Salvatore Gambino
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Salvatore Gambino is an Italian
Italy
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-German
Germany
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 footballer who plays for Trapani Calcio. Gambino plays in the midfield
Midfielder
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, but can play as a striker as well.

Career

Since 1996, Gambino has been playing for Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

, first with the C-juniors, later with the B-juniors, then the A-juniors and then the amateur team. He completed the 2003–04 season with twenty league appearances in the season. Due to injuries, in the 2004–05 season, he only played in ten league games for Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

. He is noted as a player with a good dribbling technique and is an exciting prospect for German football. Gambino transferred to 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

 in summer 2006 and joined after two years TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...

 in June 2008, he was released on 24 June 2009 and joined on 3 September 2009 on trial to Rot-Weiss Ahlen.

Quotes

  • "A good dribbler, technical and makes fine runs towards the goal. Additionally he has many ideas and cheekiness" – Edwin Boekamp (Dortmund's
    Borussia Dortmund
    Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

     youth coach)
  • "I can shoot with the left or right one, but the right one is slightly stronger" – Gambino on his shooting

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