Lorenzo Ariaudo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lorenzo Ariaudo | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sassuolo | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | CBS | ||
| 1998–2008 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2010 | Juventus | 3 | (0) |
| 2010– | Cagliari | 65 | (1) |
| 2014- | Sassuolo | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Italy U21 | 10 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2012. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Lorenzo Ariaudo (born 11 June 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Sassuolo.
Club career
Ariaudo joined Juventus as a nine-year-old and was part of the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio-winning team.[1] He made his first team debut in Juventus's 1–1 draw with Artmedia Petržalka in the second leg of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, in which Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate to advance to the group stages, and was awarded a five-year professional contract. He made Serie A debut on 18 January 2009 against Lazio in Rome on a match that ended with a 1–1 draw. Although he was not able to break into the first team permanently that season, then-manager Ciro Ferrara described Ariaudo as a future prospect.[2]
After being included in pre-season friendlies, Ariaudo was promoted to the first team permanently. On 2 January 2010, he was sent on loan to Cagliari for €500,000.[3] After being on the bench for a string of games, he finally made his debut for the Sardinian club on 21 February as a starter and helped keep a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Parma.
In June 2010, Cagliari excised the rights to purchase him in co-ownership deal for €1.3million.[4] On 31 January 2011, the club purchased him outright, as part of the deal of Alessandro Matri's €2.5million loan.
International career
On 25 March 2009 Ariaudo made his debut for the Italy Under-21 squad and marked it with a goal in the friendly game against Austria that ended with a 2–2 draw.[5][6] [7] He was named in the preliminary squad for the 2009 European Championships but did not make the final 23-man squad.[8] Since then, he has become a regular starter for the Azzurrini in their 2011 European Championship qualifying campaign, playing the full 90 minutes in four of the last five matches since March.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus | 2008–09 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cagliari (loan) | 2009–10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cagliari | 2010-11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
As of 9 November 2011
References
- ↑ "Da Motta a Giovinco, L'Italia fa giocare i suoi ragazzi" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 31 March 2009.
- ↑ "La signora Juventus è ringiovanita bene" (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport. 21 January 2009.
- ↑ "Ufficiale: Juve, Ariaudo finisce in presitito al Cagliari" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 2 January 2010.
- ↑ "Agazzi è tutto del Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 21 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ↑ "Il nuovo biennio si apre con un pareggio. Casiraghi: "Bella reazione"" (in Italian). figc.it. 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ "channel4.com – Football Italia". channel4.com. 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
- ↑ "oefb.at". oefb.at. 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- ↑ "The Under 21 team prepares for European Cup". juventus.com. 6 June 2009.
External links
- Profile on uefa.com
- National Team Statistics on FIGC official website
- Profile on Lega Serie A website
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