Andrea Masiello (born 5 February 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a right-back. He is perhaps best known for match-fixing in the Derby of Puglia whilst playing for Bari scoring an own goal to guarantee Lecce survival in Serie A. He was banned 26 months for selling the matches Salernitana-Bari Bari-Sampdoria Palermo-Bari Bari-Lecce and Bologna-Bari. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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