Luigi Turci

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Luigi Turci
Personal information
Full name Luigi Turci
Date of birth January 27, 1970 (1970-01-27) (age 38)
Place of birth    Cremona, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1987-1990 Cremonese
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1990-1991
1991-1992
1992-1996
1996-2002
2002-2005
2005-2007
Treviso (loan)
Alessandria (loan)
Cremonese
Udinese
Sampdoria
Cesena
33 (0)
34 (0)
134 (0)
169 (0)
38 (0)
62 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Luigi Turci (born 27 January 1970 in Cremona) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. He retired after the 2006-2007 season. His last club was 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 appearances in Serie A 2002-03. However, following the arrival of Francesco Antonioli from A.S. Roma in 2003, Turci was forced to become the second choice goalkeeper, and made just five appearances in the next two seasons.

In 2005, he joined Cesena in Serie B for whom he played 62 league games before hanging up his boots in 2007.

Turci played a total of 271 Serie A games during his career.

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