Simone Barone

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Simone Barone
Personal information
Full name Simone Barone
Date of birth April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30) (age 30)
Place of birth    Nocera Inferiore, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Centre midfielder
Club information
Current club Torino FC
Number 8
Youth clubs
1995-1997 Parma
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2004
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2002
2004-2006
2006-
Parma
Padova (loan)
Alzano Virescit (loan)
Chievo Verona (co-ownership)
Palermo
Torino
64 (4)
28 (5)
28 (1)
47 (4)
71 (5)
46 (0)   
National team2
2004-2006 Italy 16 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of February 3, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of November 15, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Simone Barone, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[1][2], (born 30 April 1978 in Nocera Inferiore, Salerno) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Serie A team Torino FC and the Italy national football team. He wears the #8 jersey for his club.

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[edit] Club career

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 moving back to Parma in 2002. In 2004, he transferred to Palermo for €5m. [3]

[edit] International career

Barone debuted for the Italy national football team on 18 February 2004, in a 2-2 tie against Czech Republic. He was part of Italy's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, appearing 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. [4]

[edit] Personal life

Barone is currently engaged to Carla Duraturo.[5]

[edit] Honors


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