Valerio Virga

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Valerio Virga
Personal information
Full name	Valerio Virga
Date of birth	June 6, 1986 (1986-06-06) (age 22)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.81 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	U.S. Grosseto F.C.
Number	18
Youth clubs
	A.S. Roma
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	A.S. Roma U.S. Città di Palermo Ascoli Calcio 1898 (loan) A.S. Roma →U.S. Grosseto F.C. (loan)	6 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (0) 9 (0)
National team2
2006-	Italy U-21	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of September 3, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Valerio Virga (born June 6, 1986 in Rome) is an Italian footballer, currently playing for U.S. Grosseto F.C., on loan from AS Roma.

[edit] Football career

A product of the AS Roma youth academy and one of the bright prospects of the giallorossi, Virga usually plays as midfielder. He made his Serie A debut on April 10, 2005, in an away league match against Udinese Calcio which ended in a 3-3 draw. He made six appearances in season 2004/2005, but never scored a goal.

In 2005/2006, he was signed by Palermo in a joint ownership with AS Roma, and then loaned to Ascoli Calcio 1898, where he was relegated to the youth squad without playing a game. He returned to AS Roma in 2006/2007.

He scored his first goal for Roma in the Coppa Italia match in the 1/16 final against Triestina on November 29, 2006. Roma won the match 2-0. He played his first Champions League match against Valencia on 5 December, 2006, which Roma won 1-0.

[edit] Internationals

He made his U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21, 12 December 2006, playing in the first half of the match.

[edit] External links

• FIGC (Italian)