Massimo Luongo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Massimo Corey Luongo | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | ||
| 2011 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Swindon Town | 76 | (10) |
| 2015– | Queens Park Rangers | 59 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Australia | 24 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2017 |
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Massimo Corey Luongo (born 25 September 1992) is an Australian international football player who plays as a midfielder for English club Queens Park Rangers and the Australian national team.
Born in Sydney, Luongo played youth football for APIA Leichhardt Tigers before moving to England to play for Tottenham Hotspur, where he started his professional career. Following a loan spell at Ipswich Town, he played on loan at Swindon Town, a move which was eventually made permanent. He joined current club Queens Park Rangers in 2015.
Luongo has played for the Australia national team since 2014 and has made eighteen appearances. He was a member of the squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and played a central role in Australia winning the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, where he scored in the final and was named player of the tournament.
Luongo was born in Sydney. His father Mario is of Italian heritage and mother Ira Luongo is of Indonesian heritage. He attended Waverley College where he won the championship in 2009. He is the youngest of three children; he has a sister Angela and a brother Tiziano. In addition to holding an Australian passport, Luongo also has an Italian passport.
Luongo signed for Tottenham Hotspur in January 2011 after impressing on trial, and went on to make nine appearances for the under-18 team during the 2010–11 Premier Academy League season, scoring three goals. He made his only appearance for the first team on 20 September 2011 in a 7–6 penalty shootout loss to fellow Premier League club Stoke City in the third round of the League Cup, replacing Sandro after 70 minutes. Luongo had his penalty attempt saved by Thomas Sørensen, resulting in the defeat.
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