Ciro Ginestra

Ciro Ginestra (born 3 August 1978) is an Italian football manager and a former player. As a player, he was a journeyman striker whose career has included representing over 13 clubs, with much of his success in the third tier of Italian football. He is known for his prowess on the pitch and has regularly scored goals in the lower levels of Italian football. Earlier in his career, he represented the Italy national U21 team. Ginestra started his career at Serie D club Puteolana. In the summer of 1996, he was signed by Venezia, where he won promotion to Serie A in 1998 as the runners-up of Serie B. He did not feature often in Venezia's Serie A campaign and instead spent the next two seasons out on loan, first at SPAL and then at Ternana. While at SPAL, he had a relatively successful campaign in the 1998–99 season, scoring 10 goals in 33 league appearances. He returned to Veneziafrom his loan periods in January 2000 and played his first match in Serie A on 26 March 2000. At the end of the season, Venezia failed to maintain its Serie A status, and consequently, Ginestra left the club to join Siena, who were then in Serie B. In the middle of that season, after failing to maintain his place on the side, he joined Modena of Serie C1. The following season, he signed for Pistoiese of Serie B, but he again left mid-season for another third-division club, this timePadova.