Luigi Turci Explained

Luigi Turci
Height:1.90 m
Birth Date:27 January 1970
Birth Place:Cremona, Italy
Currentclub:Milan (goalkeeping coach)
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1987–1990
Youthclubs1:Cremonese
Years1:1990–1996
Caps1:134
Goals1:0
Clubs1:Cremonese
Years2:1990–1991
Caps2:33
Goals2:0
Clubs2:Treviso (loan)
Years3:1991–1992
Caps3:34
Goals3:0
Clubs3:Alessandria (loan)
Years4:1996–2002
Caps4:169
Goals4:0
Clubs4:Udinese
Years5:2002–2005
Caps5:38
Goals5:0
Clubs5:Sampdoria
Years6:2005–2007
Caps6:62
Goals6:0
Clubs6:Cesena
Totalcaps:470
Totalgoals:0

Luigi Turci (born 27 January 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He retired after the 2006–07 season. His last club was Cesena in Serie B. He is currently active as goalkeeping coach of A.C. Milan.

Football career

He started his career at native club Cremonese. After loaned to Treviso and Alessandria (Serie C1), he became Cremonese no.1 goalkeeper, and helped the team gain promotion to Serie A in 1993.

After Cremonese were relegated to Serie B in 1996, he joined Udinese of Serie A, still remaining the first choice goalkeeper of the team.

He moved again in 2002, this time to U.C. Sampdoria. He made 33 appearances during the 2002–03 Serie A season. However, following the arrival of Francesco Antonioli from A.S. Roma in 2003, Turci was forced to become the second choice goalkeeper, and made just five appearances in the next two seasons.

In 2005, he joined Cesena in Serie B for whom he played 62 league games before hanging up his boots in 2007.

Throughout his career, Turci played a total of 271 Serie A games between 1993 and 2004.

Style of play

During his career, Turci stood out for his penalty–stopping abilities; he saved 12 spot kicks in 271 appearances over the course of his eleven seasons in the Italian top–flight, the joint–ninth–most penalties saved in Serie A history, alongside Emiliano Viviano, Massimo Taibi, and Giuseppe Taglialatela.[1]

Honours

Udinese

2000[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Handanovic come Pagliuca, la classifica dei migliori pararigori della storia della Serie A. sport.sky.it. Italian. 12 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Udinese 4 - 2 Sigma (Aggregate: 6 - 4) . UEFA. 22 August 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040623195839/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D2000/Round%3D1469/match%3D65597/index.html . 16 April 2020. 2004-06-23 .