Luca Mazzoni

{{short description|Italian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2009}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luca Mazzoni

| image = Luca Mazzoni.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Luca Mazzoni.jpg

| fullname = Luca Mazzoni

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Livorno, Italy

| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}{{cite news |url=http://aic.football.it/scheda/14729/mazzoni-luca.htm |publisher=AIC.Football.it |language=Italian |accessdate=15 April 2012 |title=Scheda anagrafica di Luca Mazzoni }}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Livorno

| years1 = 2004–2015

| years2 = 2005–2006

| years3 = 2006–2008

| years4 = 2009–2010

| years5 = 2013–2014

| years6 = 2015–2016

| years7 = 2016–2019

| clubs1 = Livorno

| clubs2 = → Pavia (loan)

| clubs3 = → Lecco (loan)

| clubs4 = → Arezzo (loan)

| clubs5 = → Padova (loan)

| clubs6 = Ternana

| clubs7 = Livorno

| caps1 = 73

| caps2 = 3

| caps3 = 57

| caps4 = 26

| caps5 = 27

| caps6 = 37

| caps7 = 80

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| pcupdate = 14:50, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

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Luca Mazzoni (born 29 March 1984 in Livorno) is an Italian football goalkeeper. He last played for Livorno.

Career

=Livorno=

After many year as backups, for Alfonso De Lucia (2008–2011), Francesco Bardi (2011–12) and Vincenzo Fiorillo (2012–13), Mazzoni was signed by Calcio Padova in a temporary deal in 2013. In 2014 Mazzoni returned to Livorno as the first choice. Mazzoni and Livorno agreed to terminate the contract in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.livornocalcio.it/it-IT/Notizia/Rescisso_il_contratto_con_Mazzoni|title=Rescisso il contratto con Mazzoni|date=2015|access-date=24 May 2016|publisher=A.S. Livorno Calcio|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425214928/http://livornocalcio.it/it-IT/Notizia/Rescisso_il_contratto_con_Mazzoni|archivedate=25 April 2016}}

=Ternana=

In 2015 Mazzoni was signed by Ternana in a 1+1 year contract,{{cite web|url=http://www.ternanacalcio.com/index.php?module=loadArticolo&idArticolo=4834|title=la Ternana ingaggia il portiere Luca Mazzoni|date=17 August 2015|access-date=23 May 2016|publisher=Ternana Calcio|language=Italian}} replacing Alberto Brignoli.

=Back to Livorno=

He returned to Livorno in 2016, as the first choice goalkeeper during the club's two Serie C campaigns, with the latter ending with promotion to Serie B. He was successively confirmed in his role for the 2018–19 Serie B season, but was suspended by the Italian Football Federation on 6 March 2019 after being found positive to cocaine following a routine drug test.{{cite news |url=https://www.foxsports.it/2019/03/06/serie-b-livorno-portiere-mazzoni-positivo-antidoping/ |publisher=Fox Sports Italia |language=Italian |title=Serie B, Livorno: il portiere Mazzoni positivo all'antidoping |accessdate=23 July 2019 |date=6 March 2019}} On 23 July 2019 he was formally banned for four years from any football activities.{{cite news |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-B/23-07-2019/doping-quattro-anni-squalifica-portiere-livorno-luca-mazzoni-3401104391295.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=Italian |accessdate=23 July 2019 |date=23 July 2019|title=Doping, quattro anni di squalifica all'ex portiere del Livorno, Luca Mazzoni }}

References

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