Gianluca Comotto

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Gianluca Comotto
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Comotto
Date of birth October 16, 1978 (1978-10-16) (age 29)
Place of birth    Ivrea, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre/right back
Club information
Current club Torino
Number 2
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1996
1996-1997
1997-2005
1999-2001
2003
2004
2005-2006
2005-2006
2006-		 Ivrea
Biellese
Torino
→ Vicenza (loan)
→ AC Fiorentina (loan)
→ Reggina (loan)
Roma
→ Ascoli (loan)
Torino		 23 (1)
30 (0)
96 (4)
47 (3)
15 (0)
14 (0)
00 (0)
31 (2)
35 (3)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 08:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Gianluca Comotto (born 16 October 1978 in Ivrea) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Torino F.C. of Serie A.

[edit] Club career

Comotto started his career at Ivrea of Serie D. He then played one season for Biellese, also in Serie D.

He joined Torino in summer 1997, and played 12 games in two Serie B seasons. After Torino won promotion to Serie A, he was farmed to Vicenza, where he won promotion again. He made his Serie A debut during on loan at Vicenza on 1 October 2000, in a match against AC Milan. Comotto returned to Torino in summer 2001, and played his first Serie A season for Torino.

Torino relegated in summer 2003, and Comotto successively played for Reggina (Serie A) and Fiorentina (Serie B), and then returned to Torino in 2004. Comotto helped the team won promotion back to Serie A again.

However, because of the cancellation of Torino because of economic troubles, Comotto was released for free in the summer of 2005. Thus, he signed a 3-years long contract with AS Roma, and loaned him to Ascoli until the end of the 2005-06 season at the same day and loaned by to Turin in summer 2006. Turin bought back 50% ownership in January 2007 for €1.05 million [1] and Torino got full ownership in summer 2007.

Comotto captained Torino in 2007–08 season, but his season came to early end at March 2008 due to injuries.

[edit] Honours and awards

  • Serie B Runner-up: 1999 ,2005 (Torino)

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