Massimo Gobbi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back, Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chievo | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Pro Sesto | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2004 | Treviso | 51 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | → Giugliano (loan) | 33 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | → AlbinoLeffe (loan) | 30 | (7) |
| 2004–2006 | Cagliari | 71 | (5) |
| 2006–2010 | Fiorentina | 81 | (2) |
| 2010–2015 | Parma | 155 | (4) |
| 2015– | Chievo | 16 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:54, 15 December 2015 (UTC). | |||
Massimo Gobbi (born 31 October 1980) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club A.C. Chievo Verona as a defender, or as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Milan, Gobbi started his senior career in fourth-tier Serie C2 club Pro Sesto in 1998.
Treviso
He moved to second-tier Serie B club Treviso in 1999, from where he was loaned out to Giugliano (Serie C2) and AlbinoLeffe (Serie C1). He returned to Treviso in 2003, where he got his breakthrough. He played 44 of 46 games for the club during the 2003–04 Serie B season, after which he moved to the newly promoted club Cagliari Calcio in the top-flight Serie A championship.[1]
He made his Serie A debut on 12 September 2004, in Cagliari's 1–0 win over Bologna, and played 71 of Cagliari's 76 Serie A games over the next two seasons.
Fiorentina
In June 2006, Gobbi was bought back by Treviso but sold to Fiorentina along with Reginaldo on 24 June, and Treviso signed Gianni Guigou as part of the deal.[2] At that time Gobbi was valued €4.3M[3] (costed Viola €4.54M[4]), while Guigou was valued €40,000.[3] (but made Viola received an extra cost saving of €200,000)[4] He scored his first goal for the Fiorentina against Juventus on 1 March 2007.
Parma
On 1 July 2010 he became a free agent,[5] before joining Parma on 18 August 2010.[6] Initially deployed in his natural role as a central midfielder, Gobbi's first season at the club saw him become a regular as a left-back from December 2010 onwards as a consequence of Luca Antonelli's January 2011 departure.
His contract was renewed several time, which his last contract was due to expire on 30 June 2015.[7] However he was released few days earlier due to the bankruptcy of Parma.
Chievo
On 30 June 2015 Gobbi signed a 2-year contract with A.C. Chievo Verona on a free transfer.[8]
International career
Immediately after joining Fiorentina, Gobbi was called up for the Italian national football team.[9] He made his national team debut against Croatia on 16 August 2006, coming on as a substitute for Massimo Ambrosini in the 75th minute.
References
- ↑ "Ufficializzati i contratti di Gobbi e Abeijon". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 15 July 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: Gobbi e Reginaldo alla Fiorentina". tuttomercato.web (in Italian). 24 June 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2006.
- 1 2 Treviso FBC 1993 s.r.l. Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 (Italian)
- 1 2 ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2006 (Italian)
- ↑ "Il saluto di Massimo Gobbi". ACF Fiorentina (in Italian). Viola Channel. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ↑ "Gobbi al Parma" [Gobbi to Parma]. Parma FC (in Italian). 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ↑ PARMA FOOTBALL CLUB S.P.A. IN FALLIMENTO VALUTAZIONE DELLA AZIENDA SPORTIVA
- ↑ "Official: Massimo Gobbi coming to ChievoVerona!". A.C. Chievo Verona. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Donadoni names new-look Italy". UEFA.com. 12 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
External links
- (Italian) FIGC profile
- UEFA profile
- (Italian) AIC profile