Gianluca Pagliuca
Gianluca Pagliuca with Sampdoria in 1989
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gianluca Pagliuca | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Bologna, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1986 | Bologna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1994 | Sampdoria | 198 | (0) |
| 1994–1999 | Internazionale | 165 | (0) |
| 1999–2006 | Bologna | 248 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Ascoli | 23 | (0) |
| Total | 634 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1998 | Italy | 39 | (0) |
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gianluca Pagliuca (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluka paʎˈʎuka]; born 18 December 1966 in Bologna) is an Italian football coach and former professional goalkeeper.
He is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, and one of Italy's best keepers ever. Throughout his career, he played for Sampdoria, Inter, Bologna, and Ascoli in Italy, winning several domestic and international trophies. At international level, he represented Italy at three FIFA World Cups (1990, 1994, and 1998), most notably reaching the 1994 World Cup final as Italy's starting goalkeeper.
He is the fifth highest capped player (592 caps), and the best penalty-stopper (24 saves) in Serie A, although other specialists such as Júlio César and Samir Handanović have a higher success rate.
In his club career, Pagliuca has played for Sampdoria (1987–94), Internazionale (1994–99), Bologna (1999–2006), and Ascoli (2006–07). His most notable successes with Sampdoria include one Cup Winners' Cup and one Scudetto; he also reached a UEFA Champions League final, losing 1–0 to Barcelona in 1992, at Wembley, in spite of his impressive performance.
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