Luca Garritano
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Cosenza, Italy | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cesena | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2011 | Internazionale | ||
2011–2013 | Cesena | ||
2011–2013 | → Internazionale (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012– | Cesena | 86 | (8) |
2012–2013 | → Internazionale (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Modena (loan) | 23 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Italy U16[1][2] | 2 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Italy U18[3] | 7 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Italy U19[3][4] | 7 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Italy U20[3] | 9 | (4) |
2015– | Italy U21[3] | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2016 |
Luca Garritano (born 11 February 1994) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Cesena.
Club career
Internazionale
Born in Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy, Garritano played for F.C. Internazionale Milano from Giovanissimi Nazionali under-15 team in 2008–09 season to Allievi Nazionali U17 team in 2010–11 season.
Cesena
On 30 June–1 July 2011 Garritano (50% registration rights for €700,000[5]) along with Luca Caldirola (50% registration rights for €2.5M[6]) were left for Cesena in co-ownership deals as part of €10.5 million deal to sign Yuto Nagatomo from Cesena.[7] Garritano signed a 3-year contract,[7] the maximum length an under-18 player could sign. On 1 July 2011 Garritano returned to Inter in a temporary deal, for the Berretti U18 team. Garritano scored 10 league goals in the group stage. Garritano also played for Inter Primavera U19 team 8 times. After winning the league title for U18 team, Garritano was included in the reserve A squad for the playoffs round of Primavera reserve league. He played twice, in semi-finals replaced suspended Marko Livaja and again in the final as a substitute for Daniel Bessa. In June 2012 the co-ownership deal was renewed and Garritano remained in Inter reserve for 2012–13 season.
Garritano made his debut on 4 October 2012 in 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Garritano made his debut in Serie A on 21 April in San Siro vs Parma.
In June 2013 the co-ownership of Garritano was renewed again. In July 2013 Garritano joined the pre-season camp of Cesena.[8] Circa his graduation from the youth system his also signed a new professional contract with Cesena.
Garritano made 25 appearances for Cesena in 2013–14 Serie B; he also played 3 times in for the winner of the promotion playoffs. In June 2014 the co-ownership was renewed again. However, he only played 6 times in 2014–15 Serie A; on 9 January 2015 he was signed by Serie B club Modena in a temporary deal.[9]
In June 2015 Cesena acquired the remaining 50% registration rights of Garritano from Internazionale, for another €50,000 fee.[10] Internazaionale, its directors Piero Ausilio and Rinaldo Ghelfi were also fined by the Italian Football Federation in July 2016, for the price tags of Caldirola, Garritano and Nagatomo, for a total fine of €90,000. It was accused by the prosecutor that the price tags were inflated, in order to boost the club's financial positions of 2010–11 and 2011–12 financial year.[11]
International career
Garritano was a member of the Italy U19 team at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification and elite qualification, in which he made 4 appearances.[12] He also played 3 friendlies for the U19 team, including the first match of the season, against Croatia U19.[4][13]
On 8 October 2015 he made his debut with the Italy U21 squad, in a 3–0 win against Slovenia.
In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Luigi Di Biagio.[14]
Honours
- Inter U19
- Inter U18
- Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti (wildcard group): 2012
References
- ^ "TORNEO DELLE NAZIONI: CONCLUSI I GIRONI, OGGI SI GIOCANO LE SEMIFINALI" (in Italian). FIGC. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "TORNEO DELLE NAZIONI: BATTUTA LA CROAZIA, LA FINALE È ITALIA-MESSICO" (in Italian). FIGC. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d FIGC Template:It icon
- ^ a b "Hrvatska pobijedila Italiju u Kostreni" (in Croatian). sportcom.hr. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011, PDF purchased in Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
- ^ F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012, PDF purchased in Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
- ^ a b A.C. Cesena S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011, PDF purchased in Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
- ^ "I convocati per il ritiro di Acquapartita" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "Garritano al Modena" (in Italian). A.C. Cesena. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ A.C. Cesena S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015, PDF purchased in Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°12/AA (2016–17)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ UEFA.com
- ^ Match report Template:Hr icon
- ^ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.