Luigi Turci (born 27 January 1970) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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. He retired after the 2006–07 season. His last club was
Cesena
Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137.
History
Cesena was o ...
in
Serie B
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. He is currently active as goalkeeping coach of
A.C. Milan
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.
Football career
He started his career at native club
Cremonese
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. After loaned to
Treviso
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and
Alessandria
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Alessandria ...
(
Serie C1
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), he became Cremonese no.1 goalkeeper, and helped the team gain promotion to Serie A in 1993.
After Cremonese were relegated to Serie B in 1996, he joined
Udinese
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of Serie A, still remaining the first choice goalkeeper of the team.
He moved again in 2002, this time to
U.C. Sampdoria
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The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, S ...
. He made 33 appearances during the
2002–03 Serie A
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...
season. However, following the arrival of
Francesco Antonioli
Francesco Stefano Antonioli (born 14 September 1969) is an Italian former footballer who played as goalkeeper. He was the oldest footballer in Serie A until his club Cesena were relegated to Serie B at the end of the 2011–12 season, after wh ...
from
A.S. Roma
' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...
in 2003, Turci was forced to become the second choice goalkeeper, and made just five appearances in the next two seasons.
In 2005, he joined
Cesena
Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137.
History
Cesena was o ...
in
Serie B
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for whom he played 62 league games before hanging up his boots in 2007.
Throughout his career, Turci played a total of 271 Serie A games between 1993 and 2004.
Style of play
During his career, Turci stood out for his penalty–stopping abilities; he saved 12
spot kicks in 271 appearances over the course of his eleven seasons in the Italian top–flight, the
joint–ninth–most penalties saved in Serie A history, alongside
Emiliano Viviano
Emiliano Viviano (; born 1 December 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük.
Club career Brescia
Born in Florence, Viviano is a product of Fiorentina and Brescia youth ...
,
Massimo Taibi
Massimo Taibi (; born 18 February 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs, mostly in Italy's Serie A, B, and C1. He had a brief spell at English club Manchester United.
Career
Italy
Taib ...
, and
Giuseppe Taglialatela
Giuseppe "Pino" Taglialatela (born 2 January 1969) is an Italian former professional football player who played as a goalkeeper. He is club chairman of Lega Pro club Ischia.
Playing career
After developing in the Ischia Isolaverde Youth Secto ...
.
Honours
Udinese
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UEFA Intertoto Cup
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:
2000
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References
External links
CesenaCalcio.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Turci, Luigi
1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cremona
Association football goalkeepers
Italian footballers
Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players
U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 players
U.S. Cremonese players
Udinese Calcio players
U.C. Sampdoria players
A.C. Cesena players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Footballers from Lombardy
A.C. Milan non-playing staff