Gianluca Curci

Gianluca Curci
Personal information
Date of birth July 12, 1985 (1985-07-12) (age 26)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Roma
Number 18
Youth career
Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2008 Roma 29 (0)
2008–2010 Siena 68 (0)
2010–2011 Sampdoria 26 (0)
2011– Roma 0 (0)
National team‡
2003–2004 Italy U-19 2 (0)
2004–2005 Italy U-20 3 (0)
2005–2007 Italy U-21 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:01, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Gianluca Curci (born July 12, 1985 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who plays for Roma as a goalkeeper.[1] Curci has previously played for Siena and Sampdoria.

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Club career

Curci is a product of the Roma youth academy. At only 19, he became the club's first choice goalkeeper for the second half of the 2004–05 season after injuries to fellow goalkeepers Ivan Pelizzoli and Carlo Zotti. He was replaced in the 2005–06 season by new Brazilian keeper Doni.

On June 25, 2008 Siena confirmed to have signed Curci in a co-ownership deal from Roma for €1.75 million and signed the remain 50% rights of Daniele Galloppa for another €1.75M.[2] In exchange, Roma signed keeper Artur for €750,000 and defender Simone Loria for €2.8M.[3]

Curci impressed in all his matches but notably his last two Serie A matches helping Siena overcome Roma 1-0, and preventing Genoa C.F.C. from running wild. Curci then impressed in the Tuscan Derby vs ACF Fiorentina performing 3 incredible reaction saves to help Siena win 1-0.

On 1 July 2010 Sampdoria bought the Siena's half for €2.25 million. Roma retained another half. Curci played with Sampdoria a match for the qualification to the Champions League against Werder Breman, but his team lost.

On 24 June 2011 Roma bought his other half from Sampdoria alongside with his Sampdoria team-mate, Stefano Guberti who was also co-owned by Roma,[1] for a nominal fee of €1,000.

International career

He received his first call up to the Azzurri squad for a friendly against Hungary.

He has not been called up for the national team since November 2008.

Career statistics

Correct as of August 2008.

Season Team League Domestic League Domestic Cups European Games Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
2004-05 Roma Serie A 11 0 6 0 0 0 17 0
2005-06 Roma Serie A 10 0 5 0 8 0 23 0
2006-07 Roma Serie A 6 0 6 0 0 0 12 0
2007-08 Roma Serie A 2 0 5 0 1 0 6 0
Total 29 0 22 0 9 0 60 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Compartecipazioni: alla Roma vanno Curci e Guberti" (in Italian) (URL). U.C. Sampdoria. 2011-06-24. http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8319&Itemid=73. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  2. ^ "Mercato: Curci e Barusso al Siena" (in Italian). AC Siena. 2008-06-25. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20080630214202/http://www.acsiena.it/comunicatidetail.php3?id=6343. Retrieved 2008-06-25. 
  3. ^ "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO REALIZZATE ALLA DATA DEL 25 GIUGNO 2008" (in Italian) (PDF). AS Roma. 2008-06-25. http://www.asroma.it/UserFiles/842.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-25. 

External links

Italy squad – 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
A.S. Roma – current squad