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Stefano Lucchini
Personal information
Full name Stefano Lucchini
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Atalanta
Number 3
Youth career
1997–1998 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Cremonese 34 (1)
2000–2002 Ternana 43 (2)
2002–2007 Empoli 126 (2)
2007–2011 Sampdoria 106 (0)
2011– Atalanta 27 (0)
International career
1999–2000 Italy U-20 5 (0)
2001–2002 Italy U-21 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of Feb 16, 2011

Stefano Lucchini (born 2 October 1980 in Codogno) is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Atalanta Bergamo.

Football career

Early career

Lucchini started his professional career at Cremonese. He played 3 games in Serie B in the 1998-1999 season, and 31 games in Serie C1 in the 1999–2000 season.

After the 1999–2000 season, he was signed by Ternana of Serie B, where he made 43 appearances.

Serie A

He was signed by Empoli of Serie A in the summer of 2002, where he made his Serie A debut on November 3, 2002 against S.S. Lazio.

He played with Empoli for five seasons, following the club down to Serie B in the 2004–2005 season, and subsequently helping the club win promotion back to Serie A in the summer of 2005. In the Serie A, he helped the club reach a surprising 7th position in the 2005-2006 season, which gave Empoli a place in the UEFA Cup first round.

Lucchini signed a pre-contract agreement with U.C. Sampdoria in March 2007. He moved to the Genoa based club in the summer after his contract with Empoli had expired. Partnered with Daniele Gastaldello, they finished as the 4th in 2009–10 Serie A. In 2010-11 season, he had to rotated with Massimo Volta, which Volta started 5 out of 6 2010-11 UEFA Europa League. Follow a injury on 6 March 2011 against Cesena, he rested two matches (13 and 20 March), in although recovered on 18 March.[1]

On 13 July 2011, Lucchini left for the newly-promoted Serie A side Atalanta.[2]

International career

He was part of the squad who finished as losing semi-finalists at the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Due to good performance of Sampdoria in 2009–10 season, he received his first Italy national football team call-up in August, the first match coached by Cesare Prandelli. [3] However he never received any call-up again after that match.

References

  1. ^ "Lucchini torna in gruppo, giovedì test col Derthona". UC Sampdoria (in Italian). 18 March 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Lucchini all'Atalanta a titolo definitivo". UC Sampdoria (in Italian). 13 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.figc.it/it/204/25569/2010/08/News.shtml

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