Gianluca Sordo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 December 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Carrara, Italy | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1994 | Torino | 117 | (7) |
1988–1989 | → Trento (loan) | 25 | (1) |
1994–1996 | Milan | 12 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Reggiana | 7 | (0) |
1997–1999 | Bari | 12 | (0) |
1998–1999 | → Palermo (loan) | 23 | (2) |
1999 | Cannes | 7 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Montevarchi | 7 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Pisa | 27 | (3) |
2001–2003 | Arezzo | 23 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Aglianese | 27 | (2) |
Total | 287 | (16) | |
National team | |||
1989–1992 | Italy U21 | 18 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Gianluca Sordo (born 2 December 1969) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career[]
Sordo was born in Carrara, Tuscany. He made his professional debuts at not yet 18 with Torino FC, remaining seven seasons with the club. In the final of the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, in the dying minutes of the second leg against AFC Ajax, after a 2–2 draw in Italy, he hit the post in an eventual 0–0 draw (and aggregate loss). In 1993, he appeared in both legs of Toro's conquest of the Coppa Italia, a 5–5 aggregate win over A.S. Roma.[1]
Sordo moved to Serie A giants A.C. Milan for 1994–95, being rarely used by Fabio Capello over the course of two seasons. Subsequently, he did not settle with a team, playing with A.C. Reggiana 1919, A.S. Bari and U.S. Città di Palermo, and also briefly represented AS Cannes in the French Ligue 2.
Sordo retired from football at the age of 34, most of his last years being spent in the lower leagues.
International career[]
Sordo represented Italy under-21s during three years, helping it win the 1992 UEFA European Championship.
Later that year, he played Olympic football in Barcelona with Italy, appearing in three games in an eventual round-of-16 exit at the hands of eventual champions and hosts Spain.
Personal life[]
Sordo married Laura Serra. In early April 2005, he fell into a coma after being attacked by two men in a bar in Marina di Massa, in his native region.[2]
Honours[]
Club[]
Torino
- Coppa Italia: 1992–93; Runner-up 1987–88
- UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1991–92
Milan
International[]
Italy U-21
- UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1992
References[]
- ^ Coppa Italia 1992/93; at RSSSF
- ^ Il calciatore Sordo in coma dopo una rissa in un pub (Footballer Sordo in a coma following pub altercation); La Repubblica, 10 April 2005 (in Italian)
External links[]
- Gianluca Sordo at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- National team data (in Italian)[dead link]
- Gianluca Sordo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Italian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Torino F.C. players
- A.C. Milan players
- A.C. Reggiana 1919 players
- S.S.C. Bari players
- Palermo F.C. players
- Montevarchi Calcio Aquila 1902 players
- Pisa S.C. players
- S.S. Arezzo players
- Ligue 2 players
- AS Cannes players
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Italy
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France