Luca Altomare (born 14 January 1972) is an Italian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach and retired

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Career

While playing for

Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Altomare was given the number 10 jersey and the captain's armband for a friendly against

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

. Despite getting called up to the

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squad for the

1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1994–96), had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total. Italy U-21s won the compe ...

, Altomare decided not to go because he was getting married.

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* 1972 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italian football managers Footballers from Cosenza Men's association football midfielders Cosenza Calcio 1914 players SSC Napoli players AC Reggiana 1919 players Lucchese 1905 players SPAL players Vigor Lamezia players Cosenza Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie D managers {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub