Emanuele Giaccherini

Emanuele Giaccherini (Italian pronunciation: [emanuˈɛle d͡ʒakkeˈrini]; born 5 May 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Serie A club Bologna, on loan from Premier League club Sunderland, and the Italy national football team.

He began his career at Cesena, and after loans at three lower-league clubs, helped them to consecutive promotions to reach Serie A. He then left to Juventus, where he won the league title in both of his seasons, before joining Sunderland on a four-year deal in 2013.

Giaccherini has earned over 20 caps for the Italy national football team, helping the nation to the final of UEFA Euro 2012 and third place at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Club career

Cesena

Born in Bibbiena, Tuscany, Giaccherini started his professional career at Romagna team Cesena. He scored 15 goals in the group stages of the Campionato Nazionale Primavera in the 2003–04 season. He was then sent out on loan to Lega Pro clubs Forli, Bellaria Igea and Pavia for 4 seasons.

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (pronounced [ˈnaːpoli]), is a professional Italian football club based in Naples, Campania. The club plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football where it is currently competing in the 2015–16 season. One of the most successful clubs in Italian football having won 12 domestic trophies, they have won Serie A twice, in 1986–87 and 1989–90 and have been runners up 5 times they also have won the Coppa Italia five times and been runners up 4 times, and the Supercoppa Italiana twice, and on the European stage have won the UEFA Cup in 1988–89

Napoli is also the most successful football club in Southern Italy and the 4th most supported football club in Italy after Juventus and the two Milanese clubs Internazionale and Milan. The club is ranked as the 3rd most valuable football club in Serie A in terms of annual revenue, generating €164.8 million during the 2014 financial year.

Napoli is also one of the associate members of the European Club Association, an organisation that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe. According to Deloitte Football Money League, as of 2014, Napoli is ranked as the 15th richest football club in the world.