Gianluca Comotto
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Gianluca Comotto is an Italian
Italy
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 footballer
Football (soccer)
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 who currently plays for Cesena
A.C. Cesena
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 of Serie A
Serie A
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.

Club career

Comotto started his career at Ivrea
U.S. Ivrea Calcio
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Montalto Ivrea commonly referred to as A.S.D. Montalto Ivrea or simply Montalto Ivrea is an Italian association football club, based in Ivrea, Piedmont that plays in the regional Promozione....

 of Serie D
Serie D
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. He then played one season for Biellese
A.S. Biellese 1902
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, also in Serie D.

Torino

He joined Torino in summer 1997, and played 12 games in two Serie B seasons. After Torino won promotion to Serie A, he was farmed to Vicenza, where he won promotion again. He made his Serie A debut during on loan at Vicenza
Vicenza Calcio
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 on 1 October 2000, in a match against AC Milan
A.C. Milan
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. Comotto returned to Torino in summer 2001, and played his first Serie A season for Torino.

Torino relegated in summer 2003, and Comotto successively played for Reggina
Reggina Calcio
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 (Serie A) and Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
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 (Serie B
Serie B
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), and then returned to Torino in 2004. Comotto helped the team win promotion back to Serie A again.

Roma and loans

However, because of the cancellation of Torino because of economic troubles, Comotto was released for free in the summer of 2005. Thus, he signed a 3-years long contract with AS Roma, and loaned him to Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
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 until the end of the 2005–06
Serie A 2005-06
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 season at the same day and loaned by to Turin in summer 2006. Turin bought back 50% ownership in January 2007 for €1.05 million and Torino got full ownership in June 2007 for another € 1.525M.

Comotto captained Torino in 2007–08 season, but his season came to early end at March 2008 due to injuries.

Fiorentina

On 5 July 2008 Comotto signed for Serie A club Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

. A bad injury excluded Comotto from the Champions league squad list for 2008. He made his Viola debut on September 21, 2008 in Fiorentina-Bologna, which finished 1–0. He also made his debut in the Champions League in the first leg of the qualifiers against Sporting Lisbon on August 18, 2009 in the Stadium Jose Alvalade. He was the starting right-back in 2008–09 and 2009–10 season, but lost his place to Lorenzo De Silvestri
Lorenzo De Silvestri
Lorenzo De Silvestri is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina. He is an offensive fullback with an imposing physique.-Lazio:...

 in 2010–11 Serie A
2010–11 Serie A
The 2010–11 Serie A was the 79th season since its establishment, the first under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011...

 season. That season he only started 16 times and only re-picked by coach in October after he criticized his squad is a reason for bad results.

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