Angelo Palombo

Football player infobox


playername = Angelo Palombo
fullname = Angelo Palombo
height = height|m=1.77
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1981|9|25
cityofbirth = Ferentino
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Sampdoria
clubnumber = 17
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001-2002
2002-
clubs = Fiorentina
Sampdoria
caps(goals) = 010 0(0)
200 0(5)
nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 006 0(0)
pcupdate = June 30 2008
ntupdate = September 10 2008

Angelo Palombo (born 25 September 1981, in Ferentino, Province of Frosinone) is an Italian footballer. A midfielder, he currently plays for U.C. Sampdoria.

Palombo started his career at AC Fiorentina. He moved to U.C. Sampdoria on free transfer after Fiorentina's bankruptcy in 2002. He is regarded as in inspirational character on the pitch, very much in the same mould as Gennaro Gattuso. Palombo is fierce in the tackle and never gives up a lost cause.

International career

Palombo was in the Italy U-21 team that won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship and achieved bronze medal of the 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Palombo made his Italy national team debut with Sampdoria teammates Falcone, Delvecchio and Terlizzi in the 0-2 defeat to Croatia on August 16 2006, coming as a substitute for Fabio Liverani in the 58.min.

External links

* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=7660&pn=Angelo_Palombo Angelo Palombo Profile] at FootballDatabase