Sergio Floccari

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Sergio Floccari
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Personal information
Full name Sergio Floccari
Date of birth (1981-11-12) 12 November 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Vibo Valentia, Italy
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 99
Youth career
Nicotera
Catanzaro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Avezzano
1998–2000 Montebelluna 3 (0)
2000–2002 Mestre 4 (0)
2001–2002 → Faenza (loan) 33 (10)
2002–2003 Genoa 9 (1)
2003–2006 Rimini 89 (21)
2006–2007 Messina 45 (5)
2007–2009 Atalanta 67 (20)
2009–2010 Genoa 11 (4)
2010 → Lazio (loan) 17 (8)
2010–2014 Lazio 66 (13)
2011–2012 → Parma (loan) 28 (8)
2014–2016 Sassuolo 50 (7)
2016– Bologna 15 (2)
International career
2010 Italy 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2016

Sergio Floccari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrdʒo ˈflɔkkari]; born 12 November 1981) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Bologna.

Career

Early career

Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth system of Catanzaro. He began senior career with Avezzano and Promozione team Montebelluna before moving up to Serie C2 with Mestre and Faenza. It was at Faenza, under coach Carlo Regno, assistant to 2009–10 Lazio coach Davide Ballardini, that Floccari first bloomed, scoring many goals.

Rise

Following his successful period at Faenza, he joined Genoa in 2002, but did not establish himself as a regular, playing just nine league games and scoring one goal in his first season of Serie B.

Floccari took a step back into Serie C2, joining Rimini in co-ownership deal where he played and scored regularly. His goals contributed to successful promotions as Rimini went from playing in C2 to Serie B during his time there. The club also bought him outright in June 2003.

In January 2006, Floccari's form was rewarded when Serie A strugglers Messina signed him (jointly-signed with Atalanta from Rimini) as they looked to avoid relegation. Floccari scored three times as Messina survived thanks to the Calciopoli scandal. Two of those goals came in a 2–2 draw with Juventus. In June 2006, Messina bought the remain rights from Atalanta. In his first full season of Serie A in 2006–07, Floccari scored only twice as Messina finished last.

Atalanta

The Calabrese striker did not return to Serie B with his Messina teammates though. Atalanta re-signed him for a fee of €1.875 million (€1.675 million plus defender Mariano Stendardo).[2][3]

At Atalanta, Floccari battled for a starting place with the likes of Simone Inzaghi, Antonio Langella and Riccardo Zampagna. Floccari scored his first goal against league champions Inter and after Zampagna's bust-up with coach Luigi Delneri (which resulted in the striker's departure to Vicenza Calcio), Floccari's first-team opportunities increased, and he closed out the 2007–08 season with eight league goals.

In 2008–09, Floccari improved yet again, scoring twelve league goals as Atalanta comfortably finished in mid table.

Return to Genoa

On 1 July 2009, Floccari returned to Genoa, the club he left in 2003 for €9.1 million.[4][5][6] He scored on debut in a 4–1 win over Napoli and scored his first goal in the Europa League against Valencia. Yet on 4 January 2010, despite having scored four league goals, Floccari was struggling to find space in the Genoa attack with coach Gian Piero Gasperini preferring the likes of Giuseppe Sculli and Raffaele Palladino. That transfer windows also saw a three-men three-way swap formed, which Floccari moved to Lazio to replace Goran Pandev who left for Inter on free transfer, and Genoa got David Suazo from Inter. The three strikers all had an unsuccessful days in the first half of the season.

Lazio

As a result, Floccari sealed a loan move to struggling Lazio, for €500,000.[7][8] He made his debut after just one training session and scored twice in a 4–1 win over Livorno. Following that, Floccari made a surprising impact on the team, and was one of the key players in guiding the club to 12th in the league, well clear of the relegation zone. He missed a vital penalty in the defeat against Roma in the vital derby, but made up for it by scoring the winner against former club Genoa seven days later, a result that all but granted Lazio's Serie A status for 2010–11. At the end of season Lazio bought him for €8.5 million in 4-year contract.[7][9] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Parma

On 31 August 2011 Floccari was loaned to Parma for €1.5 million.[10][11]

Return to Lazio

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Sassuolo

On 30 January 2014 Floccari was sold to fellow Serie A club Sassuolo for €2 million.[12][13]

Bologna

On 11 January 2016 Floccari officially joined Serie A club Bologna.[14][15]

International career

In October 2010, the Calabrian attacker receives the first call in the new national coach Cesare Prandelli for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Northern Ireland and Serbia, as a replacement for the injured Alberto Gilardino.

Statistics

As of 24 April 2016.
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1998–99 Montebelluna Promozione 3 0 ? ? 3 0
1999–2000 Mestre Serie C2 0 0 ? ? 0 0
2000–01 4 0 ? ? 4 0
2001–02 Faenza (loan) 33 10 ? ? 33 10
2002–03 Genoa Serie B 9 1 2 0 11 1
2002–03 Rimini Serie C2 13 2 14 21
2003–04 Serie C1 24 10 ? ? 24 102
2004–05 31 7 3 0 34 7
2005–06[16] Serie B 18 2 2 0 20 2
2005–06 Messina Serie A 18 3 18 3
2006–07[17] 27 2 4 0 31 2
2007–08[18] Atalanta 34 8 1 0 35 8
2008–09 33 12 1 0 34 12
2009–10[19] Genoa 11 4 0 0 4 1 15 5
Lazio (loan) 17 8 1 1 18 9
2010–11 Lazio 30 8 1 0 31 8
2011–12 Parma (loan) 28 8 0 0 0 0 28 8
2012–13 Lazio 22 5 4 1 10 4 36 10
2013–14 14 0 1 0 6 4 21 4
2013–14 Sassuolo 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
2014–15 27 2 2 0 0 0 29 2
2014–15 7 4 0 0 0 0 7 4
2015–16 Bologna 15 2 0 0 0 0 15 2
Career total 433 99 22 23 20 9 476 120
1 1 match in 2002–03 playoffs
2 2 matches in 2003–04 playoffs
3 Not included match in Coppa Italia Lega Pro and regional cups
4 Note 1, 2 and 3

Honours

Lazio[20]

References

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  3. ↑ Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2010 (Italian)
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  11. ↑ Parma FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (Italian)
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  16. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2006/giocatori/floccari_ser.shtml
  17. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/floccari_ser.shtml
  18. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/59890.shtml
  19. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/seriea/giocatori/giocatore_sergio_floccari_272659685.shtml
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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