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Benito Carbone

Full name	Benito Carbone
Date of birth	August 14 1971 (1971-08-14) (age 36)
Place of birth	Bagnara Calabra, Italy
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Pavia
Youth clubs
1987-88	Torino
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-	Torino Reggina Casertana Ascoli Torino Napoli Inter Sheff Wed Aston Villa Bradford Derby County Middlesbrough Como Parma Catanzaro Vicenza Sydney FC Pavia Total	8 (0) 31 (5) 31 (4) 28 (6) 28 (3) 29 (4) 32 (2) 96 (25) 23 (4) 42 (10) 13 (1) 13 (1) 22 (2) 19 (4) 27 (7) 28 (5) 03 (2) 0? (?) 460 (84)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:49, September 11 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Benito Carbone (born August 14 1971 in Bagnara) is an Italian professional football player who plays as a striker. Benito began his career in 1989 with Torino in his native Italy, and became a Journeyman for the next few years before being signed by Sheffield Wednesday in 1996 for £3 million from Internazionale. Benito became the club's highest goal scorer for the 1998-99 season scoring 9 goals. He later played for a several other English clubs, including Aston Villa and Bradford City and Middlesbrough. He is remembered by many Aston Villa fans for his spectacular goal in the FA Cup against Leeds United. In 2002 he returned to Italy with Como and played for Parma from 2003 to 2005. Benito received much criticism from the media throughout his time in England. Some writers and pundits accused him of being a mercenary due to Carbone moving clubs on a regular occurrence. He was, however, very popular with the fans of his clubs, particularly at Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford City where he is still regarded by some as the greatest ever player at Valley Parade. It has been noted that during his time at at Bradford City he would take part in extra training on Sundays with Ashley Ward to work on their partnership. He also waived much of the money owed to him after he had moved to Como which helped City survive in the administration of 2002. After a one-year stint with Vicenza, Benito signed for a four-game guest contract with the Australian team Sydney FC. He capped his first game against Adelaide United off with two assists and a goal. He was a potential replacement for Dwight Yorke, who was the previous marquee player at the club and after his debut many believed would be better than Yorke.^[1] During Benito's third guest game, he pulled a hamstring muscle that ruled him out of football for at least seven weeks, ending his short lived career with Sydney. Benito failed to reach an agreement with Sydney for a long term contract and was linked with a move to the Middle East, but has since announced his retirement from competitive football in September 2006.^[2] On August 2007 He signs for the Pavia team (C2 serie).