About Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza (Italian pronunciation: [miˈkɛːle patˈtsjɛntsa]; born 5 August 1982) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. == Career == === Foggia === Pazienza was born in San Severo in the province of Foggia, and grew up in Foggia Calcio's youth team. He debuted with the first team in Serie C2 in 2000. Pazienza played with Foggia until 2003, scoring six goals in 88 appearances and helping the team reach the promotion play-offs in 2002 and promotion to Serie C1 in 2003. === Udinese === The following season Pazienza then transferred to Udinese, also making his Serie A debut with the club. He made 52 appearances in his two seasons with the club. === Fiorentina === Pazienza left on loan to Fiorentina for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons for a loan fee of €350,000 annually and was then purchased outright by the club in June 2007 for an additional fee of €3.15 million (a misc. fee that cost La Viola an additional €160,000 was later shifted to other company); he made 52 league appearances for la Viola in total. === Napoli === During the 2008 winter transfer window, Pazienza was purchased by Napoli in a 3+1⁄2-year contract for a transfer fee of €4.25 million. In total, he made 106 appearances for the club, scoring four goals.
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