Romain Amalfitano

Romain Amalfitano ( born August 27, 1989 in Nice ) is a French football player. The midfielder is the brother of French international Morgan Amalfitano.

Sports career

Amalfitano comes from the youth of the LB Châteauroux. In 2009 he left the club and joined the third division side FC Evian Thonon Gaillard. With his new club, where the former French international Zinedine Zidane, Bixente Lizarazu and Alain Boghossian involved, he went up to Ligue 2 at the end of the season. However, after the end of his contract, he returned to the club 's back and moved to the second-class league rivals Stade Reims, with whom he signed a contract with two years duration.

In the pre-season still a reserve player, Amalfitano was in the season 2010/11 on Matchday 2 for the first time in the starting lineup in Ligue 2 At times then strain force he lost on the eleventh Gameday his place and swayed in the rest of the season between the starting lineup and bench. At the end of the season 32 season games as well as the tenth place in the table were to book. In the following season he was temporarily slowed by injuries. However, he drew attention to himself by his sprints and decisive passes outside the country's borders. As of July 2012, the transfer free players available for three years when trained by Alan Pardew English club Newcastle United.