Angelo Palombo

Angelo Palombo

Palombo pictured in 2011
Personal information
Full nameAngelo Palombo[1]
Date of birth25 September 1981
Place of birthFerentino, Italy
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Sampdoria
Number17
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2001–2002Fiorentina10(0)
2002–Sampdoria334(12)
2012→ Internazionale (loan)3(0)
National team‡
2006–2011Italy22(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:55, 6 June 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:55, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Angelo Palombo (born 25 September 1981) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sampdoria. Born in Ferentino, he has played in Serie A for Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Internazionale. Palombo won 22 caps for Italy at full international level.

Club career

Early career

Angelo Palombo started his career at Italian amateur side Fano, as a youth player. Fano then sold him to Italian Serie A side Fiorentina and made his Serie A debut on 10 February 2002 against Venezia.

Sampdoria

Palombo dressed casually in 2010 in Bogliasco

He moved to Sampdoria, then in Serie B, on a free transfer in the 2002 summer transfer window when Fiorentina declared bankruptcy and were forced to put their players on sale. After helping the Ligurian club gain promotion that season, he established himself as an integral part of the side. During the 2005–06 season, he scored his first Serie A goal for Sampdoria on 18 January 2006 against his boyhood club Fiorentina and made his European debut in the UEFA Cup in September. Palombo had many very good seasons at the club, leading to him being a regular in the Italian national team. When Sampdoria were again relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season, his future at the club was put into doubt, with many Serie A sides interested but mainly his former club Fiorentina. Palombo, by then the club's captain, said he had no intention to move unless the club wished to sell him and remained at the club.

International career

Palombo was in the Italy U-21 team that won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship and achieved bronze medal of the 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Palombo made his Italy national team debut in the 0–2 defeat to Croatia on 16 August 2006, coming as a substitute for Fabio Liverani in the 58th minute. After a good 2009–10 season at club level, Marcello Lippi named him in the final 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Style of play

Palombo is usually deployed as a defensive midfielder, where he can effectively combine his defensive attributes and his ability to break down opposition plays, with his ability to start attacking plays as a deep-lying playmaker; however, his energetic, hardworking style of play and his stamina allow him to play anywhere in midfield. In addition to his ball-winning and passing ability, he also possesses a powerful shot from distance. Palombo is a strong, tenacious, influential and determined player, who has, however, been accused of inconsistency at times.[3]

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fiorentina
2001–02 10000--100
Total 100----100
Sampdoria
2002–03 32100--321
2003–04 31000--310
2004–05 37000--370
2005–06 3110030341
2006–07 36240--402
2007–08 32100--321
2008–09 2524020312
2009–10 36221--383
2010–11 3412060421
2011–12 22120--241
Total 3161114111034112
Internazionale
(loan)
2011–12 30----30
Total 30----30

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Angelo Palombo". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Angelo Palombo". Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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