Luca Saudati

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Luca Saudati
Personal information
Full name Luca Saudati
Date of birth January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18) (age 30)
Place of birth    Milan, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left Winger
Striker
Club information
Current club Empoli
Number 11
Youth clubs
1994-1996 A.C. Milan
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996-1997

1997-1998

1998-1999
1999-2000

2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007
2007-		 A.C. Milan
Lugano (loan)
Monza (loan)
Lecco (loan)
Como (loan)
Como (loan)
Empoli (loan)
Perugia (loan)
Atalanta
Empoli (loan)
Atalanta
Atalanta
Empoli (loan)
Atalanta
Lecce (loan)
Empoli
Empoli		 1 (0)
4 (1)
4 (0)
22 (8)
28 (11)
2 (0)
29 (17)
25 (7)
20 (0)
7 (2)
19 (4)
5 (0)
19 (3)
12 (3)
4 (0)
34 (14)
8 (2)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 07:02, 5 June 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Luca Saudati (born 18 January 1978 in Milan) is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Empoli.

[edit] Football career

Saudati started his career at the A.C. Milan youth system. After relatively unsuccessful loan stints at various clubs - including AC Lugano of the Swiss Super League, Monza of Serie B, Lecco and Como of Serie C1, Empoli of Serie B and Perugia of Serie A - he eventually joined Atalanta of Serie A in the summer of 2001.

However, after scoring no goals in a whole season for Atalanta, he was loaned out again to Empoli of Serie A in the summer of 2002 after poor performance. He broke his leg in November, ruling him out of training and play.[1] When he returned to Atalanta in the summer of 2003, they had dropped to Serie B; despite them being promoted that season, he made just 5 appearances and was loaned once again to Empoli of Serie B in January 2005.

He returned to Atalanta once again on summer 2005, again in Serie B. He scored 3 goals in 12 games before loaned out again to Serie A team U.S. Lecce, to join his former coach Silvio Baldini while at Empoli 2002-03,[2] but soon Baldini was sacked by the club[3] and Saudati only made 4 appearances in Serie A.

Fortunes changed for Saudati in the summer of 2006. He joined Empoli of Serie A on free transfer on summer 2006, and signed 3 year contract[4], where he became team-topscorer of 2006-07 season with 14 league goals and 4 in the Italian Cup. Saudati's natural position is Left Winger but since arriving at Empoli has enjoyed much success with his goal scoring in a second striker role, similar to that of Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi.

Saudati was, not surprisingly, voted into the 2006-07 Italian PFA Giocatori Squadra Di Anno (Italy's PFA player's team of the season) whilst he also became Empoli's player of the year and received an award for most improved player in the 2006-07 season.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ UEFA.com (Sunday, 3 November 2002). Broken leg rules out Saudati.
  2. ^ UEFA.com (Wednesday, 4 January 2006)
  3. ^ UEFA.com (Monday, 23 January 2006). Lecce aim for third time lucky.
  4. ^ uefa.com (Thursday, 20 July 2006)

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NAME Saudati, Luca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Serie A footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978-01-18
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH
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