Simone Barone

Personal information
Simone Barone
Full name	Simone Barone
Date of birth	April 30, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Nocera Inferiore, Italy
Height	180 cm
Playing position	Centre midfielder
Club information
Current club	Torino FC
Youth clubs
1995-1997	Parma
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2004 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2002 2004-2006 2006-	Parma → Padova (on loan) → Alzano Virescit (on loan) → Chievo Verona (co-ownership) Palermo Torino FC	64 (4) 28 (5) 28 (1) 47 (4) 71 (5) 1 (0)
National team²
2004-	Italy	16 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Simone Barone, Cavaliere (born April 30, 1978 in Nocera Inferiore, Salerno) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A team Torino FC and the Italy national football team. He is 180 cm tall and wears the #8 jersey for his club.

Barone started his career making his first team debut in 4 May 1997 for Parma, against Atalanta. He then played for Padova of Serie C1 in 1998, Alzano Virescit of Serie B in 1999 and Chievo Verona for two years (2000 and 2001), before to move back to Parma in 2002. In 2004, he transferred to Palermo for €5m. [1]

Barone debuted for the Italy national football team on February 18, 2004, in a 2-2 tie against Czech Republic. He is part of Italy's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. He appears two times as a substitute on Italy's quest to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

On 5 August 2006 Simone completed his move to Torino FC for 2.7m. [2]

Barone is currently engaged to Carla Duraturo.[3]

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Torino F.C. - Current Squad
1 Taibi \| 2 Pancaro \| 3 Balestri \| 4 Brevi \| 5 Gallo \| 6 Cioffi \| 7 Fiore \| 8 Barone \| 9 Muzzi \| 10 Rosina \| 11 Stellone \| 14 Franceschini \| 15 De Ascentis \| 16 Oguro \| 17 Lazetić \| 19 Abbruscato \| 22 Comotto \| 23 Ardito \| 24 Konan \| 25 Di Loreto \| 26 Martinelli \| 31 Fontana \| 32 Abbiati \| 44 De Sousa \| 84 Schiattarella \| • Coco \| Coach: Zaccheroni

	Italy squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Champions (4th Title)
1 Buffon \| 2 Zaccardo \| 3 Grosso \| 4 De Rossi \| 5 Cannavaro \| 6 Barzagli \| 7 Del Piero \| 8 Gattuso \| 9 Toni \| 10 Totti \| 11 Gilardino \| 12 Peruzzi \| 13 Nesta \| 14 Amelia \| 15 Iaquinta \| 16 Camoranesi \| 17 Barone \| 18 Inzaghi \| 19 Zambrotta \| 20 Perrotta \| 21 Pirlo \| 22 Oddo \| 23 Materazzi \| Coach: Lippi