Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simone Inzaghi | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Piacenza, Italy | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Lazio (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1994 | Piacenza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1999 | Piacenza | 30 | (15) |
1994–1995 | → Carpi (loan) | 9 | (0) |
1995–1996 | → Novara (loan) | 23 | (4) |
1996–1997 | → Lumezzane (loan) | 23 | (6) |
1997–1998 | → Brescello (loan) | 21 | (10) |
1999–2010 | Lazio | 129 | (28) |
2005 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Atalanta (loan) | 19 | (0) |
Total | 240 | (53) | |
National team | |||
1993–1994 | Italy U18 | 4 | (1) |
2000–2003 | Italy | 3 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2016 | Lazio (youth) | ||
2016 | Lazio (caretaker) | ||
2016– | Lazio | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Simone Inzaghi (born 5 April 1976) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker, and the current manager of Lazio.
He played for a host of clubs during his professional career, including Piacenza and Lazio (where he remained for more than a decade, being used irregularly and being later sent on several loan spells). He gained three caps for Italy, during as many years.
Born in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Inzaghi started playing professionally in 1993 with hometown club Piacenza Calcio, although he did not get to play any games with the first team in that season. The following year, he was loaned out to third division side Carpi FC 1909; his first goal arrived in 1995–96, whilst at the service of Novara Calcio in the fourth level.
After two more loan stints, at lowly A.C. Lumezzane and U.S. Brescello, Inzaghi returned to Piacenza and appeared in his first competitive match (also his first Serie A match) during 1998–99. He finished the campaign with 15 goals from 30 appearances.
Inzaghi was signed by S.S. Lazio for the next season, and had a productive first year by scoring seven times in the league and nine in just 11 UEFA Champions League games (including four in a single game against Olympique de Marseille on 14 March 2000, with which he equaled the competition record held by Marco van Basten since 1992). He also made his debut for the Italian national team two weeks later against Spain, as his team went on to win both the Scudetto and the Italian Cup, with the player helping them conquer the latter trophy again in 2004; in September of that year, he extended his contract until June 2009.