Domenico Morfeo
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 16 January 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Pescina, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Retired | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | Atalanta | 83 | (22) |
| 1997–2002 | Fiorentina | 46 | (7) |
| 1998–1999 | → Milan (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | → Cagliari (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Verona (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2001 | → Atalanta (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Internazionale | 17 | (1) |
| 2003–2008 | Parma | 101 | (16) |
| 2008–2009 | Brescia | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | Cremonese | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | San Benedetto dei Marsi | ||
| National team | |||
| 1995–1997 | Italy U21 / Olympic | 7 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Domenico Morfeo (born 16 January 1976 in Pescina) is a retired Italian football player, who played as midfielder, usually as an attacking midfielder. Throughout his career, he played for several clubs in Italy, and also spent short spells at many top Italian clubs. At international level, he represented the Italy national under-21 football team. A highly skilful and creative playmaker, with an eye for goal, he was regarded as one of Italy's most promising players in his youth, but he failed to live up to his potential in his later career.
Born in Pescina, Abruzzo, after joining the Atalanta B.C. youth academy in 1988, at the age of 14, Morfeo enjoyed a highly successful youth career with the Bergamo primavera squad, under manager Cesare Prandelli, winning the Campionato Allievi in 1992, and later the Trofeo Dossena, the Campionato Nazionale Primavera, and the Torneo di Viareggio in 1993, establishing himself as one of Italy's most promising under-21 players.
Morfeo subsequently began his professional career when he was promoted to the Atalanta B.C. senior side, making his Serie A debut with the club later that year, at the age of 17, on 19 December, in a 2–1 home win over Genoa. he scored his first two goals for the club after coming on as a substitute against Lecce, helping Atalanta to come back from behind to earn a 3–3 draw; he finished the 1993–94 season with 9 appearances and 3 goals.
After helping Atalanta to gain Serie A promotion during the 1994–95 Serie B season under manager Emiliano Mondonico, Morfeo soon came to prominence with the club during the 1995–96 season alongside Christian Vieri, scoring 11 goals in 30 league appearances, at the age of 19. The following season, he scored less frequently, managing only five goals, but provided several assists for his new attacking partner Filippo Inzaghi; together, they formed a formidable offensive partnership, and Inzaghi finished the season as the league's top-scorer.
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