Luca Barlocco (born 20 February 1995) is an Italian

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who plays as a left back for club

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Club career

Atalanta

Born in

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, Lombardy, Barlocco started his career at Lombard club

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Juventus

On 2 September 2013 Juventus signed half of the registration rights for €1.25 million, with half of the registration rights of Edoardo Ceria and Prince-Désir Gouano moved to Atalanta for €800,000 and €450,000 respectively. Barlocco signed a 5-year contract. In June 2014 the co-ownership deals were renewed (except Gouano and Troisi). On 26 July Barlocco was signed by Piedmontese club

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in a temporary deal. He was injured in the 2014–15 Coppa Italia match against

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in August. Barlocco played his only league game on 6 September. On 16 January 2015 the loan was terminated. On 19 January 2015 Barlocco was signed by

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. On 24 June 2015 Juventus signed Barlocco for €950,000 (€450,000 cash plus Ceria). On 31 July Barlocco, Cais, Gerbaudo and Tavanti were signed by

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. In the season 2016–17 took the loan, for a season, to Alessandria. In Summer 2017 he is again loaned for

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for a season. On 30 June 2019, Barlocco joined

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on a two-year contract with an option for one further year. On 6 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with

International career

Barlocco was a player in 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. He made 2 starts in the first stage of qualification:

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had replaced Ivan Rondanini and Filipo Penna (who played the first match) with Barlocco and

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