Emiliano Moretti

Infobox Football biography
playername = Emiliano Moretti


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|6|11
cityofbirth = Rome
countryofbirth = Italy
height = 185 cm
nickname =
position = Left back
currentclub = Valencia CF
clubnumber = 24
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ?-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003 2003-2004 2003-2004 2004-present
clubs = Lodigiani Fiorentina Juventus → Modena (loan) Parma → Bologna (loan) Valencia
caps(goals) = 37 (0) 8 (0) 9 (0) 0 (0) 32 (0) 101 (2)
nationalyears = 1997-1998 2001 2001-2004
nationalteam = Italy U-16 Italy U-20 Italy U-21 / Olympic
nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (0) 1 (0) 24 (0)
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Emiliano Moretti (born 11 June 1981 in Rome) is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Valencia CF.

Moretti started his career with local club Lodigiani, and in 2000 transferred to AC Fiorentina. He made his Serie A debut in March 2001, and was a member of the team that won the 2001 Coppa Italia. In the 2001-02 season, he played in 27 matches. After the Fiorentina bankruptcy in 2002, Moretti moved to Juventus, and was loaned to Modena F.C. to help them avoid relegation. [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=51537.html] In 2003, Parma signed Moretti, loaning him to Serie A team Bologna. In 2004, with Parma facing financial problems and Claudio Ranieri becoming head coach of Valencia CF, the left defender was traded to Valencia CF.

Internationally, Moretti was part of the Italy U-21 team that won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament. He was also in Italy's squad in the 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship, (now U-17 event) which the "azzurri" lost to Republic of Ireland in the final.

External links

* [http://www.emilianomoretti.it Official WebSite (ITA/ES)
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Players/Player=43680/index.html Short bios at UEFA.com]
*it icon [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1810 FIGC]
*nl icon [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=4708/typeofpage=40054/sc=16d720 Stats. at Voetbal International]
*es icon [http://www.valenciacf.es/equipo/equipo.asp?Idioma=1&IdJugador=2589 Profile and stats. at Valencia CF site]