- Valerio Virga
Football player infobox
playername = Valerio Virga
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1986|6|6|mf=y
cityofbirth =Rome
countryofbirth =Italy
height = height|m=1.81
currentclub = AS Roma
clubnumber = 34
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = AS Roma
years = 2004–2005 2005–2006 2005–2006 2006– 2007–2008
clubs = AS Roma Palermo → Ascoli (loan) AS Roma → Grosseto (loan)
caps(goals) = 06 (0) 00 (0) 00 (0) 04 (0) 23 (0)
nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = Italy U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 (0)
ntupdate = September 3, 2006
pcupdate = December 13, 2006Valerio Virga (born
June 6 ,1986 inRome ) is an Italian footballer, currently contracted with AS Roma.Career
A product of the AS Roma youth academy and one of the bright prospects of the "giallorossi", Virga usually plays as midfielder. He made his Serie A debut on
April 10 ,2005 , in an away league match againstUdinese Calcio which ended in a 3–3 draw. He made six appearances in season 2004–2005, but never scored a goal.In 2005–2006, he was signed by Palermo in a co-ownership agreement with AS Roma, and then loaned to newly-promoted top-flight team Ascoli, being however soon relegated to the youth squad without playing a game. He returned to AS Roma in 2006–2007.
He scored his first goal for Roma in the Coppa Italia match in a Round of 32 match against Triestina on
November 29 ,2006 . Roma won the match 2-0. He played his first Champions League match against Valencia onDecember 5 ,2006 , which Roma won 1-0.He then spent the 2007–08 season on loan to
Serie B side Grosseto. He made a total of 23 appearances with the "biancorossi", but only 11 of them as a start-up player. In 2008-09 he came back to Roma his debute that year was in a 2-0 victory over Atalanta at the Stadio Olimpico, where he came as a substitute for Menez. [cite web |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/76880.shtml |title=Valerio VIRGA |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |accessdate=2008-07-01 |language=Italian]Internationals
He made his U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21,
12 December ,2006 , playing in the first half of the match.References
External links
* [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2812 FIGC] it icon
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
