- Luca Castellazzi
Infobox Football biography
playername = Luca Castellazzi
fullname = Luca Castellazzi
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|7|19
cityofbirth =Gorgonzola
countryofbirth =Italy
height = height|m=1.96
nickname =
position = Goalkeeper
currentclub = Sampdoria
clubnumber = 1
youthyears = 1992-1994
youthclubs = Monza
years = 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1999 1999-2005
2002 2003 2005-
clubs = Varese Monza Padova Pescara Brescia → Reggina ("loan") → Catania ("loan") Sampdoria
caps(goals) = 18 (0) 32 (0) 57 (0) 3 (0) 106 (0) 14 (0) 18 (0) 29 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = May 8, 2007
ntupdate =Luca Castellazzi (born
19 July 1975 inGorgonzola ,Province of Milan ) is an Italian footballgoalkeeper . He currently plays forU.C. Sampdoria of ItalianSerie A .Football career
He started his career at Monza of
Province of Milan . He then spent time onSerie B ,Serie C1 andSerie C2 before joined Brescia Calcio, and followed Brescia promoted to Serie A on summer 2000. He made his Serie A debut on21 January ,2001 , againstVicenza Calcio . After loaned to Reggina and Catania on 2002-03 season, he finally became regular starter on 2005-06 season, which he played all 38 Serie A games.After Brescia relegated to Serie B on summer 2005, he joined
U.C. Sampdoria on free transfer, signed 2 year deal. He received no.1 shirt fromLuigi Turci . [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=320166.html|title=Castellazzi to give Sampdoria cover|date=Monday, 25 July 2005|author=UEFA.com] The first season he was the backup ofFrancesco Antonioli , which Castellazzi played 3 games that Antonioli missed.In the second season, he finally earned regular place, except dropped between November to December, and March to April, given the start place to
Gianluca Berti .In January 2008, he signed a contract extension again, last until summer 2010.
Notes and references
Persondata
NAME=Castellazzi, Luca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Italian goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH=1975-07-19
PLACE OF BIRTH=Gorgonzola
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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