Matteo Giordano
{{short description|Italian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matteo Giordano
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sanremo, Italy
| height = 1.84 m
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Torino{{cite web |url=http://www.toro.it/societa/settoregio/primavera00_01.htm |title=Torino Calcio S.p.A. – la societ? |website=toro.it |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010209081858/http://www.toro.it/societa/settoregio/primavera00_01.htm |archive-date=9 February 2001 |url-status=dead}}
| youthyears2 = 2001–2003
| youthclubs2 = AC Milan
| years1 = 2003–2007 | clubs1 = Internazionale | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2003–2004 | clubs2 = → Castel di Sangro (loan) | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2004–2005 | clubs3 = → Montichiari (loan) | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2005–2006 | clubs4 = → Lugano (loan) | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = → Olbia (loan) | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = Sanremese | caps6 = ? | goals6 = ?
| totalcaps = 44
| totalgoals = 0
| club-update =
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Matteo Giordano (born 23 October 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender.
Career
Born in Sanremo, Liguria region, Matteo Giordano started his career at Torino Calcio, then AC Milan, Lombardy and played on their Primavera Team.{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=5858|title= PRIMAVERA DERBY – POTENZA AND KALLON SCORE IN INTER'S 2–1 WIN AGAINST AC MILAN |date=16 November 2002|accessdate=2010-01-25|publisher=inter.it}}
In summer 2003, he was involved a swap deal with F.C. Internazionale Milano, in which Giordano, Ronny Diuk Toma, Simone Brunelli and Matteo Deinite moved to Internazionale, while Salvatore Ferraro, Alessandro Livi, Giuseppe Ticli and Marco Varaldi moved to A.C. Milan. Later, the deal was criticized by the press as making false profit on the balance sheet, as the transfer fees were paid via player exchange, but in the balance sheet, the nominal value could be adjusted by two clubs. The tactic is commonly used to make the transfer fees larger in Italian football.{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=400330&cc=3888|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604030742/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=400330&cc=3888|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Inter and AC Milan chiefs face new probe|date=17 January 2007|accessdate=2010-01-25|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|agency=Reuters}}{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2007/01_Gennaio/20/plusvalenze.shtml|title=L'insulto: "Sei una plusvalenza"|date=20 January 2007|accessdate=2010-01-25|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian}}
He then left on loan to Castel di Sangro, A.C. Montichiari{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=15105|title= EIGHT TRANSFERS OFFICIAL |date=6 August 2004|accessdate=2010-01-25|publisher=inter.it}} and Olbia{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=23308|title= FIVE PLAYERS OUT ON LOAN |date=7 July 2006|accessdate=2010-01-25|publisher=inter.it}} at Serie C2, and Lugano at Swiss Challenge League.{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=19233|title= YOUTH SECTOR PLAYERS ON THE MOVE |date=1 July 2005|accessdate=2010-01-25|publisher=inter.it}}.
In June 2007, the co-ownership agreement ended with Inter fully contracted with Giordano,{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=26755|title= Transfer market: co-ownership deals |date=20 June 2007|accessdate=2010-01-25|publisher=Inter.it}} but he was released to join hometown club Sanremese of Serie D.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{TuttoCalciatori|Giordano_Matteo}}
- [https://archive.today/20130119024635/http://www.calciatori.com/calcom/almanacco/calciatore.jsp?id=19129 Profile at Calciatori.com/]
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Category:Sportspeople from Sanremo
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Italian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Swiss Challenge League players
Category:AC Montichiari players
Category:SSD Sanremese Calcio players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland