List of Italian football transfers summer 2008 (August)
Summer transfer window ( August )
Table:
Date
Name
Nat
Moving from
Moving to
Fee

2008-08-01
Renato Ricci
Italy
Internazionale (youth)
Vicenza (youth)
Loan[1]

2008-08-01
José Mamede
Portugal
Genoa
Potenza
Loan[2]

2008-08-01
Tiago Pires
Portugal
Genoa
Potenza
Loan[2]

2008-08-01
Jean Mbida
Italy
Vicenza
Internazionale
Co-ownership, €60,000

2008-08-01
Nicola Silvestri
Italy
Genoa
Piacenza
Free[3]

2008-08-01
Nicola Silvestri
Italy
Piacenza
Lumezzane
Loan[4]

2008-08-01
Matteo Mandorlini
Italy
Parma
Foligno
Co-ownership, Undisclosed[5]

2008-08-01
Andrea Alberti
Italy
Brescia
Monza
Co-ownership, Undisclosed[6]

2008-08-04
Matías Miramontes
Argentina
Gimnasia de Jujuy
Ancona
Undisclosed[7]

2008-08-04
Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
Italy
Genoa
Pisa
Loan[8]

2008-08-04
Giuseppe Greco
Italy
Genoa
Pisa
Loan[8]

2008-08-05
Felice Natalino
Italy
Genoa(youth)
Internazionale (youth)
Loan[9]

Mario Titone
Italy
Pisa
Sassuolo
Free

2008-08-05
Mario Titone
Italy
Sassuolo
Sambenedettese
Co-ownership, Undisclosed[10]

2008-08-06
Ivan Reali
Italy
Internazionale (youth)
Vicenza (youth)
Loan[1]

7 August 2008
Stefano Lorenzi
Italy
Treviso
SPAL
, Free[11]

2008-08-07
Giovanni Marchese
Italy
Chievo
Salernitana
Loan[12]

2008-08-07
Andrea Mengoni
Italy
Chievo
Piacenza
Loan

2008-08-08
Gianluca Pegolo
Italy
Genoa
Parma
Loan[3]

2008-08-08
Eugenio Lamanna
Italy
Como
Genoa
Undisclosed[3]

Drawing on the tabular data and the relevant paragraphs listed below.

