Morgan De Sanctis (; born 26 March 1977) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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. He last played for
Ligue 1
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club
Monaco
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, and currently works as sporting director for
Salernitana
Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is
an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...
.
De Sanctis played for several Italian clubs throughout his career; he began his career with
Pescara
Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...
, and later also played for
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
,
Udinese
Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a fo ...
,
Napoli
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, and Roma; he also had spells in Spain and Turkey with
Sevilla
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and
Galatasaray
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respectively, and ended his career in France after a season with Monaco in 2017.
At international level, he has represented the
Italy national team, and was included in squads for the
2000 Summer Olympics
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,
UEFA Euro 2008
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, the
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
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, the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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and
UEFA Euro 2012
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.
Club career
Early career
After a three-year stint with
Serie B
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side
Pescara
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, De Sanctis became a reserve player for the
Serie A
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giants
Juventus
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, playing only three times in two seasons before joining
Udinese
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in 1999 in a
co-ownership deal along with
Marco Zamboni
Marco Khaleel Zamboni (born 7 December 1977) is an Italian professional football defender, currently playing for AC Garda.
Club career
Zamboni was born in Bussolengo, Italy. After starting his career with Chievo in 1995, he played for Juvent ...
, for 2.5 billion
Lire (€1,291,142.25) each.
In May 2000, the deal became permanent, for 8 billion lire (€4,131,655),
[ as part of the deal that Juventus signed ]Marco Zanchi
Marco Zanchi (born 15 April 1977) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Born in San Giovanni Bianco, Zanchi made his professional debut with Atalanta in 1994. He appeared in 19 games before 1996, when he transferred ...
.
Udinese
After three seasons also as a back-up for Luigi Turci, he finally managed to start in 2002–03 season. His contract was renewed on 10 November 2000, 18 October 2003 and 20 September 2005,[ which his annual gross salary increased from €569,000 (€310,000 net) in 2003 to €623,000 (€350,000 net) in 2005, plus other bonuses, including a loyalty bonus since 2005, for €350,878 a season (€200,000 net).][ He played all 6 group stage matches of the ]2005–06 UEFA Champions League
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, and reached round of 16 of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup
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.
Sevilla
On 8 June 2007, he unilaterally terminated his contract with Udinese, by mis-using Webster ruling
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.[ He signed a four-year contract with ]Sevilla FC
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, worth €1,381,578.94 a season (€1.05 million in net).[ Udinese submitted the case to FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber as Udinese and De Sanctis failed to agree the compensation. On 10 December 2009, the DRC awarded Udinese liable to receive €3,933,134 from De Sanctis, quoting ]Matuzalém
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's case as legal reference.[ The case then appealed to the ]Court of Arbitration for Sport
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and on 1 March 2011 awarded Udinese a sum of €2,250,055.
Galatasaray (loan)
He was loaned out to Galatasaray
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for the 2008–09 season.
He played all the league and European matches since 31 August.
Napoli
On 24 July 2009, Napoli
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signed the goalkeeper from Sevilla FC
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on a four-year deal, for €1.5 million.
Roma
On 25 July 2013, Roma
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signed De Sanctis on a two-year deal from Napoli
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, for a transfer fee of €500,000. He had aided to Roma's perfect start to the Serie A season, keeping 9 clean sheets in the first 10 games, conceding just once as they topped the table on 30 points. On 5 January 2014, in a crucial match against Juventus, he conceded three goals for the first time of the season meaning that Roma were now 8 points behind Juventus at the top of the table. During the 2013–14 season, he went 745 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal in the Italian top-flight; he currently holds the joint seventh-highest unbeaten streak in Serie A, alongside Luca Marchegiani
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He represented several Italian clubs throughout his career, in particular Torino and Lazio, where he won various titles. At inter ...
.
Monaco
On 13 July 2016, De Sanctis was signed by Monaco
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on a one-year deal.
He made his debut for the club on 26 July, in the first leg of the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Fenerbahçe, but was forced off in the 12th minute of the eventual 2–1 away defeat after sustaining an injury. He served as the club's second goalkeeper throughout the season, making his only Ligue 1 appearance on 10 September, in a 4–1 away win over Lille
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. On 6 December, he featured in Monaco's 3–0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen
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in the Champions League, becoming the first Italian player to play in the competition with five different clubs (Udinese, Sevilla, Napoli, Roma, and Monaco). Monaco went on to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, losing out to De Sanctis's former club Juventus. On 26 April 2017, he started in the club's 5–0 defeat to eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain
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in the Coupe de France
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semi-final.
Monaco finished the 2016–17 season as Ligue 1
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champions. After De Sanctis's contract expired with the club on 31 July 2017, he announced his retirement from professional football.
