Gaetano Manno (born 26 July 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[2] Manno holds both German and Italian citizenship.

Gaetano Manno
Manno with VfL Osnabrück in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-07-26) 26 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Hagen, West Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2001 SSV Hagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 TSG Sprockhövel[1] 28 (25)
2002–2005 VfL Bochum II 86 (33)
2004–2005 VfL Bochum 2 (0)
2005–2007 Wuppertaler SV Borussia 53 (15)
2007–2009 VfL Osnabrück 34 (4)
2009–2011 SC Paderborn 29 (5)
2011–2012 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 27 (4)
2012–2013 VfL Osnabrück 32 (8)
2013–2014 Preußen Münster 17 (2)
2014–2015 Viktoria Köln 33 (1)
2015–2019 Wuppertaler SV 76 (22)
Total 417 (119)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Wuppertaler SV (player-assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Manno was born in Hagen.[3] At the end of the winter break of the 2013–14 season, he left 3. Liga side Preußen Münster in spite of having signed a long-term contract just the summer before. He joined fourth tier Regionalliga West club Viktoria Köln on a two-and-a-half-year deal until 2016. Köln paid a transfer fee to Münster.[3]

In May 2018 it was announced, that Gaetano had got his contract with Wuppertaler SV extended with one year and from the new season would function as a playing assistant manager.[4]

Personal life

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On 20 May 2019, it was confirmed, that Manno would join lower-league side SpVg Hagen 11 from the 2019–20 season.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Spielerdatenbank: Gaetano Manno" [Playerdatabase: Gaetano Manno]. tsg-fans.de. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Manno, Gaetano" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Beim Saionstart wird Gaetano Manno noch nicht gejagt" [At the start of the season Gaetano Manno will not yet be chased] (in German). derwesten.de. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ^ WSV-Kapitän Manno wird spielender Co-Trainer, wz.de, 1 May 2018
  5. ^ Zusage von Gaetano Manno ist für Hagen 11 „Sechser im Lotto“, wp.de, 20 May 2019
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