Angelo Palombo
{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Angelo Palombo
| image = Angelo Palombo.JPG
| caption = Palombo in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ferentino, Italy
| height = 1.77 m{{cite web|title=201718 Angelo Palombo|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/en/player/201718-angelo-palombo-2/|website=U.C. Sampdoria|access-date=6 July 2017}}
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthclubs1 = AS Ferentino
| youthclubs2 = Urbania Calcio
| youthclubs3 = Fano
| youthclubs4 = Fiorentina
| years1 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = Fiorentina | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2002–2017 | clubs2 = Sampdoria | caps2 = 411 | goals2 = 13
| years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = → Inter Milan (loan) | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0
| totalcaps = 424 | totalgoals = 13
| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Italy U20 | nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2002–2004 | nationalteam2 = Italy U21 | nationalcaps2 = 18 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2006–2011 | nationalteam3 = Italy | nationalcaps3 = 22 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze |2004 Athens |Team competition}}
{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-21 Championship|}}
{{Medal|W|2004|}}
}}
Angelo Palombo {{postnominals|post-noms=Cavaliere OMRI}} ({{IPA|it|ˈandʒelo paˈlombo}}; born 25 September 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Throughout his club career, he played for Fiorentina, Sampdoria, and Inter Milan in Serie A. The vast majority of that time was spent at Sampdoria where he was club captain and played a total of nearly 15 years.
Palombo won 22 caps for Italy at full international level between 2006 and 2011, and represented his nation at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, also winning a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Club career
=Early career=
Born in Ferentino, Angelo Palombo began playing football for local side AS Ferentino.{{cite news |last1=Giagni |first1=Tommaso |title=Le Farfalle nello stomaco |url=https://www.ultimouomo.com/le-farfalle-nello-stomaco-palombo/ |access-date=26 October 2018 |work=L'Ultimo Uomo |date=23 November 2016 |language=it}} He spent the 1997–98 season with Serie D club Urbania Calcio. At age 17, he moved to Serie C team Fano before being signed by Serie A side Fiorentina in 1999 where he spent two years playing for the Primavera team of the club. He made his professional debut in a Coppa Italia match against Como{{cite news |last1=Valente |first1=Enrico |title=Palombo piace a tutti |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2003/aprile/01/Palombo_piace_tutti_ga_0_0304013994.shtml |access-date=26 October 2018 |work=Gazzetta Dello Sport |date=1 April 2003 |language=it}} and first featured in the Serie A on 10 February 2002 in a 2–0 away defeat against Venezia.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/59357.shtml|title=Angelo PALOMBO|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|access-date=21 December 2015}}
=Sampdoria and Inter loan=
Palombo moved to Sampdoria, then in Serie B, on a free transfer in the 2002 summer transfer window when Fiorentina declared bankruptcy and were forced to put their players on sale. After helping the Ligurian club gain promotion that season, he established himself as an integral part of the side. During the 2005–06 season, he scored his first Serie A goal for Sampdoria on 18 January 2006 against his boyhood club Fiorentina and made his European debut in the UEFA Cup in September. Palombo had many very good seasons at the club, leading to him being a regular in the Italy national team. When Sampdoria were again relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season, his future at the club was put into doubt, with many Serie A sides interested but mainly his former club Fiorentina. Palombo, by then the club's captain,{{cite web|url=http://gazzettaworld.gazzetta.it/news/serie-a/sampdoria/palombo-nothing-went-right-sampdoria/|title=Palombo: Nothing went right for Sampdoria against Vojvodina|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|date=31 July 2015|access-date=21 December 2015}} said, however, that he had no intention to move unless the club wished to sell him and remained at the club, commenting: "I'll end my career with Sampdoria. I'm proud to have received some important offers and I thank the clubs who have come forward. However, I haven't thought about leaving here, not even for a moment. I think I have already demonstrated how tied I am to this shirt."{{cite web |url=https://www.football-italia.net/21571/sampdoria%E2%80%99s-garage-sale |title=Sampdoria's garage sale |publisher=Football Italia |author1=Luca Cetta |date=26 July 2012 |access-date=1 February 2019 }}
