Personal information | |||
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Full name | Giuseppe De Luca | ||
Date of birth | 11 October 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Angera, Italy | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Vicenza (on loan from Atalanta) | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Varese | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Varese | 49 | (13) |
2012–2013 | → Atalanta (loan) | 18 | (2) |
2013– | Atalanta | 17 | (4) |
2014–2016 | → Bari (loan) | 73 | (15) |
2016–2017 | → Bari (loan) | 19 | (2) |
2017– | → Vicenza (loan) | 6 | (3) |
National team | |||
2011–2012 | Italy U20 | 7 | (2) |
2011 | Italy U21 Serie B | 2 | (1) |
2012 | Italy U21 | 4 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2017 (UTC). |
Giuseppe De Luca (born 11 October 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Vicenza on loan from Atalanta.
De Luca was the joint-top-scorer in 2011 Viareggio Youth Cup, along with Internazionale's Simone Dell'Agnello. He made his first team debut in a friendly match. Since then he played 4 Serie B matches and scored 1 goal. He then became one of Varese's key players in the two following campaigns.
On 30 August 2012, De Luca joined Atalanta in a season-long loan, and made his Serie A debut on 18 September, against Milan. His top flight goal came on 4 November, the last of a 2–1 away win over Sampdoria.
On 30 August 2012, De Luca joined Atalanta on loan for the 2012–13 Serie A season. As part of the deal, Atalanta's Moussa Koné moved in the opposite direction. He appeared regularly for La Dea, mainly as a backup to Germán Denis.
On 18 June 2013, Atalanta decided to buy him outright and activated the buyout clause in the loan deal. He went loaned to Serie B side Bari along with a teammate Matteo Contini on 20 July 2014.
De Luca played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in 2010–11 season, scored a goal. He also played twice for Italy national under-20 football team in 2010–11 season.
In 2011–12 season De Luca played once for Italy U21 Serie B team in October. On 9 November 2011, he scored one goal for Italy U20 in a 3–0 victory over Ghana. He also started the next match, the fifth game of Four Nations Tournament against Switzerland; the unofficial friendly against "U21 Serie B team" in December 2011; against Macedonia in January 2012; 6th match of Four Nations, against Germany in February 2012 and in April 2012 against Denmark.