Luigi Turci

Luigi Turci
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-01-27) January 27, 1970
Place of birth Cremona, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Padova (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1987–1990 Cremonese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Treviso (loan) 33 (0)
1991–1992 Alessandria (loan) 34 (0)
1992–1996 Cremonese 134 (0)
1996–2002 Udinese 169 (0)
2002–2005 Sampdoria 38 (0)
2005–2007 Cesena 62 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Luigi Turci (born 27 January 1970, in Cremona) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. He retired after the 2006–2007 season. His last club was Cesena in Serie B. He is currently active as goalkeeping coach of Padova.

Football career

He started his career at native club Cremonese. After loaned to Treviso and Alessandria (Serie C1), he became Cremonese no.1 goalkeeper, and helped the team promoted to Serie A in 1993.

After Cremonese were relegated to Serie B in 1996, he joined Udinese of Serie A, still remaining the first choice goalkeeper of the team.

He moved again in 2002, this time to U.C. Sampdoria. He made 33 appearances in Serie A 2002-03. However, following the arrival of Francesco Antonioli from A.S. Roma 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 in Serie B for whom he played 62 league games before hanging up his boots in 2007.

Turci played a total of 271 Serie A games during his career.

Honours

Udinese
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