Martino Olivetti
FullnameMartino Olivetti
Birth date24 May 1985 (age 41)
Birth placeMantua, Italy
Height1.80 m
PositionMidfielder, Forward
Youthclubs 1Mantova
Youthclubs 2Chievo
Youthyears 32003–2004
Youthclubs 3A.C. Milan
Years 12004–2006
Clubs 1A.C. Milan
Caps 10
Goals 10
Years 22004–2005
Clubs 2→ Vis Pesaro (loan)
Caps 231
Goals 20
Years 32005–2006
Clubs 3→ SPAL (loan)
Caps 331
Goals 31
Years 42006–2007
Clubs 4Chievo
Caps 40
Goals 40
Years 52006–2007
Clubs 5→ Prato (loan)
Caps 529
Goals 52
Totalcaps91
Totalgoals3

Martino Olivetti (born 24 May 1985) is a former Italian footballer.

Biography

Born in Mantua, Lombardy, Olivetti started his career at Mantova, then Chievo at Verona, Veneto. In 2003, he was sold to A.C. Milan in co-ownership deal for €1 million.[1] That season, also saw Chievo signed Paolo Sammarco in another co-ownership deal, for €1.1 million.[1] After a season at Primavera Team.[2] He was loaned to Serie C1 and C2 for Vis Pesaro and SPAL, where he played as a regular starter. In June 2006, Chievo bought back Olivetti[3] for €250,000 (shown in the financial filing as €1 million financial debt minus €750,000 financial income of Milan)[1] and Sammarco went back to Milan for undisclosed fee, but returned to Chievo on loan, but Olivetti went to Serie C2 side Prato for another season.

Olivetti then terminated his contract with Chievo and retired. He told the press he was a victim of false accounting.[4]

In June 2008, Olivetti and Sammarco appeared in an FIGC announcement. The Italian FA announced, after investigation found Chievo had inflated the price of Olivetti in order to gain false profit, and other means of false accounting, in order to pass the financial test, made Chievo would be the 7th club to be punished after A.C. Milan, Inter, Sampdoria, Genoa, Reggina and Udinese.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "2006 Bilancio" [2006 Annual Report] (PDF) (in Italian). AC Milan. Archived from the original on 25 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004" (in Italian). AC Milan. Archived 2003-10-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "COMPROPRIETA': IL CHIEVOVERONA RISCATTA CINQUE GIOCATORI" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 2006-06-16. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  4. ^ "Martino Olivetti: io vittima dei bilanci gonfiati" (in Italian). Gazzetta di Mantova. 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2010-03-11. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Deferiti dal Procuratore federale Sartori, Campedelli e il Chievo" (in Italian). FIGC. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  6. ^ "Three Serie A clubs fined for false accounting". Reuters. 2008-06-18. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  7. ^ "Comunicato n° 003CDN del 10/07/2008" (in Italian). FIGC. 2008-07-10. Archived from the original on 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2010-03-10.