Manuel Coppola

Early career

Born in Rome, Lazio, Coppola started his professional career at Tivoli. In January 2004 he was signed by Messina, but spent the remainder of the season at Brindisi. In July 2004 he was exchanged for Marco Zoro, who was already on loan at Messina. Messina also retained the 50% registration rights.

Genoa

In June 2005, Messina bought back Coppola and sent him on loan to Genoa. Coppola won promotion back to Serie B in 2006. In mid-2006 Coppola joined Genoa outright for an undisclosed fee, while Messina secured the services of Antonio Ghomsi for free, Daniele De Vezze and Massimo Minetti. He won promotion to Serie A in 2006–07 Serie B. Coppola was not included in the club plan for the 2007–08 Serie A, which he only played once.

Siena

In January 2008, he moved to another Serie A club Siena in a temporary deal, with the option to buy half of the registration rights. In June 2008 Siena exercised this option for €1.5 million. In July 2008 Siena also signed Abdelkader Ghezzal (for €3.5 million, Genoa bought him for €2 million in June) and bought back Fernando Forestieri for €4.5 million in June (was €1.7 million a year before). The deals effectively made Siena paid Genoa €500,000 cash and 50% registration rights of Forestieri to acquire 50% registration rights of Coppola and Ghezzal from Genoa and Genoa paid Crotone €2 million cash for Ghezzal. Coppola was only able to play 15 games during the 2008–09 Serie A season. In June 2009 Siena signed…