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2009–10 Genoa CFC Season
Genoa had a mixed season, in which it struggled to replace world-class striker Diego Milito, who moved on to Internazionale, where he was key in winning the treble in 2010. Such a player was difficult to find, and his Argentinian replacements Hernán Crespo and Rodrigo Palacio lacked the final punch. Crespo had it in his younger years, of course, but despite four goals in the autumn, he was offloaded to Parma, as Genoa put its faith in David Suazo for the goalscoring. Sergio Floccari also departed, and the Lazio signing scored more goals for the Roman club in half the year than what any player did for Genoa the whole season, while Suazo became a flop. The defence did not perform at expected level either, and even though the team scored several goals by many players, the defensive holes ensured the team did not repeat the fifth position from the year before. Squad Goalkeepers * Alberto Frison * Marco Amelia * Alessio Scarpi Defenders * Giuseppe Biava * Dario Dainelli * Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa CFC
Genoa Cricket and Football Club () is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in Genoa, Liguria. The team competes in the Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system. Established in 1893, Genoa is Italy's oldest existing football team. The club has won the Italian Football Championship, Italian Championship nine times, with their first being Italy's inaugural national championship in 1898 Italian Football Championship, 1898, and their most recent coming after the 1923–24 Prima Divisione, 1923–24 season. They have also won one Coppa Italia title. Overall, Genoa are the fourth most successful Italian club in terms of championships won. ''Il Grifone'' have played their home games at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris since 1911, sharing with local rivals UC Sampdoria, Sampdoria. The fixture between the two teams, known as the Derby della Lanterna, was first played in 1946. In 2011, Genoa was included in the "International Bureau of Cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Lazio
(; ; ''Lazio Sport Club'') is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its Football club (association football), football activity. The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football. Lazio were List of Italian football champions, Italian champions in 1974 and 2000. They have won the Coppa Italia seven times, the Supercoppa Italiana five times, and both the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion. They also won the 1968–69 Serie B, 1968-69 Serie B. Lazio share the 70,634 capacity Stadio Olimpico with A.S. Roma, Roma. The club earliest major honour was a domestic cup win in 1958 Coppa Italia, 1958. In 1973–74 Serie A, 1974, they won their first Serie A title. The 1990s were the most successful period in Lazio's history: they reached the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup final in 1998 UEFA Cup Final, 1998; won the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, UEFA Cup Winners' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houssine Kharja
Houssine Kharja (; born 9 November 1982) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in France, he spent most of his career in Italy after starting out on his senior career at Sporting CP. In the Serie A he played for a number of clubs, including A.S. Roma, Internazionale and Fiorentina, making a total of 117 appearances and scoring 13 goals. At international level, he represented the Morocco national team earning 78 caps and scoring 13 goals between 2003 and 2015. Club career Youth Kharja began his career with Paris Saint-Germain's youth side and in 1998 he joined Gazélec Ajaccio. Portugal In 2000 he joined the Portuguese side Sporting CP. Italy After only one season at Sporting, he joined Ternana in 2001. He played four impressive Serie B seasons for the ''Rossoverdi'', gaining a place in the Moroccan national team, and being loaned to Roma in 2005, with the option to buy him in a co-ownership deal for €3.6 million. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Esposito
Andrea Esposito (born 17 May 1986) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career As a young boy, Esposito started his career in the local Lecce Primavera youth squad before being sent to Sambenedettese on loan for the 2006–07 season. He also played five Serie A games before he left on loan, the first of which was on 25 January 2004, against Lazio. After returning to the Lecce side in 2007, he scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 win over Rimini and helped the club win promotion from Serie B. In the following season in Serie A he scored a goal in a 1–1 home draw against A.C. Milan and impressed enough to force his way into the senior Italy squad at the end of the 2008–09 Serie A season. In July 2009, he was signed by Genoa in co-ownership deal. On 19 January 2010 Livorno signed the defender on loan from Genoa until June 2010. He rejoined Lecce for the 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season after the club's relegation from Serie A in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenad Tomović
Nenad Tomović (; born 30 August 1987) is a Serbian professional association football, footballer who plays as a defender (association football), defender for FK Čukarički, Čukarički. A former Serbian Olympian and Serbia national under-21 football team, U21 international, Tomović made 22 appearances for Serbia national football team, Serbia at full level between 2008 and 2015. Club career Career in Serbia Born in Kragujevac, Tomović started out at hometown club FK Radnički Kragujevac, Radnički. He joined the youth categories of FK Rad, Rad in 2003, alongside Nemanja Pejčinović. In early 2005, Tomović was promoted to the first-team squad, making his first senior appearances during the 2004–05 Serbian Second League. In January 2006, Tomović was acquired by Red Star Belgrade, alongside Vladan Milosavljev. He subsequently played for the youth team at the 2006 Torneo di Viareggio, before making one senior appearance near the end of the 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Bocchetti
