Luca Antei

Luca Antei
Personal information
Date of birth 19 April 1992 (1992-04-19) (age 19)[1]
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Grosseto (on loan from Roma)
Number 92
Youth career
0000–2011 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011– Roma 0 (0)
2011– → Grosseto (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2011– Italy U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:36, 28 December 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:36, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Luca Antei (born 19 April 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Grosseto as a defender, on loan from Serie A side Roma.

Club career

He began his career with Serie A club Roma. Ahead of the 2011–12 season, Antei was training with the club's first-team and he was praised by Walter Sabatini, Roma's director of football, who said he was "growing exponentially" as a player.[3] Serie B side Grosseto announced that they had signed Antei on loan at the end of the transfer window in August 2011.[4][5] Having won the Campionato Nazionale Primavera the previous season,[6] the club allowed him to leave temporarily to gain experience.[7] He made his debut for Grosseto on 1 October in a 3–3 draw with Ascoli, replacing Samuele Olivi as a substitute.[8]

International career

He received his first call-up to the Italy under-21 team, managed by Ciro Ferrara, in August 2011 for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier against Hungary in September.[9] He made his debut the following month in a 7–2 win against Liechtenstein on 6 October.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Profile – Luca Antei". UEFA. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250039909/profile/index.html. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "Luca Antei". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/players/luca-antei/203895/. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  3. ^ Zizzari, Simone (24 July 2011). "Vucinic potrebbe partire. De Rossi non sul mercato" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/serie_a/roma/2011/07/24-185277/%C2%ABVucinic+potrebbe+partire.+De+Rossi+non+sul+mercato%C2%BB. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  4. ^ Lottini, Roberto (31 August 2011). "Le ultime operazioni di mercato" (in Italian). U.S. Grosseto F.C. http://www.usgrosseto1912.it/web/content/le-ultime-operazioni-di-mercato. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "Roma: da Real arriva Gago" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 31 August 2011. http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/2011/08/31-191246/Roma%3A+da+Real+arriva+Gago. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "Roma Campione D'Italia Primavera Tim" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 12 June 2011. http://www.legaseriea.it/it/sala-stampa/archivio-dettaglio/-/news/ROMA_CAMPIONE_D_ITALIA_PRIMAVERA_TIM/427145. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  7. ^ "Grosseto, preso Antei dalla Roma" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 31 August 2011. http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/calciomercato/2011/08/31-142289/Grosseto%2C+preso+Antei+dalla+Roma. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  8. ^ "Grosseto 3–3 Ascoli" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. http://www.legaserieb.it/it/serie-bwin/campionato/matchreport/-/match-report/Grosseto-Ascoli/35722. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  9. ^ "Under 21, è Antei la novità nei convocati di Ferrara" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 29 August 2011. http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/azzurri/2011/08/29-190810/Under+21%2C+%C3%A8+Antei+la+novit%C3%A0+nei+convocati+di+Ferrara. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  10. ^ "Luca Antei" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=3718&squadra=1. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
U.S. Grosseto F.C. – current squad