Gianluca Franciosi (born 10 January 1991) is an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for ASD Chions.

Club career

Born in

Monfalcone Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; fur, Monfalcon; sl, Tržič; archaic german: Falkenberg) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Gorizia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain' ...

, in the Province of Gorizia, Italy, near to Italy–Slovenia border and Slovenian town

Nova Gorica A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

(new "Gorizia"), Franciosi started his professional career at

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 ...

club

Valenzana Valenzana Mado is an Italian football club, based in Valenza, Piedmont. Currently it plays in Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley. History Valenzana Mado The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of Valenzana Calcio and G.S. Mado. It ...

. The club signed him from

Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11. Atalanta was founded in 1907 by Lic ...

in a co-ownership deal. He played in . That season Franciosi was the member of both first team and the reserves. In June 2011 Atalanta gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Franciosi to Valenzana for free. In January 2012 Franciosi was signed by fellow fourth tier club Giacomense. In summer 2012 Franciosi left for

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Ao ...

(sixth tier at that time) newcomer

Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...

. He scored 13 goals to bring the refounded club promoted to Serie D. In summer 2013 Franciosi was signed by another Serie D club Clodiense. The club did not promote to the new third tier of Italian football, the unified single division of

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

. Franciosi remained in Serie D from 2014 to 2016, now fourth tier of Italian football, for Thermal Teolo, Correggese and Este. He only scored seven goals in one and a half seasons. In June 2016 Franciosi crossed the border to join

ND Gorica Nogometno društvo Gorica, commonly referred to as ND Gorica or simply Gorica, is a Slovenian football club based in the town of Nova Gorica. They are one of the most successful Slovenian clubs with four Slovenian PrvaLiga and three Slovenian Cu ...

, where he participated in 2016–17 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. Franciosi also played for Gorica in February in a club friendly. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Franciosi joined ASD Chions.

International career

Franciosi received a call-up to

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for a tournament in Slovakia in April 2009. He was a replacement of

Marco D'Alessandro Marco D'Alessandro (born 17 February 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Pisa, on loan from Monza. Club career Roma and loans D'Alessandro moved his first footsteps into Lazio youth system. In 2005, he ...

. In the tournament he was the substitutes of Luca Tremolada and Matteo Calamai respectively.

References

External links

Slovenian PrvaLiga profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franciosi, Gianluca 1991 births Living people People from Monfalcone Footballers from Friuli Venezia Giulia Men's association football forwards Italy men's youth international footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian men's footballers Atalanta BC players Valenzana Mado players AC Giacomense players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players ND Gorica players NK Brda players ASD Polisportiva Tamai players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Serie C players Serie D players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Italian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia