Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 October 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Angera, Italy | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pergolettese | ||
Number | 91 | ||
Youth career | |||
Varese | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Varese | 49 | (13) |
2012–2013 | → Atalanta (loan) | 18 | (2) |
2013–2018 | Atalanta | 17 | (4) |
2014–2017 | → Bari (loan) | 92 | (17) |
2017 | → Vicenza (loan) | 17 | (4) |
2017–2018 | → Virtus Entella (loan) | 37 | (7) |
2018–2021 | Virtus Entella | 70 | (13) |
2018–2019 | → CFR Cluj (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Triestina | 26 | (4) |
2022– | Catania | 38 | (8) |
2024– | → Pergolettese (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2011–2012 | Italy U20 | 7 | (2) |
2011 | Italy U21 Serie B | 2 | (1) |
2012 | Italy U21 | 4 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2024 |
Giuseppe De Luca (born 11 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group A club Pergolettese on loan from Catania.
De Luca began the youth career in Varese. He was the joint-top-scorer in 2011 Viareggio Youth Cup, along with Internazionale's Simone Dell'Agnello. He made his first team debut in a friendly match. [1] Since then he played 4 Serie B matches and scored 1 goal. He then became one of Varese's key players in the two following campaigns.
On 30 August 2012, De Luca joined Atalanta on loan for the 2012–13 Serie A season. [2] As part of the deal, Atalanta's Moussa Koné moved in the opposite direction. [3] He made his Serie A debut on 18 September, against Milan. His top flight goal came on 4 November, the last of a 2–1 away win over Sampdoria. He appeared regularly for La Dea, mainly as a backup to Germán Denis.
On 18 June 2013, Atalanta decided to buy him outright and activated the buyout clause in the loan deal. He went loaned to Serie B side Bari along with a teammate Matteo Contini on 20 July 2014. [4]
On 7 July 2018, he joined Romanian club CFR Cluj on loan from Virtus Entella, who bought out his rights from Atalanta following the conclusion of the 2017–18 season. [5] [6]
On 26 July 2021, he joined Serie C club Triestina. [7]
On 19 January 2024, De Luca moved on loan to Pergolettese. [8]
De Luca played once for the Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in 2010–11 season, scored a goal. He also played twice for the U20 national team in 2010–11 season.
In 2011–12 season De Luca played once for Italy U21 Serie B team in October. On 9 November 2011, he scored one goal for Italy U20 in a 3–0 victory over Ghana. [9] He also started the next match, the fifth game of Four Nations Tournament against Switzerland; the unofficial friendly against "U21 Serie B team" in December 2011; [10] against Macedonia in January 2012; 6th match of Four Nations, against Germany in February 2012 and in April 2012 against Denmark.
In April 2012 De Luca received his first formal U21 call-up, De Luca already received a call-up to training camp in March [11] (which he played the practice match against Frosinone. [12] [13] ). Ciro Ferrara made an experimental squad without U21 regular. [14] [15] After 2 players withdrew, [16] the team did not have Serie A players, but three players from the reserve team of the Serie A club [17] and 16 Serie B players. Despite inferior, Italy won Scotland 4–1. [18] De Luca played the match as the substitute of Nicola Sansone.
CFR Cluj
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