Luca Ceccarelli (footballer, born 20 March 1983)

Not to be confused with Luca Ceccarelli (footballer, born 24 March 1983).

Luca Ceccarelli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-03-20) 20 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Massa, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team	Nibbiano
Youth career
	Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Fiorentina	12	(0)
2002–2008	Inter Milan	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Venezia (loan)	0	(0)
2003	A.C. Milan	0	(0)
2003	→ Fermana (loan)	12	(0)
2003–2004	→ Spezia (loan)	12	(0)
2004–2005	→ Pro Patria (loan)	33	(1)
2005–2006	→ Catanzaro (loan)	37	(0)
2006–2007	→ Lucchese (loan)	28	(1)
2007–2008	→ Spezia (loan)	29	(1)
2008–2013	Verona	122	(8)
2013–2015	Spezia	42	(1)
2014	→ Siena (loan)	11	(0)
2015	→ Catania (loan)	19	(0)
2015–2018	Virtus Entella	105	(3)
2018–2019	Pistoiese	28	(0)
2019–2020	Arezzo	14	(0)
2020–2021	Pergolettese	23	(1)
2021–	Nibbiano
International career
2003–2004	Italy U20	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2021

Luca Ceccarelli (born 20 March 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender. He plays for amateur side Nibbiano.

Football career

Fiorentina

Luca Ceccarelli started his career at Fiorentina. He made his Serie A debut against Internazionale, on 25 November 2001, at the age of 18. That season, he played 12 Serie A matches. He rejected a contract extension in April 2002. ^[1] and then on 30 June 2002, Ceccarelli was signed by A.C. Milan. His team-mate Emiliano Moretti joined Juventus on the same day, but the funds raised from these transfers were insufficient to prevent AC Fiorentina's bankruptcy that year.

In July 2002, he was signed by Inter Milan in a €2.58 million co-ownership deal with A.C. Milan (around 5 billion lire). ^[2]

Internazionale

Ceccarelli proved unable to break into the first team in Internazionale and spent his time there on loan. He was loaned to Venezia of Serie B in August 2002, and in January 2003 to Fermana (Serie C1). In the following seasons, he was loaned to Spezia and Pro Patria (Serie C1). In the 2005–06 season, he joined Catanzaro (Serie B). In 2006–07, he was returned to Serie C1 to play for Lucchese. In summer 2007, he rejoined Spezia, this time in Serie B.

Verona

In June 2008, Milan bought back Ceccarelli from Internazionale ^[3] for a nominal fee, Inter made a profit of (€2.49 million) as the club no longer needed to pay for the residual half of the registration rights which already amortized. At the same time, Milan write down €2.58 million for the residual value of the player's contract, as the revenue (and profit if any) of sold in was already treated as full registration rights in 2002 and the retained half was treated as a special asset called "co-ownership asset" with a value of €2.58 million.

He was then sold to Serie C1 team Hellas Verona on 1 September. ^[4]

Spezia

Ceccarelli returned to Spezia again on 3 July 2013 on a two-year contract. ^{[5] [6]} On 31 January 2014 he left for Siena to boost the chance of promotion back to Serie A. ^{[7] [8]} On 20 January 2015 he was signed by Catania. ^[9]

Virtus Entella

On 28 August 2015 Ceccarelli was signed by Virtus Entella. ^[10]

Pistoiese

On 11 October 2018, he joined Pistoiese on a one-year deal with an automatic extension option. ^[11]

Arezzo

On 27 September 2019, he signed a 1-year contract with Arezzo. ^[12]

Pergolettese

On 1 September 2020, he joined Pergolettese. ^[13]

References

1. "Ceccarelli rejects offer". Sky Sports. 2002-04-13. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
2. "MORE TRANSFER MARKET INVOLVING INTER WITH AC MILAN". inter.it. 2002-07-01. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
3. "Transfer market: co-ownership deals". inter.it. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
4. "Chiusa la sessione estiva del calciomercato". Hellas Verona FC (in Italian). 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
5. "Ufficiale: Luca Ceccarelli allo Spezia" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
6. "Mercato: per la difesa aquilotta ecco il ritorno di Luca Ceccarelli" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
7. "Mercato: Luca Ceccarelli passa al Siena" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
8. "Ceccarelli in bianconero" (in Italian). AC Siena. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
9. "Luca Ceccarelli dallo Spezia al Catania, a titolo temporaneo con obbligo di riscatto" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
10. "CECCARELLI IN BIANCOCELESTE A TITOLO DEFINITIVO" (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
11. "Colpo orange per la difesa: ecco Luca Ceccarelli, ex Entella" (in Italian). Pistoiese. 11 October 2018.
12. "Luca Ceccarelli nuovo rinforzo per il Cavallino" (Press release) (in Italian). Arezzo. 27 September 2019.
13. "LUCA CECCARELLI ALLA PERGOLETTESE" (Press release) (in Italian). Pergolettese. 1 September 2020.

External links

• http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/59912.shtml
• Profile at Football.it (in Italian)
• Profile at FIGC (in Italian)