Luca Pellegrini (footballer, born 1963)

Luca Pellegrini (born 24 March 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Luca Pellegrini
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-24) 24 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Varese, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 Varese 26 (1)
1980–1991 Sampdoria 275 (4)
1991–1993 Verona 51 (0)
1993–1994 Ravenna 38 (0)
1994–1995 Torino 14 (0)
Total 404 (5)
International career
1989 Italy B[1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Pellegrini was born in Varese. He played for 11 seasons (262 games, 3 goals) in the Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria, Hellas Verona F.C. and Torino F.C.

International career edit

Pellegrini represented Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics (a swimmer with the same name also represented Italy at those Olympics).

Personal life edit

His younger brothers Davide Pellegrini and Stefano Pellegrini also played football professionally. To distinguish them, Luca was referred to as Pellegrini I, Davide as Pellegrini II and Stefano as Pellegrini III.

Honours edit

Sampdoria

References edit

  1. ^ Courtney, Barrie (22 May 2014). "England - International Results B-Team - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2017.