Carl Valeri
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Valeri | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
| Number | 48 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001 | AIS | ||
| 2002–2004 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → SPAL (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | Grosseto | 133 | (7) |
| 2010– | Sassuolo | 43 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2001 | Australia U-17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Australia U-20 | 12 | (1) |
| 2004 | Australia U-23 | 15 | (1) |
| 2007– | Australia | 43 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:47, 30 May 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:14, 11 October 2011 (UTC) | |||
Carl Valeri (born 14 August 1984 in Canberra) is a professional Australian football (soccer) defensive midfielder who currently plays for Sassuolo in the Italian Serie B. He is also a member of the Australia national football team.
Biography
Valeri is the son of former Australian National Soccer League player Walter Valeri.[1]
Club career
He grew up in Canberra and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport on a football (soccer) scholarship.
In 2002, Valeri was signed as a teenager by Italian giants Inter Milan. He was loaned out to various clubs in Italy to gain further experience, including Grosseto, and both football clubs owned 50 percent of his contract from summer 2005 until June 2007, when Grosseto bought all the rights by blind auction between the two clubs.[2] In January 2010 Valeri joined Sassuolo in co-ownership for Euro 250.000 fee. Representing Australia in the starting 11 for the 2010 World Cup is his greatest achievement to date.[3]
International career
Valeri has played for Australia at all international youth levels; Under-17, Under-20 and Under-23.
He captained the Australian Under-17 team, the 'Joeys', at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and competed with the Under-23 squad, the 'Olyroos', at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
After being an unused substitute in an 2007 Asian Cup qualifier against Bahrain in 2006, the 22 year old received his second call up to the senior Australian national team in March 2007, as a replacement for the injured defensive midfielder Vince Grella.
He made his international debut on 24 March 2007 in a friendly game against China, which Australia won 2–0. This made him the 501st player to be capped for Australia. He made his home debut in a friendly against Uruguay.[4]
Former Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has described Valeri as a key player of the future, and possible successor to Grella. This led to certain sections of the Australian media dubbing him "Mini Vinnie."
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 January 2011 | Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Uzbekistan |
6–0 | Win | 2011 Asian Cup |
References
External links
- Template:It icon US Grosseto profile
- FFA - Socceroo profile
- OzFootball profile
- "Player of the Future" article in The Age
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- Use dmy dates from March 2011
- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Canberra
- Australian soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- SPAL 1907 players
- U.S. Grosseto F.C. players
- F.C. Internazionale Milano players
- Serie B footballers
- 2007 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup players