Luca Antei

Luca Antei
Personal information
Date of birth19 April 1992[1]
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Sassuolo
Number5
Youth career
Roma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–Roma0(0)
2011–2012Grosseto (loan)21(1)
2013–Sassuolo (loan)31(0)
National team
2011Italy U191(0)
2013Italy U202(2)
2011–Italy U2111(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2014

Luca Antei (born 19 April 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Sassuolo.

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]

On 1 June 2012 he had an operation on his knee (anterior cruciate ligament).[11]

References

  1. "Profile – Luca Antei". UEFA. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. "Luca Antei". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  3. Zizzari, Simone (24 July 2011). "Vucinic potrebbe partire. De Rossi non-sul mercato". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  4. Lottini, Roberto (31 August 2011). "Le ultime operazioni di mercato" (in Italian). U.S. Grosseto F.C. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  5. "Roma: da Real arriva Gago". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  6. "Roma Campione D'Italia Primavera Tim" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  7. "Grosseto, preso Antei dalla Roma". Tuttosport (in Italian). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  8. "Grosseto 3–3 Ascoli" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  9. "Under 21, è Antei la novità nei convocati di Ferrara". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 29 August 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  10. "Luca Antei" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  11. "SUCCESSFUL OP FOR LUCA ANTEI" (in Italian). AS Roma. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.