Mirko Stefani

Mirko Stefani

Personal information
Date of birth	25 January 1984 (1984-01-25) (age 27)
Place of birth	Borgo Valsugana, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Central Defender
Club information
Current club	Reggiana
Youth career
	A.C. Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003	A.C. Milan	1	(0)
2003–2005	Parma	0	(0)
2003–2004	→ Prato (loan)	7	(0)
2004–2005	→ Bellaria Igea Marina (loan)	34	(0)
2005–	Reggiana	144	(20)
National team
2001	Italy U16	4	(1)
2002	Italy U18	3	(0)
2002–2003	Italy U19	7	(0)
2003–2005	Italy U20	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mirko Stefani (born 25 January 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Reggiana at Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Stefani has played once at Serie A and over 100 matches at Serie C2.

Career

Early career

Born in Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Stefani started his professional career with A.C. Milan of Lombardy, at first as a midfielder. He played his first and only match for A.C. Milan first team on 24 May 2003, the last Serie A match of the season and the match before 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. He was substituted at halftime with Mattia Dal Bello, Milan already losing 1-3 at that time.^[1]

In summer 2003, he was included in a 6-men swap deal with Parma—Stefani along with Marco Donadel and Davide Favaro, exchanged with Luca Ferretti, Roberto Massaro and Filippo Porcari.

He was immediately loaned to Prato of Serie C1. Although Stefani returned to Parma in January 2004, he did not play any match.

Stefani left for Bellaria Igea Marina of Serie C2 in 2004-05 season, where he played as a regular starter.

Reggiana

Reggiana signed him in a co-ownership deal in 2005. Stefani played 3 out of 4 promotion playoffs in summer 2007. Although Reggiana failed to won, the club bought all remain registration rights from Parma.

International career

At international level he capped at 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship and 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Honours

• Serie C2: 2008

References

1. ^ "Milan youngsters tested". forzamilan.com. 2003-05-24. http://www.forzamilan.com/may2003.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-24. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Profile at Reggiana (Italian)
• http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Stefani_Mirco
• Profile at Football.it (Italian)
• Profile at FIGC (Italian)
• Profile at FIGC (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Stefani, Mirko
Alternative names	Stefani, Mirko
Short description	Italian footballer
Date of birth	1984-1-25
Place of birth	Borgo Valsugana, Italy
Date of death
Place of death