- Matteo Sereni
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Matteo Sereni 
Personal information Date of birth 11 February 1975 Place of birth Parma, Italy Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Free agent Youth career 1993–1995 Sampdoria 1994–1995 → A.C. Crevalcore (loan) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1995–2001 Sampdoria 85 (0) 1997–1998 → Piacenza (loan) 34 (0) 1998–1999 → Empoli (loan) 30 (0) 2001–2003 Ipswich 25 (0) 2002–2003 → Brescia (loan) 23 (0) 2003–2007 Lazio 31 (0) 2006 → Treviso (loan) 7 (0) 2007–2010 Torino 89 (0) 2010–2011 Brescia 15 (0) National team 1995–1997 Italy U21 4 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).Matteo Sereni (born 11 February 1975) is an Italian football goalkeeper.
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Career
Born in Parma, Sereni started his career at UC Sampdoria, and was loaned out to A.C. Crevalcore in 1994. He returned to Sampdoria and only made 10 appearances before being transferred to Piacenza Calcio in 1997. Here he helped the club avoid relegation to Serie B, but in 1998 he transferred to Empoli F.C., where he failed to avoid relegation.
In 1999, Sereni returned to Sampdoria in Serie B and made 75 (out of 76) Serie B appearances. In 2001, UEFA Cup competitor Ipswich Town signed him for £4.5 million,[1] the highest transfer fee paid by the club. He failed to avoid relegation with Ipswich and was loaned to Brescia in 2002.[2]
Lazio
In 2003, he transferred to Lazio,[3] to compete for the number one goalkeeping slot with Angelo Peruzzi. In 2004, he started for the club in both legs of the Coppa Italia final against Juventus and played the matches in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup, when Lazio went out to Olympique de Marseille in the semi-finals.
In January 2006 he was loaned out to Treviso, with Samir Handanović going to Lazio on loan in return. He returned to Lazio for the 2006-07 campaign, but did not play a single match, being excluded from the roster for the whole season.
Torino
In June 2007 he signed for Torino in a free transfer to replace Christian Abbiati,[4] signed a 2-year contract.[5] In November 2008, he signed a new contract which last until June 2011.[6]
Brescia
On 5 July 2010 he was signed by Brescia Calcio for undisclosed fee.[7] Few days before the last game of Serie A, he mutually terminated the contract, as the club had relegated weeks before.[8]
International career
He was internationally selected at the age of 16 for the Italian national under-17 team, and played for the Italian national under-23 team at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, where Italy were champions.
References
- ^ "Ipswich sign Sereni". BBC. 2001-08-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/1493344.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "Accident may delay Sereni debut". UEFA.com. 2002-07-29. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=28993.html. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "Sereni set for Lazio move". BBC. 2003-07-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/3067637.stm.
- ^ Football Italia (2007-06-27). "Sereni to guard Toro posts". Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070629194038/http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jun27n.html. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
- ^ "Sereni firma per il Toro" (in Italian). Torino FC. 27 June 2007. http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/1464/61/. Retrieved 29 October 2010. "Il Torino Football Club S.p.A. è lieto di comunicare di aver raggiunto un accordo con il calciatore Matteo Sereni per l'acquisizione del diritto alle prestazioni sportive fino al 30 Giugno 2009."
- ^ "Sereni ha prolungato il contratto fino al 2011" (in Italian). Torino FC. ca. November 2008. http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/3748/61/. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Ufficiale: MATTEO SERENI è un giocatore del Brescia [Matteo Sereni is a Brescia player]" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 2010-07-05. http://www.bresciaonline.it/or4/or?uid=BOLesy.main.index&oid=608375&uidx_15=BOLappl.news.dettaglio&idnews=1537860&is_popup=0. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ "Ufficiale: Matteo Sereni non è più un giocatore del Brescia" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 19 May 2011. http://www.bresciacalcio.it/home/1235-ufficiale-matteo-sereni-non-e-piu-un-giocatore-del-brescia.html. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Parma
- Italian footballers
- Premier League players
- Piacenza Calcio players
- Empoli F.C. players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Brescia Calcio players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- S.S. Lazio players
- Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players
- Torino F.C. players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Expatriate footballers in England
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