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Giuseppe De Luca (footballer)

Giuseppe De Luca
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Personal information
Full name Giuseppe De Luca
Date of birth (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 25)
Place of birth Angera, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
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.


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