Luca Saudati
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | January 18, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
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| Position(s) | Left Winger, Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Spezia | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | A.C. Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2001 | A.C. Milan | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Lugano (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Monza (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Lecco (loan) | 22 | (8) |
| 1998–1999 | → Como (loan) | 30 | (11) |
| 1999–2000 | → Empoli (loan) | 29 | (17) |
| 2000–2001 | → Perugia (loan) | 25 | (7) |
| 2001–2006 | Atalanta | 56 | (7) |
| 2002–2003 | → Empoli (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Empoli (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2006 | → Lecce (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Empoli | 97 | (23) |
| 2010–2011 | Spezia | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 28, 2009 | |||
Luca Saudati (born January 18, 1978 in Milan) is an Italian football player.
Football career
Saudati started his career at the A.C. Milan youth system. After relatively unsuccessful loan stints at various clubs - including AC Lugano of the Swiss Super League, Monza of Serie B, Lecco and Como of Serie C1, Empoli of Serie B and Perugia of Serie A - he eventually joined Atalanta of Serie A in June 2001, tagged for 18 billion Italian lire.[1] as part of Massimo Donati and Cristian Zenoni's deal to Milan for 60 billion lire.[2]
However, after scoring no goals in a whole season for Atalanta, he was loaned out again to Empoli of Serie A in the summer of 2002 after poor performance. He broke his leg in November, ruling him out of training and play.[3] When he returned to Atalanta in the summer of 2003, they had dropped to Serie B; despite them being promoted that season, he made just 5 appearances and was loaned once again to Empoli of Serie B in January 2005.
He returned to Atalanta once again on summer 2005, again in Serie B. He scored 3 goals in 12 games before loaned out again to Serie A team U.S. Lecce, to join his former coach Silvio Baldini while at Empoli 2002-03,[4] but soon Baldini was sacked by the club[5] and Saudati only made 4 appearances in Serie A.
Fortunes changed for Saudati in the summer of 2006. He joined Empoli of Serie A on free transfer on summer 2006, and signed 3 year contract,[6] where he became team-topscorer of 2006-07 season with 14 league goals and 4 in the Italian Cup. Saudati's natural position is left winger but during his time at Empoli enjoyed much success as a second striker.
Saudati was, not surprisingly, voted into the 2006-07 Italian PFA Giocatori Squadra Di Anno (Italy's PFA player's team of the season) whilst he also became Empoli's player of the year and received an award for most improved player in the 2006–07 season.
Honours
- Empoli
Footnotes
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- ↑ UEFA.com (Wednesday, 4 January 2006)
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- ↑ uefa.com (Thursday, 20 July 2006)
External links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- Italian footballers
- Sportspeople from Milan
- A.C. Milan players
- A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 players
- Calcio Lecco 1912 players
- Calcio Como players
- Empoli F.C. players
- A.C. Perugia Calcio players
- Atalanta B.C. players
- U.S. Lecce players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Association football forwards
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- AC Lugano players
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
