Manuel Coppola
Manuel Coppola is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Early career
Born in Rome, Lazio, Coppola started his professional career at Tivoli Calcio 1919|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 and bought back Fernando Forestieri for €4.5 million in June. 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 Coppola outright for another €1.5 million and also signed Gianluca Pegolo for €1 million. Co-currently, Siena sold Houssine Kharja to Genoa for €6.5 million. The deals, again effectively made Genoa acquired Kharja for €4 million cash plus 50% registration rights of Coppola and Pegolo. However, Coppola was involved in another player swap.
Parma
Coppola moved to Parma on 1 July 2009 for €3 million, on a five-year contract. In June 2009 Parma also signed Daniele Galloppa ; Parma sold Francesco Parravicini and Reginaldo to Siena in June. The deals, again effectively made Parma acquired 50% registration rights of Galloppa and full rights of Coppola for €3 million cash plus full rights of Parravicini and 50% registration rights of Reginaldo from Siena.After not playing for Parma in the first two games, On 28 August 2009, Coppola was loaned to Torino along with Julio César de León for free. Parma also signed Nicola Amoruso from Turin on the same day also for free. However, Torino also received €250,000 as premi di valorizzazione for León's deal.
In the summer 2010 of Coppola left for US Lecce in temporary deal for €400,000; however, the loan contract also included a bonus deal that Parma paid Lecce €600,000 as premi di valorizzazione, effectively made Parma had to subsidy the loan deal for €200,000 cash.
In the summer of 2011 Coppola left for Empoli F.C. for €300,000 in temporary deal, co-currently Gianluca Musacci moved to Parma also in temporary deal for €300,000.
Siena return
In June 2012, he returned to Siena from Parma in a co-ownership deal; however, it was a financial success only.Coppola wore no.5 shirt for Siena; however, Coppola again failed to adapt to Serie A football; even Siena was struggling in the bottom.