Salvatore Sirigu
Italian footballer (born 1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Salvatore Sirigu Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre ˈsiːriɡu], Sardinian: [saɾβaˈðɔɾɛ ˈziɾiɣu]; born 12 January 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük.
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Full name | Salvatore Sirigu[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1987-01-12) 12 January 1987 (age 37)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nuoro, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Fatih Karagümrük | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Venezia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Palermo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2011 | Palermo | 69 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | → Cremonese (loan) | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | → Ancona (loan) | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain | 145 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Sevilla (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | → Osasuna (loan) | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Torino | 141 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Genoa | 37 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Napoli | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Fiorentina | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Nice | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Fatih Karagümrük | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Italy U19 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2021 | Italy | 28 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:49, 7 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:04, 8 September 2021 (UTC) |
Sirigu began his career with Venezia, and then Palermo. In 2011, he moved to Paris Saint-Germain. Twice voted the Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year, his honours at the club include four consecutive league titles and all four domestic competitions in both the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. After spending the 2016–17 season on loan to Sevilla and Osasuna, he was signed by Torino in 2017. He played 152 games with Torino, then had brief spells at Genoa, Napoli and Fiorentina.
A former Italy youth international, Sirigu made his Italy senior debut in 2010, and was selected for UEFA Euro 2012 (finishing in second place), the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup (finishing in third place), the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020, winning the latter tournament.