Luca Marchegiani

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Luca Marchegiani
Personal information
Full name	Luca Marchegiani
Date of birth	(1966-02-22) February 22, 1966
Place of birth	Ancona, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Jesi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984–1985	Jesi	0	(0)
1985–1986	Latini Jesi	0	(0)
1986–1987	Jesi	33	(0)
1987–1988	Brescia	1	(0)
1988–1993	Torino	146	(0)
1993–2003	Lazio	243	(0)
2003–2005	Chievo	66	(0)
Total		489	(0)
National team
1992–1996	Italy	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Luca Marchegiani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈluka markeˈdʒani]; born February 22, 1966 in Ancona) is a former Italian football goalkeeper.

He played mostly for Torino FC and SS Lazio.

At one time, Marchegiani was the most expensive goalkeeper in the world, when he joined Lazio from Torino in 1993 for £6m ^[1]

He played for Italy national football team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played in three matches,^[2] including two in the group phase, the first of which was as a substitute following the sending off of first choice Gianluca Pagliuca.^[3]

He currently is a pundit for Sky Italia and ended his playing career at Chievo Verona.

Honours

v t e Italy squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Pagliuca 2 Apolloni 3 Benarrivo 4 Costacurta 5 Maldini 6 Baresi (c) 7 Minotti 8 Mussi 9 Tassotti 10 R. Baggio 11 Albertini 12 Marchegiani 13 D. Baggio 14 Berti 15 Conte 16 Donadoni 17 Evani 18 Casiraghi 19 Massaro 20 Signori 21 Zola 22 Bucci Coach: Sacchi

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