Massimo Luongo

Massimo Luongo

Personal information
Full name	Massimo Luongo
Date of birth	25 September 1992 (1992-09-25) (age 19)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	45
Youth career
2004–2009	APIA Leichhardt
2010–2011	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2011–	Tottenham Hotspur	0	(0)
National team‡
2011	Australia U-20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 21 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Massimo Luongo (born 25 September 1992) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.^[1]

He plays as a Defensive Midfielder.

Club Career

Luongo is from Sydney Australia and went to Wavereley College in Sydney's Eastern suburbs. Luongo signed for Tottenham in January 2010 after impressing on trial. He made his debut for the first team on 20 September 2011 in a 7-6 extra-time penalty shoot out loss to Stoke City in the League Cup, replacing Brazilian International, Sandro after 70 minutes.^[2] Luongo missed Tottenham's 8th penalty in the shootout, resulting in defeat.

International career

Luongo is eligible to represent either the Australian national football team by birth, the Italian National Team due to his father's birth or the Indonesian national football team due his mother's birth. He has represented the Australia U-20 on 2 occasions but was not selected for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Luongo has also been called up for training camps in Europe with the full senior national team.^[3]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 20 September 2011

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Tottenham Hotspur	2011–12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Spurs total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career total		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

References

1. ^ http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/reserves/massimo-luongo.html Massimo Luongo
2. ^ http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/matchtracker Match Tracker
3. ^ http://socceroos.footballaustralia.com.au/display-news/holger-osieck-names-qantas-socceroos-squad-for-germany-match/33801 Osieck names Qantas Socceroos Squad for Germany match

External links

• Club profile
• Transfermarkt profile

Persondata
Name	Luongo, Massimo
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	25 September 1992
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death
Place of death