He spent the first half of the 2011–12 season in Serie B with Sampdoria, but on 31 January 2012, he was signed by Inter on loan with an option to buy, as a replacement for Thiago Motta.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/ufficiale-angelo-palombo-all-inter-327852 |title=UFFICIALE: Angelo Palombo all'Inter |publisher=Tuttomercatoweb.com |language=it |author1=Fabrizio Zorzoli |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=1 February 2019 }} He made his club debut the following day, coming on as a substitute for Andrea Poli in a 4–4 home draw against Palermo.{{cite web |url=https://www.inter.it/it/news/56431 |title=FOTO: IMMAGINI, 'RIVEDIAMO' LE PAROLE DI PALOMBO |publisher=www.inter.it |access-date=1 February 2019 |language=it |author1=Appiano Gentile |date=2 February 2012 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095138/https://www.inter.it/it/news/56431 |url-status=dead }} However, he only made three appearances for Inter in total,{{cite web |url=http://www.fcinter1908.it/in-evidenza/serie-a-20112012-cambiasso-il-piu-presente-palombo-flop/ |title=Serie A 2011/2012: Cambiasso il più presente. Palombo flop! |publisher=F.C Inter 1908 |language=it |author1=Riccardo Fusato |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=1 February 2019 }} and returned to Sampdoria at the end of the 2011–12 Serie A season, who had secured a spot back in Serie A for the 2012–13 season. However, it seemed that he was set to leave the club in the summer of 2012, and was even linked with several other Italian sides;{{cite web |url=https://www.football-italia.net/21110/palombo-leave-sampdoria |title=Palombo to leave Sampdoria |publisher=Football Italia |date=13 July 2012 |access-date=1 February 2019 }} after no other offers, he remained with Sampdoria the following season,{{cite web |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Sampdoria/notizie/11-09-2012/palombo-gruppo-prova-riprendersi-samp-912577173055.shtml |title=Palombo in gruppo, prova a riprendersi la Samp |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |author1=Fulvio Banchero |language=it |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=1 February 2019 }} started to play regularly and managing to get his contract renewed twice until his retirement.{{Cite web|title=Official: Sampdoria Captain Angelo Palombo Signs 2015 Extension {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2011/02/03/2336256/official-sampdoria-captain-angelo-palombo-signs-2015|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.goal.com}}{{cite web|last=Football|first=Italia|date=5 July 2017|title=Palombo to join Sampdoria staff|url=https://www.football-italia.net/105298/palombo-join-sampdoria-staff|access-date=1 February 2019|publisher=Football Italia}}
He announced his retirement from professional football in July 2017, after collecting 459 appearances for Sampdoria in his 15 years spent at the club.{{cite web |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-a/2017/07/08/sampdoria-intervista-palombo.html |title=Sampdoria, Palombo: "Ritiro? Non mi sarei visto con un'altra maglia" |publisher=sport.sky.it |language=it |date=8 July 2017 |access-date=1 February 2019 }}
International career
Palombo was in the Italy U-21 team that won the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and achieved bronze medal of the 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.sampnews24.com/palombo-l-ultimo-blucerchiato-a-vincere-l-europeo-under-21-7382.html|title=Palombo l'ultimo blucerchiato a vincere l'Europeo Under 21|date=18 June 2013|publisher=Samp News 24.com|language=it|access-date=21 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cerchidigloria.it/ori-italiani/olimpiadi-atene-2004-le-10-medaglie-doro-dellitalia/|title=Olimpiadi – ATENE 2004: Le 10 medaglie d'oro dell'Italia|language=it|date=28 November 2015|access-date=21 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823122651/http://www.cerchidigloria.it/ori-italiani/olimpiadi-atene-2004-le-10-medaglie-doro-dellitalia/|archive-date=23 August 2017|url-status=dead}}
Palombo made his Italy national team debut in the 0–2 defeat to Croatia on 16 August 2006, coming as a substitute for Fabio Liverani in the 58th minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.italia1910.com/partita.asp?d=16/08/2006|title=Italia–Croazia (0–2)|language=it|access-date=21 December 2015}} He was a member of Italy's 23-man squad that took part at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. After a good 2009–10 season at club level, Marcello Lippi named him in the final 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In total, he won 22 caps for Italy at senior level between 2006 and 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2054&squadra=1|title=Palombo, Angelo|publisher=FIGC|language=it|access-date=21 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617210725/http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2054&squadra=1|archive-date=17 June 2009|url-status=dead}}
Post-playing career
