Luigi Turci

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Personal information
Luigi Turci
Date of birth	January 27, 1970 (age 37)
Place of birth	Cremona, Italy
Height	1.90 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Cesena
Number	1
Youth clubs
1987-1990	Cremonese
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1996 1996-2002 2002-2005 2005-present	Treviso (on loan) Alessandria (on loan) Cremonese Udinese Sampdoria Cesena	33 (0) 34 (0) 134 (0) 169 (0) 38 (0) 43 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Luigi Turci (born 27 January 1970 in Cremona) is an Italian football (soccer) goalkeeper. He currently plays for Cesena in Serie B.

[edit] Football career

He started his career at native club Cremonese. After loaned to Treviso and Alessandria (Serie C1), he became Cremonese no.1 goalkeeper, and helped the team promoted to Serie A in 1993.

After Cremonese were relegated to Serie B in 1996, He joined Udinese of Serie A, still remaining the first choice goalkeeper of the team.

He moved again in 2002, this time to U.C. Sampdoria. He made 33 apearances in Serie A 2002-03. However, following the arrival of Francesco Antonioli from A.S. Roma in 2003, Turci was forced to became the second choice goalkeeper, and made just five appearances in the next two seasons.

In 2005, he joined current club A.C. Cesena in Serie B.

As of the 2005-06 season, he played 271 Serie A games.