Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paolo De Ceglie | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Aosta, Italy | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back / Left wing-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Juventus | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2006 | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006– | Juventus | 100 | (2) |
2007–2008 | → Siena (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2013–2014 | → Genoa (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Parma (loan) | 11 | (3) |
2015–2016 | → Marseille (loan) | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2009 | Italy U-21 | 15 | (0) |
2008 | Olympic Italy | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:10, 7 February 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 November 2014 |
Paolo De Ceglie (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo de ˈtʃeʎʎe]; born 17 September 1986 in Aosta) is an Italian footballer who plays as a left-back, wing-back, or as a winger for Italian club Juventus.
De Ceglie joined the Juventus youth system as a schoolboy alongside current teammate Claudio Marchisio and idolized veteran left midfielder Pavel Nedvěd. He played in various youth competitions for Juve, including the Campionato Primavera and Coppa Italia Primavera. He scored a hat-trick in Juventus' 5–1 defeat of bitter rivals Internazionale in the 2006 Super Coppa Primavera.
When Juventus were relegated for the 2006–07 season due to the Calciopoli scandal, De Ceglie and fellow youngsters Claudio Marchisio and Sebastian Giovinco were all promoted to the first team. He made his senior team debut on 6 November 2006 for Juventus against Napoli, coming on as a substitute for Nicola Legrottaglie after 55 minutes, with the game eventually ending 1–1. His first ever senior goal came in his second game, as Juventus beat Lecce 4–1. In June 2007 he was loaned out to Serie A side Siena on a co-ownership agreement. He had a successful time there, starting nearly every match when fit and also scored twice and tallied several assists.