Angelo Palombo

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Angelo Palombo
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Personal information
Full name Angelo Palombo
Date of birth 25 September 1981 (1981-09-25) (age 30)
Place of birth Ferentino, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Internazionale
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Fiorentina 10 (0)
2002– Sampdoria 309 (11)
2012– Internazionale (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2006– Italy 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2011

Angelo Palombo (born 25 September 1981, in Ferentino, Province of Frosinone) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Internazionale. Tenacious in the tackle and hard-working on the pitch, he is known for his play-making skills and never-say-die attitude.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Angelo Palombo started his career at Italian amateur side Fano, as a youth player. Fano then sold him to Italian Serie A side Fiorentina and made his Serie A debut on 10 February 2002 against Venezia.

[edit] Sampdoria

He moved to Sampdoria, then in Serie B, on a free transfer in the 2002 summer transfer window when Fiorentina declared bankruptcy and were forced to put their players on sale. After helping the Ligurian club gain promotion that season, he established himself as an integral part of the side. During the 2005–06 season, he scored his first Serie A goal for Sampdoria on 18 January 2006 against his boyhood club Fiorentina and made his European debut in the UEFA Cup in September. Palombo had many very good seasons at the club, leading to him being a regular in the Italian national team. When Sampdoria were again relegated at the end of the 2010-11 season, his future at the club was put into doubt, with many Serie A sides interested but mainly his former club Fiorentina. Palombo, by then the club's captain, said he had no intention to move unless the club wished to sell him and remained at the club.

[edit] Internazionale

On the last day of the January 2012 transfer window, he joined Internazionale on loan for 6 months with an option to buy.

[edit] International career

Palombo was in the Italy U-21 team that won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship and achieved bronze medal of the 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Palombo made his Italy national team debut in the 0–2 defeat to Croatia on August 16, 2006, coming as a substitute for Fabio Liverani in the 58th minute. After a good 2009–10 season at club level, Marcello Lippi named him in the final 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Club statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fiorentina
2001–02 10 0 0 0 - - 10 0
Total 10 0 - - - - 10 0
Sampdoria
2002–03 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2003–04 30 0 0 0 - - 30 0
2004–05 37 0 0 0 - - 37 0
2005–06 31 1 0 0 3 0 34 1
2006–07 36 2 4 0 - - 40 2
2007–08 33 1 0 0 - - 33 1
2008–09 25 2 4 0 2 0 31 2
2009–10 30 2 1 1 - - 31 3
Total 222 8 9 1 5 0 236 9

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