- Francesco Statuto
Francesco Statuto (born
July 13 ,1971 inRome ) is an Italian formerfootball (soccer) player, being among the top midfielders for AS Roma during the 1990s.He played with AS Roma over three periods, beginning from the 1989-90 season, in which he did not however play a single match for the "giallorossi". He then went on to join lower division club Casertana, before moving on to Cosenza in 1992 and Serie A hopefuls Udinese in 1993. With Udinese being relegated in the sommer of 1994, Francesco joined capital club AS Roma for the new season. The club ended in a good fifth place being thus qualified for the
UEFA Cup . After another fifth place finish, the club disappointingly finished 12th in the 1996-97 season, and heads started to roll. Spending another half year in Rome, Statuto moved back to former club Udinese for the remainder of the 1997-98 season - finishing third with theFriuli -outfit - one spot ahead of Roma.For the 1998-99 season, Statuto, who had played extraordinarily well for Udinese, was back with the "giallorossi", leading the club to another 5th place finish in the
Serie A , playing alongside a youngFrancesco Totti . A memorable season for Statuto, which also included a short loanspell at Piacenza, the club he eventually joined fully in the sommer of 1999.He played three seasons for Piacenza, which saw out his career. The three years offered both a relegation to the
Serie B and a promotion back to theSerie A with the red and white outfit.Statuto earned also three caps for the Italian national side.
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