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October 2009
The travels of Benito Carbone | The travels of Benito Carbone |
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AC Pavia play in the fourth-level Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in front of crowds of around 850. Last year Carbone played a decisive role in avoiding relegation to the amateur league. Having had five points deducted for using a player who was serving a ban from the previous year, Pavia had to win the last match against Sambonifacese, a village near Verona, to avoid relegation to the regional leagues. They did it with two astonishing goals from Carbone after their opponents had taken the lead. Yesterday "Benny" put in another fine performance at Pavia's Stadio Fortunati against a team with a name that is quite unpronounceable even for Italians, Villacidrese from Sardinia. Pavia won 2-0 and are now second in the table.
Born in Bagnara Calabra, in the very south of Italy, Carbone joined Torino in 1988 at the age of 17. Two years later he set off on a national tour, playing one season each for Reggina, Casertana, Ascoli, Torino again, Napoli and finally Internazionale, the team that the Carbone family have always supported. He stayed with the Nerazzurro for just one season too, having failed to make a good impression on coach Roy Hodgson. "When I arrived in Milan I was too young for a team like that," says Carbone today. During his wandering he managed to pick up eight caps for Italy at Under-21 level but the call to the senior squad never came. In October 1996 Carbone left Milan to join Sheffield Wednesday. Despite not knowing a word of English when he arrived he was a success in Yorkshire, making 96 appearances in three seasons. In 1999 he began to wander again, moving first to Aston Villa, then on to Bradford City, Derby County and Middlesbrough without leaving much of a mark.
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