After retiring from professional football, Palombo joined the coaching team of Marco Giampaolo for the 2017–18 season with his former club Sampdoria.{{cite press release|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/en/palombo-joins-giampaolos-backroom-team/|title=Palombo joins Giampaolo's backroom team|date=5 July 2017|access-date=6 July 2017|publisher=U.C. Sampdoria}} He received his coaching licence on 15 December 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/sport/calcio/2017/12/15/toni-e-amelia-hanno-patentino-allenatore_a25996cd-d711-4952-bae6-47a657b17105.html|title=Toni e Amelia hanno patentino allenatore|publisher=ansa.it|language=it|date=15 December 2017}}
Style of play
Palombo was usually deployed as a defensive or box-to-box midfielder in the centre of the pitch, where he could effectively combine his defensive and athletic attributes, as well as his ability to break down opposition plays, with his ability to start attacking plays and create chances for teammates as a deep-lying playmaker; however, his energetic, hard-working style of play and his stamina allowed him to play anywhere in midfield, and he was also deployed as a winger on occasion. In addition to his ball-winning and passing abilities, he also possessed a powerful shot from distance. Palombo was a physically strong, tenacious, influential, and determined player, with good feet, who was also known for his passion and good quality of play on the pitch; however, he was also accused by certain pundits of inconsistency at times throughout his career. In his youth, Palombo cited Demetrio Albertini as one of his major influences.{{cite web|url=http://www.canalejuve.it/news/32919-32919 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127030725/http://www.canalejuve.it/news/32919-32919 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 January 2015 |title=Angelo Palombo |publisher=CanaleJuve.it |language=it |access-date=26 January 2015 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/jun/14/world-cup-2010-andrea-pirlo-italy |title=Italy prepare for life without Andrea Pirlo in World Cup 2010 opener |work=The Guardian |last1=Cammisola |first1=Rocco |date=14 June 2010 |access-date=4 March 2020 }}{{cite news |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/08/19/palombo-forza-piedi-buoni-il-suo-idolo.html |title=Palombo, forza e piedi buoni il suo idolo si chiama Albertini |trans-title=Palombo, strength and good feet his idol is called Albrtini |work=La Repubblica |language=it |last1=Mangini |first1=Lorenzo |date=19 August 2002 |access-date=4 March 2020 }}
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web|title=Angelo Palombo » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/angelo-palombo/2/|website=worldfootball.net|date=23 March 2014 |access-date=31 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/angelo-palombo/4162/|title=A. Palombo|website=Soccerway|access-date=31 May 2017}} | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Fiorentina
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="16"|Sampdoria
|rowspan="9"|Serie A |32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2003–04
|31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05
|37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06
|31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2006–07
|36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08
|33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| 2008–09
|25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2009–10
|36 | 2 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11
|34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| 2011–12
|Serie B |22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13
|rowspan="5"|Serie A |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15
|36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16
|7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!411||13||31||2||17||0||459||15 | ||||||||
| Inter Milan (loan)
|Serie A |3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!424 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 473 | 15 |
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{NFT|15250}} | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6"|Italy
|2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 22 | 0 |
Honours
Italy U21
Orders
:*File:ITA OMRI 2001 Cav BAR.svg 5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=142438 |title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana |website=quirinale.it |publisher=Il Quirinale |date=27 September 2004 |access-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222232520/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=142438 |archive-date=22 December 2015 }}
References
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External links
- {{Olympics.com profile|angelo-palombo}}
- {{CONI profile|new_id=216|old_id=817}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|pa/angelo-palombo-1}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802023131/http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_teammanager&Itemid=110&task=player&playerid=599&teamid=1 |title=Angelo Palombo at Sampdoria official website |date=dmy}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312033325/http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=7660&pn=Angelo_Palombo |title=Angelo Palombo at FootballDatabase.com |date=dmy}}
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