and merged with Virtus Bassano in 1968. Bassano Virtus currently plays in Serie C2/B. The team's colors are yellow and red.

The team is owned by Renzo Rosso, entrepreneur and founder of Diesel.

Contents 1 Current squad 2 Notable former players 3 Notable former coaches 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player GK Tommaso Peresson GK Paolo Tommei GK Alan Zattin DF Ricardo Baggio DF Andrea Basso DF Alessandro Beccia DF Manuel Benetti DF Paolo Minardi DF Elia Pavesi DF Michele Pellizzer DF Gianluca Zattarin MF Gianluca Cacioti MF Achille Mazzoleni

No. Position Player MF Matteo Nichele MF Alessandro Piovesan MF Alessio Pirri MF Lorenzo Staiti MF Matteo Tretto FW Emanuele Berrettoni FW Alessandro Cesca FW Massimo Dalle Nogare FW Mario La Canna FW Giacomo Lorenzini FW Roberto Rondon FW Emil Zubin

[edit] Notable former players

• Luigi Beghetto
• Gianni De Biasi
• Marino Magrin
• Fabio Moro
• Carlo Nervo

[edit] Notable former coaches

• Giovanni De Biasi
• Giuseppe Pillon

[edit] Trivia

• The number 55 in the social name stands for 1955, owner Renzo Rosso's birthyear.
• Bassano Virtus is the only professional Italian side to use soccer instead of football in its full name.

[edit] External links

• Official site

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