International career
At youth level, De Sanctis represented the Italy under-21 side on 7 occasions between 1999 and 2000, and won the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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with the team. He was also part of the Italy squad that took part at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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in Sydney.
De Sanctis never became a regular in the Italian senior national team due to the consistency of Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who captains and plays as a goalkeeper for the club Parma. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He is one of the few recorded pl ...
, and therefore often served as a back-up keeper. De Sanctis made his senior international debut for Italy on 30 March 2005, under manager Marcello Lippi
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He was appointed as Italy head coach in the summer of 2004 and 2 ...
, in a 0–0 friendly draw against Iceland
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. Although he did not make Lippi's 23-man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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, he was chosen as one of the four back-up players to be called up in the event of an injury to Buffon, Angelo Peruzzi
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Peruzzi is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Italian goalkeepers of all ...
or Marco Amelia
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. After the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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, he secured a place as the team's number two goalkeeper to travel with the Italian squad to UEFA Euro 2008
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, under Roberto Donadoni
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Donadoni was capable of playing on either flank, or in the centre. He began his career with Atalanta, and he later became a pillar of the powerhous ...
, as well as the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
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and the 2010 FIFA World Cup
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, under Lippi. Although Buffon suffered an injury in the opening match of the latter tournament, De Sanctis did not feature in any matches, as Federico Marchetti
Federico Marchetti (; born 7 February 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Spezia.
Marchetti began his professional club career with Torino in 2002, and was subsequently loaned out to Pro Verce ...
was instead chosen to start; Italy were eliminated in the first round.
The team's subsequent coach Cesare Prandelli
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Career Player
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preferred to include younger understudies, such as Antonio Mirante
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Club career
Juventus and loans
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and Salvatore Sirigu
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Sirigu began his career with Venezia, and then Palermo. In 2011, he moved to Paris Sa ...
, to Buffon, instead of De Sanctis. However, after injury to Emiliano Viviano
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Club career Brescia
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, De Sanctis returned to the squad as Buffon's back-up for UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
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matches in September 2011, and also appeared in Italy's 3–0 friendly win against Northern Ireland
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in Pescara on 11 October, three years after his last cap for Italy. He eventually made the squad for the final tournament
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, but did not play, as Italy reached the final. His final match for Italy came on 16 October 2012, in a 3–1 win over Denmark
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in a 2014 World Cup qualifier. On 26 March 2013, the day of his 36th birthday, he announced that he would be retiring from international football after Italy's World Cup qualifier against Malta
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later that day. In total, he made 6 appearances for Italy.
Style of play
A reliable and commanding goalkeeper, known for his leadership from the back and vocal presence on the pitch, in his prime, De Sanctis was known in particular for his shot-stopping ability, positioning, handling, and speed when rushing off his line, and is regarded as one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his generation; he was also adept at stopping penalties.
After football
Following his retirement as a player, De Sanctis was appointed a team manager with his former club Roma in August 2017.
In the autumn of 2017, he enrolled in an UEFA
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's coaching programme, which allowed him to coach youth teams, and first teams in Serie C
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The unification of the Lega Pro ...
, as well as hold assistant manager positions in Serie B and Serie A. On 15 December, he received his coaching licence.
In December 2018, he also obtained his Sporting Director diploma through the Coverciano Technical Centre.
Car crash
On January 5, 2021, De Sanctis was involved in a car accident in Rome
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, which caused serious injuries to him. He was rushed to hospital and had undergone an operation on an abdominal haemorrhage
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, where his spleen
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Career statistics
Club
:Source:
1Includes Supercoppa Italiana
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.
International
:Source:
Honours
Club
Juventus[
* ]Serie A
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: 1997–98
* Supercoppa Italiana
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: 1997
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Udinese
*UEFA Intertoto Cup
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: 2000
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Galatasaray
* Turkish Super Cup
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: 2008
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Napoli[
* ]Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
: 2011–12
Monaco[
* ]Ligue 1
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: 2016–17
International
Italy[
*]UEFA European Championship
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: Runner-up 2012
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Individual
*Pallone d'Argento
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: 2009–10
References
External links
Player profile
on Napoli's official website
Ligue 1 Player profile
FIGC Player profile
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Living people
1977 births
Sportspeople from the Province of Chieti
Association football goalkeepers
Italian footballers
Italy youth international footballers
Italy under-21 international footballers
Italy international footballers
Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Juventus F.C. players
Udinese Calcio players
Sevilla FC players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
S.S.C. Napoli players
A.S. Roma players
AS Monaco FC players
Serie A players
Serie B players
La Liga players
Süper Lig players
Ligue 1 players
Olympic footballers of Italy
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
UEFA Euro 2008 players
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2010 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2012 players
Italian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Monaco
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Italian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
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A.S. Roma non-playing staff
Footballers from Abruzzo