Gianluca Sordo
{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gianluca Sordo
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|12|2}}
| birth_place = Carrara, Italy
| height = 1.78 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1987–1994
| years2 = 1988–1989
| years3 = 1994–1996
| years4 = 1996–1997
| years5 = 1997–1999
| years6 = 1998–1999
| years7 = 1999
| years8 = 1999–2000
| years9 = 2000–2001
| years10 = 2001–2003
| years11 = 2003–2004
| clubs1 = Torino
| clubs2 = → Trento (loan)
| clubs3 = Milan
| clubs4 = Reggiana
| clubs5 = Bari
| clubs6 = → Palermo (loan)
| clubs7 = Cannes
| clubs8 = Montevarchi
| clubs9 = Pisa
| clubs10 = Arezzo
| clubs11 = Aglianese
| caps1 = 117
| caps2 = 25
| caps3 = 12
| caps4 = 7
| caps5 = 12
| caps6 = 23
| caps7 = 7
| caps8 = 7
| caps9 = 27
| caps10 = 23
| caps11 = 27
| goals1 = 7
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 3
| goals10 = 1
| goals11 = 2
| totalcaps = 287
| totalgoals = 16
| nationalyears1 = 1989–1992
| nationalteam1 = Italy U21
| nationalcaps1 = 18
| nationalgoals1 = 2
}}
Gianluca Sordo (born 2 December 1969) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Sordo was born in Carrara, Tuscany. He made his professional debuts at not yet 18 with Torino FC, remaining seven seasons with the club. In the final of the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, in the dying minutes of the second leg against AFC Ajax, after a 2–2 draw in Italy, he hit the post in an eventual 0–0 draw (and aggregate loss). In 1993, he appeared in both legs of Toro's conquest of the Coppa Italia, a 5–5 aggregate win over A.S. Roma.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italcup93.html Coppa Italia 1992/93]; at RSSSF
Sordo moved to Serie A giants A.C. Milan for 1994–95, being rarely used by Fabio Capello over the course of two seasons. Subsequently, he did not settle with a team, playing with A.C. Reggiana 1919, A.S. Bari and U.S. Città di Palermo, and also briefly represented AS Cannes in the French Ligue 2.
Sordo retired from football at the age of 34, most of his last years being spent in the lower leagues.
International career
Sordo represented Italy under-21s during three years, helping it win the 1992 UEFA European Championship.
Later that year, he played Olympic football in Barcelona with Italy, appearing in three games in an eventual round-of-16 exit at the hands of eventual champions and hosts Spain.
Personal life
In early April 2005, he fell into a coma after being attacked by two men in a bar in Marina di Massa, in his native region.[http://www.repubblica.it/2005/d/sezioni/cronaca/sordo/sordo/sordo.html Il calciatore Sordo in coma dopo una rissa in un pub (Footballer Sordo in a coma following pub altercation)]; La Repubblica, 10 April 2005 {{in lang|it}}
Honours
=Club=
=International=
Italy U-21
References
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External links
- {{TuttoCalciatori|Sordo_Gianluca}}
- [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=981&squadra=2 National team data] {{in lang|it}} {{dead link|date=March 2019}}
- {{FIFA player|163076}}
{{Italy Squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sordo, Gianluca}}
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:AC Reggiana 1919 players
Category:Montevarchi Calcio Aquila 1902 players
Category:Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for Italy
Category:Italian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Footballers from Carrara