- Fabio Quagliarella
Infobox Football biography
playername = Fabio Quagliarella
fullname = Fabio Quagliarella
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|01|31
cityofbirth =Castellammare di Stabia
countryofbirth =Italy
height = height|m=1.80
position =Striker
currentclub = Udinese
clubnumber = 27
youthyears =
youthclubs = Torino
years = 1999-2005 2002 2003-2004 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-
clubs = Torino → Florentia Viola (loan) → Chieti (loan) Ascoli Sampdoria Udinese
caps(goals) = 05 0(0) 12 0(1) 43 (19) 33 0(3) 35 (13)0 43 (15)0
nationalyears = 2000-2001 2001 2002-2004 2004 2007-
nationalteam = Italy U-17 Italy U-19 Italy U-20 Italy U-21 Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 8 (1) 9 (2) 8 (2) 1 (0) 9 (3)
pcupdate =October 5 2008
ntupdate =June 13 2008 Fabio Quagliarella (pronounced|ˈfaːbjo kwaʎːaˈɾɛlːa) (born
31 January 1983 inCastellammare di Stabia ,province of Naples ) is an Italian footballstriker currently playing for Udinese.Club career
Early career
Fabio Quagliarella started his career at Torino. He made his Serie A debut against
Piacenza Calcio on14 May 2000 and later made four appearances atSerie A 2001-02 season.He was then sent on loan to lower division clubs Florentia Viola (now Fiorentina), at that time in
Serie C2 , and then Chieti. He returned to Torino in 2004, and scored eight goals inSerie B , plus one goal against Ascoli in the promotion playoff's first legs. But financial problems forced Torino to stay in Serie B, which allowed players to leave for free.Udinese
Quagliarella joined Udinese on summer 2005, and the club sold half of the registration rights to newly promoted Ascoli, as part of a loan deal.
Quagliarella stayed at Ascoli for just a season, then was loaned to
U.C. Sampdoria by the transfer of the Ascoli's half of the registration rights. During his time with the "blucerchiati", Quagliarella scored 13 goals in the 2006-2007 season, plus one goal in seven matches in the 2006–07 Coppa Italia.On
22 June 2007 , Udinese took the full ownership of the player from Sampdoria by blind auction between the two clubs. He signed an improved contract along with Handanovič and Gyan due to expire onJune 30 ,2012 . He played as a regular for the whole 2007–08 season, scoring a total 12 goals and achieving a place in the Italian squad for theEuro 2008 competition.International career
Following his impressive performances with Sampdoria in 2006–07, Quagliarella was called up to the "Azzurri" squad for a friendly against Romania in February. However, it was delayed by the match cancellation due to fan riots in Serie A that weekend.
Later he played for the "Azzurri" in March for a
Euro 2008 qualifier against Scotland, and made his debut as a substitute, replacingLuca Toni in the final minutes. InKaunas on6 June 2007 , on his first start for Italy, he scored his first two goals for them in a 2–0 win over Lithuania in a vital Euro 2008 qualifier. On 6 February, he scored Italy's third goal in their 3-1 triumph over Portugal in an international friendly inZurich He has been included in the Italian Euro 2008 squad.
External links
* [http://www.football-talents.co.uk/List_player-3_7-1385-2.html Fabio Quagliarella - football-talents.co.uk]
Persondata
NAME= Quagliarella, Fabio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Quagliarella, Fabio
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH= 1983-10-31
PLACE OF BIRTH=Castellammare di Stabia ,Italy
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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