Massimo Loviso

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Massimo Loviso
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Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-09) 9 April 1984 (age 27)
Place of birth Bentivoglio, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Crotone
Number 21[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Bologna 57 (2)
2006–2007 Sambenedettese (loan) 31 (0)
2007–2009 Livorno 57 (6)
2009–2011 Torino 17 (0)
2010 Lecce (loan) 5 (0)
2011 Crotone (loan) 13 (0)
2011– Crotone 0 (0)
National team
2004 Italy U20 3 (0)
2004–2005 Italy U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Massimo Loviso (born 9 April 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Crotone.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Bologna

Born in Bentivoglio, the Province of Bologna, Loviso started his career at Bologna F.C. 1909. After made his debut on 8 November 2003, a 0-0 draw with Brescia as starter, Loviso mainly played as backup.

[edit] Livorno

In June 2007, he joined Serie A side Livorno[2] in co-ownership deal. He only made 16 starts in the first season. Loviso followed the team relegated to Serie B after Livorno bought him outright in June 2008. Partnered with Alessandro Diamanti and Antonio Candreva in the midfield, he won promotion back to Serie A.

[edit] Torino

In August 2009, he was signed by newly relegated Serie B side Torino.[3]

During 2009-10 season, Ultras of Torino attacked the players during David Di Michele's birthday party.[4][5] After the incident the players involved: Di Michele, Loviso, Riccardo Colombo, Aimo Diana, Marco Pisano, Francesco Pratali, Paolo Zanetti were transferred to other clubs and only Rolando Bianchi, Matteo Rubin and Angelo Ogbonna were remained.

He left for Lecce along with Di Michele on 1 February.[6] He returned to Turin in 2010-11 season but trained with its Primavera youth team.[7] In January 2011 he left for Crotone and on 20 July 2011 Torino terminated his contract in order to join Crotone on free transfer.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.legaserieb.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=72b81e95-5c5b-4367-ab2c-f87312a2bea9&groupId=115051
  2. ^ Fabio Giorgi (2007-06-26). "Boom di punte a Livorno" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Primo_Piano/2706speciale/livorno.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  3. ^ "Loviso è del Toro" (in Italian). Torino FC. 2009-08-06. http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/4989/61/. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  4. ^ Fabrizio Turco (2010-01-07). "Il Torino è senza pace Ora si parla di sciopero" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/07-01-2010/torino-senza-pace-602573468254.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  5. ^ "Torino fans in player restaurant attack". Soccernet. 2010-01-07. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=722099&cc=4716. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  6. ^ "Di Michele e Loviso al Lecce" (in Italian). Torino FC. 2010-02-01. http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/5887/61/. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  7. ^ "Primavera: vittoria 2-1 ad Empoli" (in Italian). Torino FC. 4 December 2010. http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/7434/118/. Retrieved 5 January 2011. 

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