Luca Ceccarelli (born 24 March 1983) is an Italian

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, who is vacant at the moment, and usually plays as either a

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for

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Career

Cesena

Born in

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, the

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, Romagna, Ceccarelli started his career at

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. He won Serie C1 promotion playoffs in 2004. He then loaned back to

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clubs

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and

. After Cesena was relegated in June 2008, Ceccarelli returned to the team for their

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(ex-Serie C1) campaign, which Romagna side won the Group A champion.

2009–10 season

In 2009–10 season, he played as an emergency central back (against

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in May 2010) and other positions, including right back ahead Martin Petráš in last 10 matches of the season. That season Cesena won promotion to Serie A.

2010–11 season

Ceccarelli made his debut on the first round of

2010–11 Serie A The 2010–11 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th season of top-tier Italian football, the 79th in a round-robin tournament, and the 1st since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B ...

, a 0–0 draw with previous season runner-up

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. He lost his starting place in November, after the match slipped from the top to bottom and failed to win for over 5 matches.

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was moved from left back to right back and Maurizio Lauro took back the starting place. On 28 November he re-took the starting place but rested against

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on 18 December, the match before the winter break. After Nagatomo left the club in January for international duty, his starting place became solid again, only missed the match against

. In late January Nagatomo left for Internazionale, in exchange with

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, made Ceccarelli played more regularly, only missed the match against the strong team for team tactic, as the coach demanded a more defensive right-back instead of a wing-back:

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(replaced by Dellafiore),

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and

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(replaced by Santon) and a relegation decider (against bottom team

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) Overall, he started 25 times, made the most assists among the teammate (5), cautioned 6 times and suspended once (in round 28).

2011–12 season

At the start of season Cesena signed experienced right-back

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, made Ceccarelli became his understudy.

Padova (loan)

In summer 2013 he was signed by

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, with Niccolò Galli moved to opposite direction.

Bologna

In June 2014

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

signed Ceccarelli (in a cashless swap with

Federico Agliardi Federico Agliardi (born 11 February 1983) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as goalkeeper for Eccellenza Lombardy side Lumezzane. Career Brescia Agliardi grew up in his native city's team, Brescia Calcio, and made his professional ...

), in a 3-year contract. He played 29 games out of possible 42 games of

2014–15 Serie B The 2014–15 Serie B was the 83rd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 14 of which returning from the 2013–14 season, 5 of which promoted from Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A. T ...

season for the promotion playoff winner. He failed to play any game for Bologna in

2015–16 Serie A The 2015–16 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th season of top-tier Italian football, the 84th in a round-robin tournament, and the 6th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. ...

. On 13 January 2016 Ceccarelli returned to Serie B for

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in a temporary deal. On 31 August 2016 Ceccarelli was released by Bologna.

Dinamo București

In October 2016 Ceccarelli signed a deal with Romanian side

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Honours

: 2009

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-10

Lega Serie B profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceccarelli, Luca 1983 births Living people People from Gambettola Italian footballers Men's association football midfielders A.C. Cesena players A.S.D. Sangiovannese 1927 players A.C. Pavia 1911 S.S.D. players A.S.D. Victor San Marino players A.C. Legnano players Calcio Padova players Bologna F.C. 1909 players FC Dinamo București players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Liga I players Italian expatriate footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in San Marino Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in San Marino Expatriate footballers in Romania Footballers from Emilia-Romagna Sportspeople from the Province of Forlì-Cesena