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Renato Ricci ( born 7 January 1991 ) is an Italian footballer who plays as a full-back or winger .
Football Club Internazionale Milano , commonly referred to as Internazionale ( pronounced [ ˌinternattsjoˈnaːle ] ) or simply Inter , and known as Inter Milan outside Italy , is an Italian professional football club based in Milan , Lombardy . Inter is the only Italian club to have never been relegated from the top flight . Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club ( now A.C. Milan ) , Inter won its first championship in 1910 . Since its formation , the club has won 30 domestic trophies , including 18 league titles , 7 Coppa Italia and 5 Supercoppa Italiana . From 2006 to 2010 , the club won five successive league titles , equalling the all-time record at that time . They have won the Champions League three times : two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010 . Their latest win completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble , with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the same year . The club has also won three UEFA Cups , two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup . Inter 's home games are played at the San Siro stadium , which they share with local rivals A.C. Milan . The stadium is the largest in Italian football with a capacity of 80,018 . Matches between A.C. Milan and Inter , known as the Derby della Madonnina , are one of the most followed derbies in football . As of 2019 [ update ] , Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the sixth hightest attendance in Europe .
L.R . Vicenza Virtus , commonly referred to as Vicenza , is an Italian football club based in Vicenza , Veneto . Founded in 1902 as Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza , they became Lanerossi Vicenza in 1953 , then Vicenza Calcio from 1990 to 2018 , a year which saw the club going bankrupt and being put under controlled administration in order to preserve the Serie C spot at the end of the 2017-18 season . Renzo Rosso , owner of Diesel , merged its Bassano Virtus and some of the assets of Vicenza Calcio into one team , which will play in Vicenza , while the two sides will preserve their distinct youth teams . Vicenza is the oldest team in Veneto ; officially founded on 9 March 1902 by the then dean of Liceo Lioy , Tito Buy , and the physical education teacher of the same school , Libero Antonio Scarpa . The club currently plays in Italy 's Serie C , having spent the entire 1960s , most of the 1970s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A .
José Mamede Aleixo Ferreira ( born 24 February 1974 ) , known as Mamede , is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder . During his professional career he played mainly in Italy ( nine years ) , but almost never in Serie A - only 50 games over the course of four seasons .
Genoa Cricket and Football Club , commonly referred to as Genoa ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈdʒɛːnoa ] ) , is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa , Liguria . Established on 7 September 1893 , it is Italy 's fourth oldest football team ( after Torino F.C.C. , Nobili Torino and Internazionale Torino ) , and the oldest active Italian football team , with over 125 years of activity . During their long history , Genoa have won the Italian Championship nine times . Genoa 's first title came at the inaugural championship in 1898 and their most recent was in 1923-24 . They have also won the Coppa Italia once . Historically , Genoa are the fourth most successful Italian club in terms of championships won . This slew of early successes may lie at the origin of the love professed for the team by the godfather of Italian sports journalists Gianni Brera ( 1919-92 ) , who , despite having been born nowhere near Genoa , always declared himself a supporter of the team . Brera went as far as creating the nickname Vecchio Balordo ( Old Fool or Cranky Old One ) for Genoa . The club has played its home games at the 36,536 capacity Stadio Luigi Ferraris since 1911 . Since 1946 , the ground has been shared with local rivals Sampdoria . Genoa has spent most of its post-war history going up and down between Serie A and Serie B , with two brief spells in Serie C .
Potenza Sport Club S.r.l . was an Italian football club , based in Potenza , Basilicata . The club was re-founded in 2004 as A.S. Calcio Potenza , ( legal suffix S.r.l . was added circa 2005 ) after the merger [ citation needed ] of the old A.S.C . Potenza ( founded in 1983 ) and F.C . Potenza ( founded in 1919 and previously known as Potenza S.C. ) , and changed its name to Potenza S.C. in 2006 . It inherits the history of the previous Potenza S.C. [ citation needed ] The club was expelled from 2009-10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione in mid-season .
Tiago Filipe dos Santos Pires ( born 2 January 1987 ) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defender .
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F.C . Lumezzane V.G.Z . A.S.D . is an Italian association football club based in Lumezzane , Lombardy . The club , formerly known as A.S.D . Valgobbiazanano , acquiring the assets of bankrupted Associazione Calcio Lumezzane S.p.A. and acted as its successor . A.C. Lumezzane last played in 2017-18 Serie D .
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Associazione Calcio Monza ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈmontsa ] ( listen ) ) is an Italian professional association football club based in Monza , Lombardy . Re-founded in 2015 as S.S.D . Monza 1912 , it is the successor to the club founded on 1 September 1912 as Monza Foot Ball Club . The team went through various re-foundations and mergers , the last of which being Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 , declared bankrupt and expelled from professional football at the end of the 2014-15 season . Monza is among the Italian teams with the most appearances in Serie B , taking part in 38 editions , with the last time being during the 2000-01 season . In its history , the club has never reached the Serie A , making it the team that has participated in the most Italian second division seasons without ever achieving promotion to the first division . Monza holds the record of victories in the Coppa Italia Serie C , winning it four times . They also won six Serie C championships , [ a ] an Anglo-Italian Cup and a Coppa delle Alpi . [ b ] Known as i Bagai ( the Boys ) , Monza 's kit colours have traditionally been red and white . They have played at the Stadio Brianteo since 1988 .
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S.S. Sambenedettese S.r.l . is an Italian association football club , based in San Benedetto del Tronto , Marche . Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie C , the third tier of Italian football .
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S.P.A.L . ( Italian pronunciation : [ spal ] ) , an acronym for Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor , is a professional Italian football club , based in Ferrara , Emilia-Romagna . The team plays in Serie A , the highest level of the Italian football league system . Founded in 1907 , since 1928 they have played their home matches at Stadio Paolo Mazza , named after Paolo Mazza ( chairman of the club 1946-1977 ) . In total , SPAL have participated in 24 top-tier , 25 second-tier , 41 third-tier , 7 fourth-tier and 1 fifth-tier league seasons . The club 's best finish was when they came fifth in the 1959-60 Serie A ; they also reached the 1961-62 Coppa Italia final . The club is owned by Vetroresina S.p.A. and chaired by Walter Mattioli . The current manager is Luigi Di Biagio .
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