Martino Olivetti

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

Martino Olivetti
Personal information
Full name Martino Olivetti
Date of birth (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985
Place of birth Mantua, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
Mantova
Chievo
2003–2004 A.C. Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 A.C. Milan 0 (0)
2004–2005 → Vis Pesaro (loan) 31 (0)
2005–2006 → SPAL (loan) 31 (1)
2006–2007 Chievo 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Prato (loan) 29 (2)
Total 91 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 press he was a victim of false accounting.[4]

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