| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 16, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Giulianova, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lecce | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2000 | Bari | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Andria (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2001 | → Giulianova (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Martina (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Teramo | 39 | (5) |
| 2003–2005 | Sampdoria | 28 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → A.C. Arezzo (loan) | 35 | (2) |
| 2006–2008 | Atalanta | 39 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Palermo | 24 | (0) |
| 2011– | Lecce | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2008-06-25. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Moris Carrozzieri (born 16 November 1980) is an Italian who currently plays as a football defender for Lecce.
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Carrozzieri started his professional career at A.S. Bari. He was loaned to Andria and Giulianova (both at Serie C1) and then to Martina and Teramo (both at Serie C2).
He help Teramo promoted to Serie C1 on summer 2002, and the club bought half of the registration rights of the player. On summer 2003, Carrozzieri was sold to newly promoted team Sampdoria, by Teramo bought Bari's half and re-sold to the Genoa club.
First season of Carrozzieri in Serie A, he made 25 appearances and the team finished 8th. The club bought rest of the rights at the end of the season.
However, he just made 3 appearances in the second season, and he was loaned to A.C. Arezzo of Serie B at the end of the season.
He made 35 appearances and the team finished 7th.
On 5 July 2006 newly promoted Atalanta signed Carrozzieri by bought half of the registration rights, which saw Carrozzieri returned to Italian top division.
On September 21, 2006 Carrozzieri was suspended for two months by the Lega Calcio as investigation turned out he and 2005 team mate Francesco Flachi at U.C. Sampdoria were gathering information for gamblers in Italian football. Sampdoria received a €20,000 fine.[1] The appeal to Commissione d'Appello Federale of Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio was also dismissed.[2]
Atalanta bought all the rights on 6 June 2007.
On June 25, 2008 Palermo confirmed Carrozzieri agreed a four-year contract with the rosanero, where he will have the chance to join Stefano Colantuono, his head coach at Atalanta in 2006–07.[3] The transfer fees cost Palermo €3.4million. Palermo also signed Simon Kjær and Cesare Bovo that transfer windows and the cost almost equal to the revenue of the sale of Andrea Barzagli.[4]
Despite the dismissal of Colantuono following a defeat to Udinese and his replacement with Davide Ballardini, Carrozzieri confirmed himself as a key player for the rosanero, thanks to his strength and his noted heading abilities.[5]
On April 23, 2009 the Italian Football Federation announced Moris Carrozzieri tested positive for cocaine after a test on April 5, after Palermo's 1–0 Serie A win against Torino. Under Italian football rules, the player was immediately suspended from footballing activities.[6] On July 2009 he was officially banned from football for two years, and was also forbidden from any football-related activities, including participating to training sessions; following the ban, Palermo agreed for a new minimum wage (50,000 € per year) contract with Carrozzieri. His ban recently expired on April 2011, allowing him to be able to join again the train sessions at Palermo.
On 14 July 2011 Carrozzeri mutually terminated his contract with Palermo and signed for Lecce thereafter.[7] However in August he injured the left knee meniscus.
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