Salvatore Sullo
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Salvatore "Sasà" Sullo is a retired Italian
footballer
.
He was mainly known for having been the captain of Messina
from 2001 to 2007 as part of the squad that gained two promotions, which led the team from Serie C1
to Serie A
.
, but fully recovered and returned playing within eight months' time.
Sullo left Messina in January 2007 to join Avellino
of Serie C1
, with his number 41 shirt being retired in commemoration of his services for the club. He was also awarded an honorary Messina citizenship by the local government. After having won promotion playoffs with Avellino in 2007, he joined Martina
, another Serie C1 team, during the summer market.
Italy
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footballer
Football (soccer)
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He was mainly known for having been the captain of Messina
F.C. Messina Peloro
Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...
from 2001 to 2007 as part of the squad that gained two promotions, which led the team from Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
to 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...
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Career
In 2005, Sullo was forced to temporarily quit football because of a B-cell lymphomaB-cell lymphoma
The B-cell lymphomas are types of lymphoma affecting B cells. Lymphomas are "blood cancers" in the lymph glands. They develop more frequently in older adults and in immunocompromised individuals ....
, but fully recovered and returned playing within eight months' time.
Sullo left Messina in January 2007 to join Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
of Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
, with his number 41 shirt being retired in commemoration of his services for the club. He was also awarded an honorary Messina citizenship by the local government. After having won promotion playoffs with Avellino in 2007, he joined Martina
A.C. Martina
A.S.D. Martina Franca is an Italian association football club, based in Martina Franca, Apulia. The team's colors are blue and white. In the season 2011-12 it plays in Serie D.- History :...
, another Serie C1 team, during the summer market.