Daniel Semenzato
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Daniel Semenzato is an Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 footballer who plays for Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Como.

Internazionale

Born in Montebelluna
Montebelluna
Montebelluna is a town and comune in Veneto, Italy, approximately 67 kilometers northwest of Venice. It has an estimated population of 30,817.Fila has research and development facilities in Montebelluna. Northwave was started by Gianni Piva in Montebelluna...

, Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, Semenzato started his career at Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

, as first as a midfielder, played from Giovanissimi Nazionali team to the top team of the youth rank – Primavera (from 2004 to 2006). He also played for the first team in friendlies in 2004–05, 2005–06 season and 2006–07 season.

Lega Pro clubs

On 31 August 2006, he was sold to Serie C2 club Montichiari
A.C. Montichiari
Associazione Calcio Montichiari is an Italian association football club, based in Montichiari, Lombardy.The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Recent events:...

 in co-ownership
Co-ownership (football)
Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

 deal. He was the regular of the team, however he was on the bench in relegation play-out against PortoSummaga, and replacing right back Paolo Zaccagnini in the return leg. Montichiari relegated to Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 that season.

In June 2007, he was bought back by Internazionale. and re-sold to PortoSummaga. Inter also bought Montichiari team-mate Marco Filippini
Marco Filippini
Marco Filippini is an Italian footballer who plays for Montichiari. -Career:Filippini started his career at Montichiari of Serie C2. He was signed by Internazionale in July 2007. He made his debut on 17 January 2008, a Coppa Italia match that won Reggina 3–0. In that match, he replaced Nicolás...

 from the relegated side. Semenzato only made 1 league appearance for the promotion playoffs winner.

In July 2008, he left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex-Serie C1) club Venezia. He often played as the starting XI, but again putted on the bench in relegation playout. He played 90 minutes in the return leg, this time Venezia survived from the play-out but expelled from professional league due to bankrupt in July.

Frosinone

In July 2009, he was signed by Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 club Frosinone
Frosinone Calcio
Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B....

 as free agent. He made his club debut on 15 August 2009, the second match of the season and of the Cup
2009–10 Coppa Italia
The 2009–10 Coppa Italia was the sixty-second season of the tournament. The competition started on 2 August 2009 and ended on 5 May 2010.-Serie A :-Serie B :-Prima Divisione :-Seconda Divisione :...

. He was the starting right back in that narrowly win Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 club Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...

 by penalty shootout. But in the next match, he lost the starting place to Lorenzo Del Prete
Lorenzo Del Prete
Lorenzo Del Prete is an Italian football defender currently playing for A.S.G. Nocerina on loan from A.C. Siena.-Club career:...

 on 21 August, the opening match of Frosinone in Serie B. Semenzato replaced left midfielder Simone Basso
Simone Basso
Simone Basso is an Italian football forward who played for Parma F.C., Livorno Calcio, A.C. Prato, Aglianese Calcio 1923, U.S.D. Lavagnese 1919, Sangiovannese, F.C. Crotone, Frosinone Calcio, Spezia Calcio and Sorrento Calcio- Domestic League Records :...

 in the 81st minute on that match. That match Frosinone winning Salernitana
Salernitana Calcio 1919
Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they...

 2–1. He waited until round 5 to play his first match as starter, due to Del Prete was unavailable in the last minute. He started again in round 13 (7 November 2009) against Gallipoli
Gallipoli Calcio
Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce...

 due to Del Prete's fitness and again in round 15 (28 November 2009), and from round 21 (9 January 2010) to round 23 (23 January) Coach Francesco Moriero
Francesco Moriero
Francesco "Checco" Moriero is a retired Italian association football player turned manager.-Playing career:A right winger, Moriero played for several clubs, including US Lecce, Cagliari, AS Roma, Inter Milan and SSC Napoli....

 also used Nicholas Guidi
Nicholas Guidi
Nicholas Guidi is an Italian football defender currently playing for Frosinone in Serie B.-Club career:...

 as emergency right back but soon used Semenzato since round 21. After left back Antonio Bocchetti was unavailable in round 25, he changed to play as a emergency left back and replaced suspended Del Prete in the next round. Semenzato ahead healthy Del Prete as right back from round 32 to 36 (missed round 35). Since round 37, Moriero took Del Prete back to starting XI and new coach Guido Carboni
Guido Carboni
Guido Carboni is an Italian football manager of Empoli and a former player.He is the brother of former Italian international footballer Amedeo Carboni.-Playing career:...

 resumed the same line-up for the relegation threatening team. He started his 13th in Serie B and the last one with Frosinone on 15 May (round 40), to replace the unavailable Del Prete. then the coach used Guidi as emergency right back again. Frosinone finished as the 16th that season, just 2 points above the teams that had to play relegation playout.

Cittadella

In August 2010, he was sold to fellow Serie B team Cittadella
A.S. Cittadella
Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.-History:Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie...

. He was the understudy of Andrea Manucci but started as emergency right back at the first match of the season (also the first match in the cup
2010–11 Coppa Italia
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). In the next match, the opening match of Cittadella in Serie B, coach Claudio Foscarini
Claudio Foscarini
Claudio Foscarini is an Italian football coach, currently serving as head coach of Serie B outfit Cittadella since 2005.-Career:...

 used Gianluca Nocentini as right back instead.

On 31 January 2011, Semenzato was signed by Como.

International career

Semenzato capped for Azzurrini in under-17 and under-19 level. He played for U17 team at 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification (2 games) and in the elite round (2 games). For U19 team, he capped one at 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification
2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification
UEFA U-19 Championship 2006 is the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2006. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team will enter UEFA U-19 Championship 2006 ....

 (called-up along with team-mate Giacomo Bindi
Giacomo Bindi
Giacomo Bindi is an Italian footballer who plays for Crotone.-Early career:Born in Siena, Tuscany, Bindi started his career at Arezzo the near-by province...

 and Matteo Momentè
Matteo Momenté
Matteo Momentè is an Italian footballer who plays for Italian Serie B side AlbinoLeffe, on loan from Varese.-Youth career & Inter:Born in Jesolo, the Province of Venice, Momentè started his career at Montebelluna...

). That match Italy would qualify if winning Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team
The Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team, is the national under-19 football team of the Republic of Ireland and is controlled by the Football Association of Ireland and competes in the biennial European Under-19 Football Championship....

, and Semenzato ahead Alessio Cerci
Alessio Cerci
Alessio Cerci is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina as a winger.-Club career:He was a regular for the Roma youth team that won the Campionato Primavera 2004–05...

 as starter. Semenzato was replaced by Cerci in the 30th minute and Cerci scored the only goal for Azzurrini, eventually Italy lost 1–4 and failed to qualify to the elite round.

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