Ferdinando Coppola

Ferdinando Coppola

Coppola in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Ferdinando Coppola
Date of birth	(1978-06-10) 10 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1990–1996	Napoli
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Napoli	22	(0)
2000–2003	Roma	0	(0)
2003–2006	Ascoli	69	(0)
2004–2005	→ Reggina (loan)	2	(0)
2006–2008	Milan	0	(0)
2006–2007	→ Piacenza (loan)	42	(0)
2007–2008	→ Atalanta (loan)	38	(0)
2008–2010	Atalanta	30	(0)
2010–2013	Milan	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Siena (loan)	40	(0)
2011–2012	→ Torino (loan)	22	(0)
2013	Torino	1	(0)
2013–2014	Milan	0	(0)
2014–2015	Bologna	30	(0)
2015–2018	Hellas Verona	1	(0)
Total		297	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2016

Ferdinando Coppola (born 10 June 1978) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Early career

Coppola's career began at native club Napoli, he was used as a backup goalkeeper for Giuseppe Taglialatela, Luca Mondini and Alessio Bandieri. In June 2000, he joined Roma as backup to Francesco Antonioli.

Ascoli

He transferred to Serie B team Ascoli in the summer of 2003, making one appearance before being sent to Serie A team Reggina on loan, playing further two games.

He returned to Ascoli in 2004, and made 28 appearances, plus two more in play-offs, helping Ascoli achieve promotion back to Serie A. During the 2005–06 season, Coppola played all of the 38 Serie A fixtures, and saw Ascoli finish twelfth place in the table.

Milan and Piacenza

Coppola was signed by A.C. Milan in June 2006, for €200,000, ^[1] as a replacement for their third choice goalkeeper Valerio Fiori, who was set to retire from professional football. Coppola was to compete with Željko Kalac for this position.

He played a few friendly matches with A.C. Milan, but was sent back to Serie B, to play for Piacenza, because Fiori delayed his retirement.

Atalanta

In the summer of 2007, he was loaned to Atalanta in Serie A.

In June 2008, Atalanta bought half of the rights from Milan for €750,000. ^[2]

Siena

After Atalanta were relegated, Milan bought him back for €200,000 ^[3] and loaned him to Siena. ^[4] Two days later Siena sold Gianluca Curci to Sampdoria.

Torino

On 30 June 2011, Torino announced the signing of Coppola on a temporary basis from Milan. ^[5] Before the start of the 2012–13, Coppola was sentenced to a six-month ban, later reduced to four months on appeal, for his involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal. ^[6] After serving the ban, during the January transfer window he re-joined Torino, this time on a permanent deal. ^[7]

Back in Milan

On 19 August 2013, he was re-signed by Milan. ^[8]

Bologna

On 8 July 2014, Coppola moved to Bologna. ^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 December 2016 ^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Napoli	1996–97	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	1997–98		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	1998–99	Serie B	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	1999–00		16	0	1	0	—		—		17	0
	2000–01	Serie A	3	0	2	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		22	0	3	0	—		—		25	0
Bologna (loan)	2000–01	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2001–02		0	0	4	0	—		—		4	0
	2002–03		0	0	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Ascoli	2003–04	Serie B	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	2004–05		30	0	0	0	—		—		30	0
	2005–06	Serie A	38	0	2	0	—		—		40	0
	Total		69	0	3	0	—		—		72	0
Reggina (loan)	2003–04	Serie A	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Piacenza (loan)	2006–07	Serie B	42	0	1	0	—		—		43	0
Atalanta	2007–08	Serie A	38	0	0	0	—		—		38	0
	2008–09		22	0	1	0	—		—		23	0
	2009–10		8	0	1	0	—		—		9	0
	Total		68	0	2	0	—		—		70	0
Milan	2012–13	Serie A	—		0	0	—		—		0	0
Siena (loan)	2010–11	Serie B	40	0	2	0	—		—		42	0
Torino (loan)	2011–12	Serie B	22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
Torino	2012–13	Serie A	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Milan	2013–14	Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Bologna	2014–15	Serie B	30	0	1	0	—		0	0	31	0
Hellas Verona	2015–16	Serie A	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	2016–17	Serie B	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2017–18	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
	Total		1	0	2	0	—		—		3	0
Career total			297	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	319	0

References

1. "AC Milan 2006 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
2. "AC Milan Group 2008 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
3. "AC Milan Group 2010 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
4. "Arriva Coppola in prestito". AC Siena (in Italian). 30 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.^{[ dead link ‍]}
5. Coppola Al Toro Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine . Torino FC . torinofc.it. 30 June 2011.
6. "Ridotta la squalifica a Ferdinando Coppola: dall'8 dicembre potrà tornare al calcio giocato". Goal (website) (in Italian). PERFORM Media Sales. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
7. "Coppola al Torino" (in Italian). Torino FC. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
8. "Ufficiale: Coppola è un giocatore del Milan". milannews.it (in Italian). 19 August 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
9. "Coppola al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna FC 1909. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
10. "Italy – F. Coppola". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

External links

• Profile at assocalciatori.it (in Italian)