Simone Inzaghi

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Simone Inzaghi
Full name	Simone Inzaghi
Date of birth	April 5, 1976 (1976-04-05) (age 32)
Place of birth	Piacenza, Italy
Height	6 ft ¾ in (185 cm)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Atalanta B.C.
Number	10
Youth clubs
?-1994	Piacenza
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1999 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1999– 2005 2007–	Piacenza →Carpi (loan) →Novara (loan) →Lumezzane (loan) →Brescello (loan) Lazio →Sampdoria (loan) →Atalanta (loan)	030 (15) 09 (0) 023 (4) 023 (6) 021 (10) 0121 (27) 05 (0) 019 (0)
National team²
2000	Italy	03 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Simone Inzaghi (born April 5, 1976, in Piacenza, Italy) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for the Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from Lazio.

He has previously played for Piacenza Calcio, Carpi, Novara Calcio, A.C. Lumezzane, Brescello and U.C. Sampdoria. Inzaghi has also represented the Italian national football team.

He is the brother of Filippo Inzaghi, who is also a professional footballer. He has a son, Tommaso, born April 29, 2001 with ex-girlfriend model/actress Alessia Marcuzzi.

[edit] Playing career

Inzaghi started playing professional football in the 1993-1994 season with his hometown team Piacenza, although he did not get to play a first team game in that season. The next season he was loaned out to Serie C1 side Carpi, where he played nine games. His first goal came in 1995-1996, playing for Novara in Serie C2. After two more loan stints, at Lumezzane in 1996-1997 and Brescello the following season, Inzaghi came back to Piacenza, and played his first game for the team (also his first Serie A game) during the 1998-1999 season. He scored a total of 15 goals in 30 games for Piacenza that season.

The next season he was signed by SS Lazio. He had a productive first season at his new club, scoring 7 goals in 22 league games, and 9 in just 11 Champions League matches (including four in a single game against Olympique de Marseille, on 14 March 2000). He also made his debut for the Italian national football team on 29 March 2000 against Spain. Lazio went on to win both the Scudetto and Coppa Italia that season. Inzaghi again won the domestic cup with Lazio in 2004.

In the 2004-05, season Inzaghi was involved in a one-year player exchange with Fabio Bazzani, going to Sampdoria for the season. He returned to Lazio in 2005-06 and stayed for 2006-07, with twelve appearances overall in two seasons.

The following season, Inzaghi joined Atalanta B.C. on loan. Although he struggled to find his form early in the season, he managed to play in 19 league contests, mostly as a second half substitute, but did not find the net.