Luca Pellegrini (footballer, born 1963)

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Luca Pellegrini
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-24) 24 March 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Varese, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1980 Varese 26 (1)
1980–1991 Sampdoria 275 (4)
1991–1993 Verona 51 (0)
1993–1994 Ravenna 38 (0)
1994–1995 Torino 14 (0)
Total404(5)
International career
1989 Italy B [1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luca Pellegrini (born 24 March 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Club career

Pellegrini was born in Varese. He played for 11 seasons (262 games, 3 goals) in the Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria, Hellas Verona F.C. and Torino F.C.

International career

Pellegrini represented Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics (a swimmer with the same name also represented Italy at those Olympics).

Personal life

His younger brothers Davide Pellegrini and Stefano Pellegrini also played football professionally. To distinguish them, Luca was referred to as Pellegrini I, Davide as Pellegrini II and Stefano as Pellegrini III.

Honours

Sampdoria

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