Carl Valeri
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| Carl Valeri | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Carl Valeri | |
| Date of birth | August 14, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Canberra, Australia | |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Grosseto | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2001 2002-2004 |
AIS Internazionale |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004-2005 2005-present |
→ SPAL (loan) Grosseto |
25 (0) 57 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2001 2003 2004 2007-present |
Australia U-17 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia |
13 (1) 12 (1) 15 (1) 8 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carl Valeri (born August 14, 1984 in Canberra) is an Australian football midfielder who currently plays for Grosseto in the Italian Serie B.
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[edit] Club career
Valeri is the son of former Australian National Soccer League player Walter Valeri[1] and his family is of Italian heritage. He grew up in Canberra and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport on a football (soccer) scholarship.
In 2003, Valeri was signed as a teenager by Internazionale. He was loaned out to various clubs in Italy to gain further experience, including Grosseto, and both football clubs owned 50 percent of his contract until June 2007, when Grosseto bought all the rights by blind auction between the two clubs.
[edit] International career
Valeri has played for Australia at all international youth levels; Under-17, Under-20 and Under-23. He captained the Australian Under-17 team, the 'Joeys', at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and competed with the Under-23 squad, the 'Olyroos', at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
After being an unused substitute in an 2007 Asian Cup qualifier against Bahrain in 2006, the 22 year old received his second call up to the senior Australian national team in March 2007, as a replacement for the injured Vince Grella. He made his international debut on March 24, 2007 in a friendly game against China, which Australia won 2-0. This made him the 501st player to be capped for Australia. He made his home debut in a friendly against Uruguay. [2]
Former Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has described Valeri as a key "player of the future" and possible successor to Grella. This led to certain sections of the Australian media dubbing him "Mini Vinnie."
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (Italian) US Grosseto profile
- FFA - Socceroo profile
- Oz Football profile
- "Player of the Future" article in The Age