Salvatore Bocchetti (; born 30 November 1986) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of club Atalanta Under-23. He played as a centre-back as a player. Club career Bocchetti started his professional career at Ascoli. He made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 20 December 2006. He was sent on loan to Serie C1 for Lanciano, and Frosinone of Serie B on second half of 2006–07 season. In the 2008–09 season Bocchetti was signed by Genoa and soon became a regular starter in central defence, also functioning as a fullback on occasion. In the 2010–11 season, he was signed by Rubin Kazan on a 3.5-year contract with a fee reported to be around €15 million for the transfer. On 2 October 2011, Bocchetti scored two goals in a league match against Tom Tomsk. Kazan won the game 2–0. In January 2013, he moved to Spartak Moscow, another Russian Premier League club. In August 2013, he received a knee surgery and missed the rest of the season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiliano Moretti
Emiliano Moretti (; born 11 June 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He began his career at Lodigiani and was signed by Fiorentina in 1998. In March 2001 he made his debut in Serie A under Roberto Mancini, before spending periods at Juventus, Modena, Parma and Bologna. In 2004, he was signed by Spaniards Valencia, where he won the Copa del Rey in 2007–08. In 2009, he returned to Italy where he spent four seasons with Genoa. In August 2013, he was signed by Torino, where he remained until his retirement in 2019, having collected over 600 career appearances at club level. Internationally, Moretti represented Italy at under-16 and under-20 youth levels. He was also part of the under-21 team that won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship and a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On 18 November 2014, at the age of 33, he became the oldest player to debut for the Italy national football team, playing as a starter in a friendly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (; born 9 June 1988), also known mononymously as Sokratis, is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career AEK Athens Papastathopoulos joined AEK Athens from Apollon Petalidiou after being scouted by Toni Savevski. On 26 October 2005, he made his debut for AEK in a Greek Football Cup, Greek Cup match against PAS Giannina F.C., PAS Giannina, scoring in the seventh minute of the game to help lead AEK to a 3–0 win. In January 2006, he was loaned to Beta Ethniki club Niki Volos F.C., Niki Volos for six months to gain first-team football experience. He made 15 appearances for Niki Volos. During the 2006–07 Super League Greece, Papastathopoulos managed to make 14 appearances whilst competing against the likes of Bruno Cirillo, Traianos Dellas and Vangelis Moras. In AEK Athens' 2006–07 UEFA Champions League campaign, Papastathopoulos managed to play in three out of six group games. In these three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Fatić
Ivan Fatić (, ; born 21 August 1988) is a Montenegrin retired football player who played as a defender or midfielder. He Is manager in youth categories of Rudar Pljevlja. Club career Italy Fatić was signed by Italian Serie A side Internazionale from relegated Chievo on 4 July 2007, for €170,000. Chievo still hold half of the player's registration rights. He made his first team (official match) debut against Reggina Calcio on 19 December 2007, a Coppa Italia match, he also played the return leg. On 9 June 2008 Internazionale announced that's they loaned Fatić to Vicenza to play 2008–09 season. In June 2009, Genoa bought half of the rights of the defender from Chievo after Chievo had bought Inter's 50% stake in the player. It was part of the deal that Diego Milito and Thiago Motta move to Internazionale. Half of its contractual value was valued €200,000 at that time. He spent a season with Genoa and played as a fullback or wing back in 3–5–2 formation. This co-owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Criscito
Domenico "Mimmo" Criscito (; born 30 December 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. A versatile player, Criscito was effective both offensively and defensively and was also capable of playing as a wing-back or centre-back, a position which he often occupied in his early career. Criscito played for Serie A clubs Genoa and Juventus, making over 200 appearances across four spells for the former. He also played for seven years in the Russian Premier League for Zenit Saint Petersburg, making 225 total appearances and winning two league titles for the team. A full international from 2009 to 2018, he played for the Italy national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career A native of southern Italy, Criscito moved up north at age 13 to pursue his football career. He started his professional career at Genoa, for whom he made his debut in Serie B in June 2003 at the age of 16. In the summer of 2004, Genoa sold 50% of Criscito and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Dainelli
Dario Dainelli (; born 9 June 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Early career Born in Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Dainelli started his professional career at Empoli. He spent his early years on loan at Modena (Serie C1), Cavese (Serie C2) and Fidelis Andria (Serie C1). He was signed by Lecce in 2000 in a co-ownership deal and made his Serie A debut against Roma on 18 February 2001. Brescia After just one season at Lecce, he re-signed for Empoli before moving to Brescia. Except for the first season which he just made five appearances and left on loan to Serie A rival Verona, he made 56 appearances more for Brescia. Fiorentina In July 2004, Dainelli signed for newly promoted team Fiorentina, in a co-ownership deal with Brescia. In January 2005, Fiorentina immediately bought all of the remain registration rights. Dainelli was the team captain after Christian Riganò left the club in summer 2005, a position which he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Biava
Giuseppe Biava (born 8 May 1977) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a centre back. Throughout his career he played for Italian clubs Albinese, AlbinoLeffe, Biellese, Palermo, Genoa, Lazio, and Atalanta; he won a Coppa Italia with Lazio in 2013. He is currently in charge as assistant coach of Atalanta Under-23. Club career AlbinoLeffe A centre back, Biava started his career with the Leffe youth team, before moving to newly promoted Serie D team Albinese in 1995. During his time with Albinese before the 1998 merger with the Leffe to found AlbinoLeffe, Biava achieved a promotion to Serie C2 in 1997. In 1998–99, Biava helped AlbinoLeffe to ensure promotion to Serie C1. After a one-year loan at Serie C2 side Biellese, Biava returned to AlbinoLeffe in 2001, and was part of the team that won the promotion playoffs in 2003, thus ensuring them a Serie B place. In 2003–04, Biava marked his Serie B debut, and scored the goal which ensured the first Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
