Gianluca Signorini

Infobox Football biography
playername = Gianluca Signorini
dateofbirth = birth date|1960|3|17
cityofbirth = Pisa
countryofbirth = Italy
dateofdeath = death date and age|2002|11|6|1960|3|17
cityofdeath = Pisa
countryofdeath = Italy
height = height|meter=1.86
position = Centre back, libero


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years = 1978–1979
1979–1980
1980–1981
1981–1983
1983–1984
1984–1985
1985–1987
1987–1988
1988–1995
1995–1997
clubs = Pisa
Pietrasanta
Prato
Livorno
Ternana
Cavese
Parma
Roma
Genoa
Pisa
caps(goals) = 002 (0)
029 (1)
026 (0)
065 (3)
029 (0)
029 (0)
070 (6)
029 (0)
207 (5)
00? (?)
manageryears = 1998
managerclubs = Pisa (caretaker)
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Gianluca Signorini (17 March 1960 – 6 November 2002) was an Italian football (soccer) player, mostly known for his time spent at Genoa C.F.C..

Career

Gianluca Signorini was born at Pisa.

He started his career playing for his home team, Pisa S.C. of Serie C1, and successively for Pietrasanta, Prato, Livorno, Ternana and Cavese before joining A.C. Parma, with Arrigo Sacchi as coach. He quickly became a key player for Parma, and was successively signed by Nils Liedholm's A.S. Roma, and then Genoa in 1988, after personal requests by coach Francesco Scoglio. He played seven seasons for Genoa, all seven years as team captain, a hard defender and definitely a fan favourite, remembered as one of the last (and best) Italian sweepers in recent years. He left Genoa in 1995, aged 35, to join his hometown club Pisa, then in Serie D, and retired two years later.cite web|url=http://www.pisacalcio.it/storia_link08.asp|publisher=Pisa Calcio|language=Italian|title=Il Pisa Calcio dal 1994 ad oggi|accessdate=2008-02-19] He played 210 Serie A matches with 6 goals.

After having ended his playing career, Signorini started a managing career working for Pisa, and serving as joint caretaker manager during their 1997–98 Serie C2 campaign, but soon after he discovered he was suffering from motor neurone disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, an illness that slowly forced immobility, paralyzing all his muscles. He died on November 6, 2002, in his Pisa home. In his honour, the #6 Genoa CFC jersey, worn by Signorini during his time for the "rossoblu", has been retired.

ee also

*Stefano Borgonovo

References

External links

* [http://www.raisport.rai.it/pub/sezione/raiSportSezioneIndex/0,5785,_254_66_2653,00.html Addio a Signorini (from RAI Sport)] it icon
* [http://www.footballplus.com/players/14544/Gianluca-Signorini.html Career profile of Gianluca Signorini]