Gianluca Sordo

Gianluca Sordo
Personal information
Date of birth	2 December 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Carrara, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1994	Torino
1988–1989	→ Trento (loan)
1994–1996	Milan
1996–1997	Reggiana
1997–1999	Bari
1998–1999	→ Palermo (loan)
1999	Cannes
1999–2000	Montevarchi
2000–2001	Pisa
2001–2003	Arezzo
2003–2004	Aglianese
Total
International career
1989–1992	Italy U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated November 28, 2024

Gianluca Sordo (born 2 December 1969) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Sordo was born in Carrara, Tuscany. He made his professional debuts at not yet 18 with Torino FC, remaining seven seasons with the club. In the final of the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, in the dying minutes of the second leg against AFC Ajax, after a 2–2 draw in Italy, he hit the post in an eventual 0–0 draw (and aggregate loss). In 1993, he appeared in both legs of Toro's conquest of the Coppa Italia, a 5–5 aggregate win over A.S. Roma.^[1]

Sordo moved to Serie A giants A.C. Milan for 1994–95, being rarely used by Fabio Capello over the course of two seasons. Subsequently, he did not settle with a team, playing with A.C. Reggiana 1919, A.S. Bari and U.S. Città di Palermo, and also briefly represented AS Cannes in the French Ligue 2.

Sordo retired from football at the age of 34, most of his last years being spent in the lower leagues.

International career

Sordo represented Italy under-21s during three years, helping it win the 1992 UEFA European Championship.

Later that year, he played Olympic football in Barcelona with Italy, appearing in three games in an eventual round-of-16 exit at the hands of eventual champions and hosts Spain.

Personal life

In early April 2005, he fell into a coma after being attacked by two men in a bar in Marina di Massa, in his native region.^[2]

Honours

Club

Torino

Coppa Italia: 1992–93; Runner-up 1987–88
UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1991–92

Milan

International

Italy U-21

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1992

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References

↑ Coppa Italia 1992/93; at RSSSF
↑ Il calciatore Sordo in coma dopo una rissa in un pub (Footballer Sordo in a coma following pub altercation); La Repubblica, 10 April 2005 (in Italian)

External links

Gianluca Sordo at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
National team data (in Italian)^{[ dead link ‍]}
Gianluca Sordo – FIFA competition record (archived)

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[1] Coppa Italia 1992/93; at RSSSF

[2] Il calciatore Sordo in coma dopo una rissa in un pub (Footballer Sordo in a coma following pub altercation); La Repubblica, 10 April 2005 (in Italian)

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-12-02) 2 December 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Carrara, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1994	Torino	117	(7)
1988–1989	→ Trento (loan)	25	(1)
1994–1996	Milan	12	(0)
1996–1997	Reggiana	7	(0)
1997–1999	Bari	12	(0)
1998–1999	→ Palermo (loan)	23	(2)
1999	Cannes	7	(0)
1999–2000	Montevarchi	7	(0)
2000–2001	Pisa	27	(3)
2001–2003	Arezzo	23	(1)
2003–2004	Aglianese	27	(2)
Total		287	(16)
International career
1989–1992	Italy U21	18	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals