Simone Barone

Simone Barone
Personal information
Date of birth30 April 1978
Place of birthNocera Inferiore, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionCentre Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997Parma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1997–2000Parma2(0)
1999→ Padova (loan)28(5)
1999–2000→ Alzano Virescit (loan)28(1)
2000–2002Chievo47(4)
2002–2004Parma62(4)
2004–2006Palermo71(5)
2006–2009Torino82(2)
2009–2010Cagliari16(0)
2011–2012Livorno20(2)
Total356(23)
National team
2004–2006Italy16(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Simone Barone, Ufficiale OMRI[1][2] (born 30 April 1978) is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a midfielder. He was part of the Italian side that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Barone started his career making his first team debut in 4 May 1997 for Parma, against Atalanta. He then played for Padova of Serie C1 in 1998, Alzano Virescit of Serie B in 1999.

In summer 2000, he joined Chievo in a co-ownership deal, where he played for 2 seasons. He was loaned back to Parma in 2002–03 season, then bought back permanently in 2003, with Amauri moved to Chievo.

On 16 July 2004, he transferred to Palermo for €5M. He signed a 4-year contract.[3] He was the regular of the team, and the team qualified for 2006–07 UEFA Cup (after the Calciopoli trials).

On 5 August 2006, Simone moved to Serie A newcomer Torino[4][5] after the club signed Mark Bresciano and Fábio Simplício from Parma. He played 3 seasons for the Serie A struggler and left the club after relegated in 2009.

On 6 August 2009 he was signed by Serie A side Cagliari.[6] He mainly a substitute, only played 5 times as starting XI, all appeared as right midfielder.

International career

Barone debuted for the Italy national football team on 18 February 2004, in a 2–2 tie against Czech Republic. Stefano Bettarini and Sergio Volpi also received their first call-up[7] and made their debut under Giovanni Trapattoni. He was part of Italy's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, under Marcello Lippi, appearing two times as a substitute on Italy's quest to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In total, he made 16 appearances for Italy between 2004-06, scoring his only international goal on 9 February 2005, in a 2-0 friendly home win over Russia, in Cagliari, at the stadio Sant'Elia.[8]

Honors

International

Italy

Orders

Collar of Merit Sports: Collare d'Oro al Merito Sportivo: (2006)[9]
4th Class / Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: (2006)[10]

References

  1. ↑ FIFA.com
  2. ↑ AscotSportal.com
  3. ↑ "SIMONE BARONE E' DEL PALERMO". US Città di Palermo (in Italian) (ilpalermocalcio.it). 16 July 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Channel4.com
  5. ↑ "Barone ceduto al Torino". US Città di Palermo (in Italian) (ilpalermocalcio.it). 5 August 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Saluto i miei nuovi tifosi". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 6 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Barone braced for Italy chance". UEFA.com. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Italia-Russia: 2-0". http://www.italia1910.com'' (in Italian). 9 February 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Coni: Consegnati i Collari d’oro e diplomi d’onore ai campionissimi". coni.it (in Italian). 23 October 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Barone Sig. Simone: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". http://www.quirinale.it/'' (in Italian). 12 December 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

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