Emiliano Viviano

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Personal information
Emiliano Viviano
Date of birth	December 1, 1985 (1985-12-01) (age 22)
Place of birth	Florence, Italy
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Brescia
Number	1
Youth clubs
	Fiorentina Brescia
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-	Cesena (loan) Brescia	13 (0) 90 (0)
National team²
2004-2005 2006-2007 2008	Italy U-20 Italy U-21 Olympic team	10 (0) 5 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 1, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of February 5, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Emiliano Viviano (born 1 December 1985 in Florence) is an Italian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Brescia Calcio in Serie B league.

He is considereded along with Andrea Consigli to be one of the most talented young italian keepers.

He was first goalkeeper in the squad of Italy U-20 team at 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Viviano was selected by coach Pierluigi Casiraghi in the Italy U-21 squad for the Euro 2007, as the second goalkeeper, behind Gianluca Curci, but thanks to an injury of his teammate in the tournement first game, Viviano played the rest of the Euro as a starter.