Corrado Colombo

Corrado Colombo

Personal information
Full name	Corrado Mario Colombo
Date of birth	(1979-08-03) 3 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Vimercate, Italy
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1996–1998	Atalanta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Atalanta	20	(3)
1999–2000	→ Pistoiese (loan)	26	(2)
2000–2001	Internazionale	1	(0)
2000–2001	→ Torino (loan)	21	(2)
2001–2002	Atalanta	22	(1)
2002–2006	Sampdoria	40	(3)
2004	→ Piacenza (loan)	23	(3)
2004–2005	→ Livorno (loan)	19	(3)
2005	→ Ascoli (loan)	6	(0)
2006–2007	Brescia	18	(0)
2007–2008	Spezia	34	(8)
2008	Pisa	12	(2)
2008–2009	Bari	16	(3)
2009–2010	Verona	23	(3)
2010–2011	Spezia	27	(3)
2011	Pistoiese	7	(1)
2012–2025	Tuttocuoio
2016–2017	Pistoiese	49	(12)
2017–2018	Quarrata
International career
1999–2001	Italy U-21	9	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Corrado Mario Colombo (born 3 August 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Atalanta, Inter and loans

Colombo started his career at the famous youth rank of Atalanta. He made his debut on Serie B and for the club in 1998–99 season, and then joined Pistoiese (Serie B). He was signed by the giant Internazionale in the summer of 2000 ^[1] in co-ownership deal. He made his Serie A debut on 1 October 2000 against Reggina Calcio, and four other appearances at Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup match, in which he scored.

In October, he was on loan to Torino Calcio (Serie B) along with Sixto Peralta, due to there being too many strikers on the squad.

He failed to return to Inter, but was sold back to Atalanta, this time in the Serie A.

His first ever Serie A season as regular was fair, in which he made 22 appearances.

Sampdoria and loans

In summer 2002, Sampdoria (Serie B) signed Colombo in a co-ownership deal, for 5.25 billion lire (€2,711,399). ^[2] He is one of the players who helped the club to be promoted, by playing 27 games.

But his third Serie A season with his third Serie A club was bitter, he made just 2 appearances before the winter break.

Colombo was loaned to Piacenza (Serie B), Livorno (Serie A) and Ascoli (Serie A), for exactly two seasons. The latter two were newcomers to the Serie A at that time, and Piacenza was also new to Serie B since being relegated.

He returned to Sampdoria in January 2006, due to injuries of Emiliano Bonazzoli, when he made 12 appearances, without a goal. ^[3]

Brescia, Spezia and Pisa

In June 2006, Atalanta gave up the remain registration rights of Colombo to Sampdoria for free, ^[2] while the "Blue-Black" also forced to sell Biagio Pagano to Sampdoria after no agreement was formed and a lower bid thereafter . But it saw Colombo sent to Brescia (Serie B) in a co-ownership deal on 29 August 2006, for a peppercorn fee of €500. Likes previous times, he failed to score regularly.

On 29 January 2007, Spezia (Serie B) signed Colombo, from Brescia, with Sampdoria retained 50% registration rights, ^[4] as an emergency signing. He finally scored regularly, scoring 8 goals in 18 games, which kept the place of Serie B for Spezia.

He then transferred to Pisa Calcio in January 2008. Pisa paid €200,000 to Spezia to acquire its portion of registration rights. ^[5] In June 2008 Sampdoria gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Pisa for free.

Bari, Verona and Spezia

On 1 September 2008, he was signed by Bari in 2-year contract. ^[6] On 31 August 2009, he signed a 2-year contract with Verona, ^{[7] [8]} after rule out from Bari first team. In August 2010 Colombo was released. ^[9] Two days later Colombo was re-signed by Spezia. ^[10]

Serie D

On 25 August 2011 Colombo was signed by Serie D club U.S. Pistoiese 1921. ^[11] However, after only 1 goal in 7 games, he was released. ^[12]

International career

Colombo was a member of the Italy national under-21 football team.

Career statistics

Club

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	Atalanta	Serie B	20	3	?	?			?	?
1999–2000	Pistoiese		26	2	?	?			?	?
2000–01	Internazionale	Serie A	1	0	2	0	1	1	51	1
2000–01	Torino	Serie B	22	2					22	2
2001–02	Atalanta	Serie A	22	1	?	?			?	?
2002–03	Sampdoria	Serie B	27	3	?	?			?	?
2003–04		Serie A	2	0	?	?			?	?
2003–04	Piacenza	Serie B	23	4					?	?
2004–05	Livorno	Serie A	19	3	?	?			?	?
2005–06 [13]	Ascoli		6	0	0	0			6	0
	Sampdoria		12	0	3	2			15	2
2006–07 [14]	Brescia	Serie B	18	0	1	1			19	1
	Spezia		17	8					182	8
2007–08 [15]			17	1	1	1			18	1
	Pisa		11	1					133	2
2008–09			1	1	1	1			2	1
	Bari		16	3					16	3
2009–10	Verona	Prima Divisione	23	3	24	1			29	4
2010–11 [16]	Spezia		27	3	0	0			27	3
2011–12 [17]	Pistoiese	Serie D	7	1	0	0			7	1
	Tuttocuoio
Career total			317	39	?	?	1	1	?	?

¹Include one match at 2000 Supercoppa Italiana.
²Include one match at Relegation play-off.
³Include two matches and one goals at Relegation play-off
⁴All in 2009–10 Coppa Italia Lega Pro ^{[18] [19] [20] [21]
5}Include four matches in Promotion play-off

Honours

Inter

• Supercoppa Italiana (Runner-up): 2000

Torino

• Serie B: 2000–01

Bari

• Serie B: 2008–09

References

1. "ARRIVA IL GIOVANE COLOMBO DALL'ATALANTA" (in Italian). inter.it. 24 June 2000. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
2. Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2006 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
3. "Sampdoria hit by Bonazzoli blow". UEFA. 2 January 2006.
4. UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2007 (in Italian)
5. UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (in Italian)
6. "Il Bari prende Colombo" (in Italian). AS Bari. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
7. "Calciomercato, Corrado Colombo all'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
8. "Carobbio al Grosseto in prestito" (in Italian). AS Bari. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
9. "Rescissione del contratto per Corrado Colombo". Hellas Verona FC (in Italian). 6 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
10. "Mercato: Corrado Colombo è il nuovo attaccante dello Spezia". Spezia Calcio (in Italian). 8 August 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
11. "Gran colpo arancione, ecco Corrado Colombo". US Pistoiese 1921 (in Italian). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
12. "Si interrompe il rapporto con Corrado Colombo". US Pistoiese 1921 (in Italian). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
13. "2005–06 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
14. "2006–07 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
15. "2007–08 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
16. "Pagina non trovata".
17. "U.S. Pistoiese 1921". 28 March 2024.
18. Ufficiale, App (8 October 2009). "Hellas Verona-Sambonifacese 2-1". Hellas Verona Official Website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
19. "Hellas Verona-Como 6-0". Hellas Verona Official Website. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
20. Ufficiale, App (11 November 2009). "HELLAS VERONA-POTENZA 0-1". Hellas Verona Official Website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018.
21. Ufficiale, App (1 December 2009). "Lumezzane-Hellas Verona 2-3". Hellas Verona Official Website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.

External links

• Profile at Football.it (in Italian)
• archivio.inter.it
• National team Statistics at FIGC (in Italian)