Gianluca De Angelis (born 23 May 1981) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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for FC Sant'Agnello.

Club career

Parma

Born in Castellammare di Stabia, in the Province of Naples, Campania region, De Angelis started his career at a local club in Gragnano, also in the Province of Naples. At age 13 he was signed by Parma, at that time famous for its youth products. At age 16 Angelis suffered an

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, but the injury did not end his career. He made his professional debut against

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on 23 May 1999 (the last round of the Serie A season as well as his birthday, by the decision of Malesani), year in which his team won

1998–99 UEFA Cup The 1998–99 UEFA Cup was won by Parma in the final against Marseille. It was their second title in the competition. It was the last edition of the old format UEFA Cup, before the Cup Winners' Cup was merged into it to include domestic cup winn ...

and

1998–99 Coppa Italia The 1998–99 Coppa Italia was the 52nd edition of the tournament, which began on August 23, 1998 and ended on May 5, 1999. Parma won the 1998–99 Coppa Italia tournament for the 2nd time in club history and first since the 1991–92 competition. ...

. He then played almost all of his career in Italian

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and their successor. De Angelis left the reserve team of Parma in 2000 for Serie C1 club

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. In 2001, he was signed by another third division club Sora.

Verona

De Angelis was signed by Serie B club

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in June 2002 in co-ownership deal. The club also signed

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outright from Parma; Verona sold

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outright and Adrian Mutu in temporary deal to Parma. De Angelis played once in

2002–03 Coppa Italia The 2002–03 Coppa Italia was the 56th edition of the tournament, which began on August 18, 2002 and ended on May 31, 2003. In the final, Milan beat Roma 6–3 on aggregate to win their 5th Coppa Italia and first since the 1976–77 edition. Gro ...

, which also coached by former Parma coach Malesani. He wore no.23 shirt for the first team. On 8 January 2003 De Angelis left for Serie C1 club Sassari Torres. In June 2003 De Angelis joined Verona outright. In July 2003 Verona also signed

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from Parma to compensate debt. The temporary deal with Torres was renewed in July 2003. De Angelis received no.31 shirt for Verona in

2004–05 Serie B The 2004–05 Serie B is the 73rd season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Arezzo, Catanzaro, Cesena and Crotone had been promoted from Serie C, while Perugia, Modena, and Empoli had been ...

. However, he did not play any competitive game. He played once in friendly match as well as received a call-up against Como in

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. He was not included in the last 18 squad.

Serie C career

In January 2005 De Angelis was signed by Serie C2 club Gubbio. De Angelis made his debut on 6 January 2005, against Sansovino. In January 2007 he left for

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. In July 2009 he was signed by hometown club

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. He was the team topscorer with 15 goals in the league, ahead Maurizio Peluso (12 goals) and

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(11 goals). The club promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex–Serie C1) as the Group C champions. The club finished as the runner-up of 2010

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, losing to Lucchese, champions of Group B. In August 2010 he was signed by

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of Seconda Divisione.

Avellino

From January 2011 to 2013 he played with

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in Seconda Divisione (January–June 2011) and Prima Divisione (2011–13). Avellino promoted to Serie B in 2013. Avellino also signed Peluso on 31 January 2011 and Vicentin in 2010. However, only De Angelis remained in Avellino for 2011–12 season. De Angelis scored 8 goals in second half of 2010–11 season, as well as 8 goals in 2011–12 season, ahead forwards

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(4 goals) and

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(2 goals) but behind Gianmarco Zigoni (11 goals).

Cosenza

On 30 August 2013 he was transferred back to Seconda Divisione for

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. The club was admitted to professional league to fill the 7 vacancies on 5 August (It made 13 teams promoted from

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(originally 9 teams) and 2 teams not relegated from

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, plus Sambenedettese not promoted). Despite it also saw Lega Pro (ex–Serie C) would reduced from two divisions to one, as well as 69 teams to 60 teams in 2014, thus 18 teams (increased from 9 teams) would be relegated to

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. Cosenza secured the qualification to 2014–15 Serie C after the round 30. De Angelis also scored 11 goals as team topscorer of the season. Eventually Cosenza was the fourth of Group B.

Casertana

De Angelis was signed by Casertana on 13 July 2015 in a 1-year contract.

Sorrento

De Angelis joined Sorrento in the Serie D on 22 July 2018.

Later career

On 10 August 2019, De Angelis joined

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. He left the club in December 2019, and joined FC Sant'Agnello.

International career

De Angelis was a player for Italy U15 team in 1995–96 season. (now equivalent to Italy U16) He was a player for U16 (now equivalent to Italy U17) in

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, which he played 3 games in qualification and 2 games in the group stage. Italy used a mixed 1980 and 1981 born players for the tournament, such as captain Bonomi and Blasi, which De Angelis was partnered with Gabriele Capuano in the starting lineup. However De Angelis was replaced by

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at the 50th and 41st minute respectively.Match Report
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Honours

* UEFA Cup: 1999 (Parma) * Coppa Italia: 1999 (Parma) * Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione: 2013 (Avellino) * Lega Pro Prima Divisione: 2013 (Avellino) *

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

: 2010 (Juve Stabia)

Personal life

De Angelis is married and has two children. (as of November 2013)

References

External links

Lega Serie A profile (data by Panini)

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