Domenico Germinale

Domenico Germinale
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-06-03) 3 June 1987
Place of birth Treviso, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Alessandria
Youth career
1994–1997 Silea
1997–2001 Treviso
2001–2006 Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Internazionale 1 (0)
2006–2007 → Pizzighettone (loan) 11 (1)
2007 → Torres (loan) 7 (0)
2007–2008 → Cittadella (loan) 8 (2)
2008–2009 Foggia 24 (9)
2009–2013 Benevento 45 (5)
2011 → Como (loan) 13 (5)
2011–2012 → AlbinoLeffe (loan) 22 (3)
2013–2014 Catanzaro 25 (4)
2014–2015 SPAL 18 (5)
2015 Alessandria 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Domenico Germinale (born 3 June 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Alessandria.

Biography

Internazionale and loans

Born in Treviso, Germinale started his career at Silea Calcio, located at Silea, the Province of Treviso. He then played for Treviso F.B.C. 1993 before joined Internazionale, which he supported at young age.[1] He played the pre-season TIM Trophy in 2004[2] and a 6 more friendly appearances in 2005[3][4][5][6][7][8] Germinale finally made his official debut on 14 May 2006, the last match of the Serie A season, which he substituted Pierre Womé in the 58 minutes. The match ended in 2–2 draw with Cagliari.[9][10]

In summer 2006, he was loaned to Pizzighettone. After an unsuccessful half-season, he was loaned to Torres.[11] In 2007–08 season, he was loaned to Serie C1 side Cittadella, re-joining Riccardo Meggiorini.[12]

Foggia

In July 2008, he signed a 1+2-year contract with Foggia on free transfer.[13][14][15] At Foggia, he finally scored regularly at Lega Pro Prima Divisione Group B.

Benevento

On 31 August 2009, Germinale transferred to Benevento of Prima Divisione Group A, signed a reported 3-year contract.[16] Germinale seldom included in the starting XI, and on 31 January 2011 left for Como along with Walter Zullo.[17] In the half season Germinale made 13 starts and 5 goals.

On 31 August 2011 Germinale was sold to Serie B struggler AlbinoLeffe in temporary deal with option to purchase half of the registration rights (which Germinale now had a contract with Benevento to 30 June 2014 at that time), replacing the left of former Inter team-mate Matteo Momentè. Benevento also acquired Michael Cia in the same formula.[18][19] Germinale took no.7 shirt previously owned by Cia.

Germinale returned to Benevento for 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, which he scored 5 times. On 21 May 2013 he was released.[20]

Catanzaro

On 19 July 2013 he was signed by Catanzaro in 1+1 year contract.[21] He scored 4 times in 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He also scored once against former club Benevento in promotion playoffs, losing 1–2.

SPAL & Alessandria

On 30 June 2014 he was signed by SPAL.[22] On 26 January 2015 he was swapped with defender Andrea Pappaianni of Alessandria in a 5-month contract.[23][24]

International career

Germinale never played for Italy youths team officially but received an Azzurri U18 call-up against Juniores League Best XI along with team-mate Matteo Momentè and Giacomo Bindi in 2006.[25] The unofficial match Azzurrini won Juniores Best XI 3–1, the two Inter strikers scored 1 goal each.[26]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ "NAMES FOR THE FUTURE: DOMENICO GERMINALE". inter.it. 15 April 2004. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "INTER RETAIN TIM TROPHY". inter.it. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "INTER BEAT BRUNICO REP TEAM 10–0". inter.it. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "INTER 3 BOLZANO 0". inter.it. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "INTER BEAT CAGLIARI ON PENALTIES". inter.it. 27 July 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "INTER BEATEN 4–1 BY TREVISO". inter.it. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "UDINESE WIN PIRELLI CUP". inter.it. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "VINOTINTO BEAT INTER 1–0". inter.it. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "INTER HOLD CAGLIARI TO DRAW". inter.it. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "GERMINALE, ALOE & BONUCCI ON DEBUTS". inter.it. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "TRANSFERS: INTER'S JANUARY DEALINGS". inter.it. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "New clubs for three academy players". inter.it. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Foggia, preso Germinale". tuttomercatoweb (in Italian). 24 July 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  14. ↑ "Il Foggia acquista l'attaccante Germinale" (in Italian). US Foggia UNOFFICIAL SITE. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  15. ↑ "UN ATTACCANTE PER NOVELLI: GERMINALE". US Foggia official site (in Italian). 24 July 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  16. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Benevento, arriva Germinale". tuttomercatoweb (in Italian). 31 August 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  17. ↑ "Chiusura col botto". Calcio Como (in Italian). 31 January 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  18. ↑ "Cia va a Benevento. Arriva Germinale". UC AlbinoLeffe (in Italian). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  19. ↑ "Maglia giallorossa per Cia". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  20. ↑ "Risoluzione contrattuale per Germinale e Rinaldi" (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "GERMINALE IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). US Catanzaro 1929. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "GASPARETTO-FILIPPINI-FIORETTI: TRIS DI GIOCATORI PER SPAL 2013" (in Italian). SPAL 2013. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  23. ↑ "GERMINALE E DE CENCO SALUTANO LA SPAL – ARRIVA IL GIOVANE PAPAIANNI" (in Italian). SPAL 2013. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "Domenico Germinale é un giocatore dei Grigi" (in Italian). US Alessandria Calcio 1912. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  25. ↑ "ACADEMY: FIVE INTERNATIONAL CALL-UPS". inter.it. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  26. ↑ "TOP 11 JUNIORES – UNDER 18: Il futuro del calcio si confronta". Serie D News (in Italian). 31 May 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  27. ↑ "INTER BEAT MILAN TO LIFT PRIMAVERA CUP". inter.it. 5 April 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
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