Luca Mezzano Explained

Luca Mezzano
Fullname:Luca Antonino Mezzano
Birth Date:1977 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Turin, Italy
Currentclub:Torino (youth coach)
Years1:1995–1997
Caps1:43
Goals1:3
Years2:1997–2001
Caps2:4
Goals2:0
Years3:1999
Caps3:8
Goals3:0
Clubs3:Perugia (loan)
Years4:1999
Caps4:4
Goals4:0
Clubs4:Verona (loan)
Years5:2000
Caps5:14
Goals5:0
Clubs5:Brescia (loan)
Years6:2000
Caps6:1
Goals6:0
Clubs6:Chievo (loan)
Years7:2001
Caps7:11
Goals7:0
Clubs7:Reggina (loan)
Years8:2001–2005
Caps8:77
Goals8:4
Years9:2005–2006
Caps9:36
Goals9:1
Years10:2007–2009
Caps10:38
Goals10:0
Years11:2007–2008
Caps11:10
Goals11:0
Clubs11:Triestina (loan)
Years12:2009–2010
Caps12:5
Goals12:0
Nationalyears1:1997–2000
Nationalcaps1:19
Nationalgoals1:1

Luca Antonino Mezzano (born 1 August 1977) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a defender. He is youth coach of Torino (responsible for the Esordienti – 13-year-old team).

Club career

Born in Turin, Mezzano started his career at hometown club Torino, and joined Internazionale in 1997. Despite being contracted for four seasons with the Nerazzurri, he only made ten appearances with the club across al competitions and was mostly sent on loan to other teams in Serie A and Serie B. He returned to Torino in 2001, spending four seasons with the club before playing with Bologna, Treviso and Triestina in Serie B. He retired in 2010, aged 33, after a spell at Arezzo in Italy's third division.

He played 71 Serie A games, making his debut against A.S. Roma, on 25 February 1996 and won UEFA Cup in 1997-98 when playing with Inter.

International career

With the Italy youth team, he won the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and was a quarter-finalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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