Angelo Palombo
Italian retired professional footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Angelo Palombo Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo paˈlombo]; born 25 September 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Throughout his club career, he played for Fiorentina, Sampdoria, and Inter Milan in Serie A. The vast majority of that time was spent at Sampdoria where he was club captain and played a total of nearly 15 years.
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Full name | Angelo Palombo[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1981-09-25) 25 September 1981 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ferentino, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–[3] | AS Ferentino | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998[4] | Urbania Calcio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999[4] | Fano | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001[4] | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Fiorentina | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2017 | Sampdoria | 411 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 424 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Italy U20 | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Italy U21 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2011 | Italy | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Palombo won 22 caps for Italy at full international level between 2006 and 2011, and represented his nation at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, also winning a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.