Corrado Colombo

Corrado Colombo
Personal information
Date of birth 3 August 1979 (1979-08-03) (age 32)
Place of birth Vimercate, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Verona
Youth career
1996-1998 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998-2000 Atalanta 20 (3)
1999-2000 → Pistoiese (loan) 26 (2)
2000-2001 Internazionale 1 (0)
2000-2001 → Torino (loan) 21 (2)
2001-2002 Atalanta 22 (1)
2002-2006 Sampdoria 40 (3)
2004 → Piacenza (loan) 23 (3)
2004-2005 → Livorno (loan) 19 (3)
2005 → Ascoli (loan) 6 (0)
2006–2007 Brescia 18 (0)
2007–2008 Spezia 21 (8)
2008 Pisa 12 (3)
2008–2009 Bari 16 (3)
2009– Verona 0 (0)
National team‡
1999-2001 Italy U-21 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 2006

Corrado Colombo (born 3 August 1979) is an Italian footballer. He currently plays for Verona at Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

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Football career

Colombo started his career at the famous youth rank of Atalanta. He made his debut on Serie B and for the club in 1998/1999 season, and then joined Pistoiese (Serie B). He was signed by the giant Internazionale in the summer of 2000[1] in co-ownership deal.He made his Serie A debut on 1 October 2000 against Reggina Calcio, and four other appearances at Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup match, in which he scored.

In October, he was on loan to Torino Calcio (Serie B) along with Sixto Peralta, due to there being too many strikers on the squad.

He failed to return to Inter, but was sold back to Atalanta, this time in the Serie A.

His first ever Serie A season as regular was fair, in which he made 22 appearances.

In summer 2002, Sampdoria (Serie B) signed Colombo in a co-ownership deal. He is one of the players who helped the club to be promoted, by playing 27 games.

But his third Serie A season with his third Serie A club was bitter, he made just 2 appearances before the winter break.

Due to his still being under contract with Atalanta, Sampdoria did not choose to pay Atalanta to keep him on the squad.

Colombo was loaned to Piacenza (Serie B), Livorno (Serie A) and Ascoli (Serie A), for exactly two seasons. The latter two were newcomers to the Serie A at that time, and Piacenza was also new to Serie B since being relegated.

He returned to Sampdoria in January 2006, due to injuries of Emiliano Bonazzoli, when he made 12 appearances, without a goal.[2]

In summer 2006, was finally fully owned by Sampdoria. But it saw Colombo sent to Brescia (Serie B) in co-ownership deal in 29 August 2006.

Likes previous times, he failed to score regularly.

In 29 January 2007, Spezia (Serie B) signed Colombo, in co-ownership with Sampdoria, as an emergency signing. He finally scored regularly, scoring 8 goals in 18 games, which kept the place of Serie B for Spezia.

He then transferred to Pisa Calcio for the 2007-08 season. On 1 September 2008, he was signed by Bari.

On 31 August 2009, he signed a 2-year contract with Verona,[3][4] after rule out from Bari first team.

International career

He was a member of the Italy national under-21 football team.

Hounors and awards

Winners
Runner-up

Statistics

As of 1 September 2009.
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1998–99 Atalanta Serie B 20 3 ? ? ? ?
1999–2000 Pistoiese 26 2 ? ? ? ?
2000–01 Internazionale Serie A 1 0 2 0 1 1 51 1
2000–01 Torino Serie B 22 2 22 2
2001–02 Atalanta Serie A 22 1 ? ? ? ?
2002–03 Sampdoria Serie B 27 3 ? ? ? ?
2003–04 Serie A 2 0 ? ? ? ?
2003–04 Piacenza Serie B 23 4 ? ?
2004–05 Livorno Serie A 19 3 ? ? ? ?
2005–06[5] Ascoli 6 0 0 0 6 0
Sampdoria 12 0 3 2 15 2
2006–07[6] Brescia Serie B 18 0 1 1 19 1
Spezia 17 8 182 8
2007–08[7] 17 1 1 1 18 1
Pisa 11 1 133 2
2008–09 1 0 1 1 2 1
Bari 16 3 16 3
2009–10 Verona Prima Divisione 0 0 0 0
Career total 260 31 ? ? 1 1 ? ?

1Include one match at 2000 Supercoppa Italiana.
2Include one match at Relegation play-off.
3Include two matches and one goals at Relegation play-off

References

  1. ^ "ARRIVA IL GIOVANE COLOMBO DALL'ATALANTA" (in Italian). inter.it. 2000-06-24. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=it&N=102. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
  2. ^ "Sampdoria hit by Bonazzoli blow". UEFA.com. 2006-01-02. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=382132.html. 
  3. ^ "Calciomercato, Corrado Colombo all'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 2009-08-31. http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=8484. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  4. ^ "Carobbio al Grosseto in prestito" (in Italian). AS Bari. 2009-08-31. http://www.asbari.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2217&Itemid=68. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  5. ^ "2005-06 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2006/giocatori/colombo_cor.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  6. ^ "2006-07 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_b_2007/giocatori/colombo_cor.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  7. ^ "2007-08 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/2471.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 

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