Morgan De Sanctis

Morgan De Sanctis

Personal information
Date of birth	March 26, 1977 (1977-03-26) (age 34)
Place of birth	Guardiagrele, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Napoli
Number	1
Youth career
	Pescara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1997	Pescara	74	(0)
1997–1999	Juventus	3	(0)
1999–2007	Udinese	194	(0)
2007–2009	Sevilla	8	(0)
2008–2009	→ Galatasaray (loan)	31	(0)
2009–	Napoli	81	(0)
National team‡
1994–1995	Italy U-18	7	(0)
1999–2000	Italy U-21	7	(0)
2005–	Italy	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2008

Morgan De Sanctis (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmorgan dɛ ˈsantis]) (born 26 March 1977) is an Italian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Serie A club Napoli and the Italian national team.

Career

After a 3-year stint playing for Serie B team Pescara, De Sanctis became a reserve player for the Serie A giants Juventus, playing only three times in two seasons before joining Udinese in 1999 in co-ownership deal, for 0.5 billion Lire (€1,291,142.25).^[1] In May 2000, he deal became permanent, for 8 billion lire (€4,131,655),^[1] as part of the deal that Juventus signed Marco Zanchi.^[2]

Udinese

After three seasons also as a back-up for Luigi Turci, he finally managed to start in 2002–03 season, eventually being capped for the Italian national team.^{[citation needed]} His contract was renewed on 10 November 2000, 18 October 2003 and 20 September 2005,^[1] which his annual gross salary increased from €569,000 (€310,000 net) in 2003 to €623,000 (€350,000 net) in 2005, plus other bonuses, including a loyalty bonus since 2005, for €350,878 a season (€200,000 net).^[1] He played all 6 group stage matches of 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, and reached round of 16 of 2005–06 UEFA Cup.

Sevilla and transfer saga

On 8 June 2007 he unilaterally terminated his contract with Udinese, by mis-using Webster ruling.^[1][3] He signed a 4-year contract with Sevilla FC, worth €1,381,578.94 a season (€1.05 million in net).^[1] Udinese submitted the case to FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber as Udinese and De Sanctis failed to agree the compensation. On 10 December 2009 the DRC awarded Udinese liable to receive €3,933,134 from De Sanctis, quoting Matuzalém's case as legal reference.^[1] The case then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and on 1 March 2011 awarded Udinese a sum of € 2,250,055.^[4]

Galatasaray

He was loaned out to Galatasaray for the 2008–2009 season.^[5] He played all the league and Europe matches since August 31.^{[citation needed]}

Napoli

On July 24, 2009 Napoli signed the goalkeeper from Sevilla FC on a four-year deal, for €1.5 million.^[6][7]

International career

De Sanctis never became a regular of national team. He was under shadow of Gianluigi Buffon for more than 6 years. De Sanctis made his debut for the Italian national team on 30 March 2005, in a friendly match against Iceland. In 2006 FIFA World Cup he was one of the four backup players for the 23-men main squad for any possible injury between Buffon, Angelo Peruzzi and Marco Amelia.^[8] After 2006 FIFA World Cup, he secured a place as no.2 to travel with squad to UEFA Euro 2008, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Under new coach Cesare Prandelli, Azzurri preferred to include younger heir of Buffon, instead of calling De Sanctis. However after the injury of Emiliano Viviano, De Sanctis re-selected as one of the backup of Buffon at UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches in September 2011.^[9]

Career statistics

As of 17 October 2009

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pescara	1994–95	30	0	-	-	-	-	30	0
	1995–96	18	0	-	-	-	-	18	0
	1996–97	26	0	-	-	-	-	26	0
	Total	74	0	0	0	0	0	74	0
Juventus	1997–98	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
	1998–99	3	0	-	-	-	-	3	0
	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Udinese	1999-00	7	0	-	-	-	-	7	0
	2000–01	3	0	-	-	-	-	3	0
	2001–02	10	0	-	-	-	-	10	0
	2002–03	34	0	-	-	-	-	34	0
	2003–04	34	0	-	-	2	0	36	0
	2004–05	36	0	-	-	2	0	38	0
	2005–06	34	0	-	-	10	0	44	0
	2006–07	36	0	-	-	-	-	36	0
	Total	194	0	0	0	14	0	208	0
Sevilla	2007–08	8	0	-	-	1	0	9	0
	Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
Galatasaray	2008–09	31	0	0	0	10	0	41	0
	Total	31	0	0	0	10	0	41	0
Napoli	2009–10	38	0	1	0	0	0	39	0
	2010-11	38	0	1	0	10	0	49	0
	2011-12	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
	Total	81	0	2	0	12	0	95	0
Career total		355	0	2	0	37	0	396	0

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Decision of the Dispute Resolution Chamber 129641". FIFA. 10 December 2009. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/drclabour/129641.pdf. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
2. ^ "MARCO ZANCHI ALLA JUVE" (in Italian). Juventus FC. 30 May 2000. Archived from the original on 21 June 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20000706233418/www.juventus.com/it/news_feat/show_article/0,2374,74911,00.html. Retrieved 1 July 2010. 
3. ^ "De Sanctis swaps Udinese for Sevilla". UEFA.com. 9 July 2007. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=559589.html. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-1463-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/
5. ^ "Morgan de Sanctis, Galatasaray’da". Galatasaray S.K. Official Website. http://www.galatasaray.org/kulup/haber/1591.php. Retrieved 2008-07-31. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "Napoli, ufficializzato De Sanctis" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 2009-07-24. http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=2599&content=0. Retrieved 2009-07-25. 
7. ^ "FINAL AWARD - 2145-2146-2147 Sevilla FC SA/Morgan de Sanctis/Udinese Calcio S.p.A.". CAS. 28 February 2007. http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/4767/5048/0/Award%202145-6-7%20_internet_.pdf. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
8. ^ "Comunicato Stampa [Press Release]" (in Italian). FIGC. 15 May 2006. http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/58.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_6188_upfDownload.pdf. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
9. ^ "EURO 2012: CONTRO FAR OER E SLOVENIA TORNANO GILARDINO E ASTORI" (in Portuguese). FIGC. 28 August 2011. http://www.figc.it/it/204/29400/2011/08/News.shtml. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 

External links

• Player profile on Napoli's official website
• FIGC (Italian)

Persondata
Name	De Sanctis, Morgan
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Date of birth	26 March 1977
Place of birth	Guardiagrele, Italy
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