Matteo Sereni

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| name = Matteo Sereni

| image = Matteo Sereni.jpg

| caption = Sereni playing for Torino in 2008

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|2|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Parma, Italy

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| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1993–1995 | youthclubs1 = Sampdoria

| youthyears2 = 1994–1995 | youthclubs2 = → A.C. Crevalcore (loan)

| years1 = 1995–2001 | caps1 = 85 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Sampdoria

| years2 = 1997–1998 | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = → Piacenza (loan)

| years3 = 1998–1999 | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = → Empoli (loan)

| years4 = 2001–2003 | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Ipswich Town

| years5 = 2002–2003 | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = → Brescia (loan)

| years6 = 2003–2007 | caps6 = 31 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Lazio

| years7 = 2006 | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = → Treviso (loan)

| years8 = 2007–2010 | caps8 = 89 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Torino

| years9 = 2010–2011 | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Brescia

| totalcaps = 339 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1995–1997 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalteam1 = Italy U21

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Matteo Sereni (born 11 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Parma, Sereni started his career at UC Sampdoria, and was loaned out to A.C. Crevalcore in 1994. He returned to Sampdoria and only made 10 appearances before being transferred to Piacenza Calcio in 1997. Here he helped the club avoid relegation to Serie B, but in 1998 he transferred to Empoli F.C., where he failed to avoid relegation.

In 1999, Sereni returned to Sampdoria in Serie B and made 75 (out of 76) Serie B appearances. In 2001, Ipswich Town signed him for £4.5 million,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/1493344.stm|title=Ipswich sign Sereni |date=17 August 2001|accessdate=22 August 2009|publisher=BBC}} which was the highest transfer fee paid by the club, until the acquisition of Omari Hutchinson{{cite news |title=Omari Hutchinson: Ipswich Town sign Chelsea winger for initial £20m |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c10l4424ry2o |work=BBC Sport |date=28 June 2024}} in 2024. He failed to avoid relegation with Ipswich and was loaned to Brescia in 2002.{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=28993.html|title=Accident may delay Sereni debut|date=29 July 2002|accessdate=22 August 2009|publisher=UEFA}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

=Lazio=

In 2003, he transferred to Lazio,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/3067637.stm|title=Sereni set for Lazio move|date=18 July 2003|publisher=BBC}} for €550,000{{cite web|url=http://www.borsaitaliana.it/bitApp/view.bit?lang=it&target=DocViewerDownload&filename=db/pdf/new/8385.pdf|title=2004 Bilancio al 30 giugno 2004|date=1 December 2004|accessdate=24 March 2015|work=SS Lazio|publisher = Borsa Italiana archive|language=Italian}} to compete for the number one goalkeeping slot with Angelo Peruzzi. In 2004, he started for the club in both legs of the 2004 Coppa Italia Final against Juventus FC and played the matches in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup, when Lazio went out to Olympique de Marseille in the semi-finals.

In January 2006 he was loaned out to Treviso, with Samir Handanović going to Lazio on loan in return. He returned to Lazio for the 2006–07 campaign, but did not play a single match, being excluded from the roster for the whole season.

=Torino=

In June 2007 he signed for Torino in a free transfer to replace Christian Abbiati,{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jun27n.html |author=Football Italia |title=Sereni to guard Toro posts |accessdate=27 June 2007 |date=27 June 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629194038/http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jun27n.html |archivedate=29 June 2007 |url-status=dead }} signed a two-year contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/1464/61/|title=Sereni firma per il Toro|date=27 June 2007|accessdate=29 October 2010|work=Torino FC|language=Italian|quote=Il Torino Football Club S.p.A. è lieto di comunicare di aver raggiunto un accordo con il calciatore Matteo Sereni per l'acquisizione del diritto alle prestazioni sportive fino al 30 Giugno 2009.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312070932/http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/1464/61/|archivedate=12 March 2012}} In November 2008, he signed a new contract which last until June 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/3748/61/|title=Sereni ha prolungato il contratto fino al 2011|date=November 2008|accessdate=29 October 2010|work=Torino FC|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312070942/http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/3748/61/|archivedate=12 March 2012}}

=Brescia=

On 5 July 2010 he was signed by Brescia Calcio for on free transfer.{{cite web|url=http://www.bresciaonline.it/or4/or?uid=BOLesy.main.index&oid=608375&uidx_15=BOLappl.news.dettaglio&idnews=1537860&is_popup=0|title=Ufficiale: MATTEO SERENI è un giocatore del Brescia|language=Italian|trans-title=Matteo Sereni is a Brescia player|accessdate=5 July 2010|date=5 July 2010|publisher=Brescia Calcio}} A few days before the last game of Serie A, his contract was mutually terminated, following the club's relegation a few weeks before.{{cite news|url=http://www.bresciacalcio.it/home/1235-ufficiale-matteo-sereni-non-e-piu-un-giocatore-del-brescia.html|title=Ufficiale: Matteo Sereni non è più un giocatore del Brescia |date=19 May 2011|accessdate=20 May 2011|work=Brescia Calcio|language=Italian}}

=International career=

He was internationally selected at the age of 16 for the Italy national under-17 team, and played for the Italy national under-23 team at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, where Italy were champions.

Legal challenges

After divorcing his ex-wife Silvia, Sereni was accused of having raped their daughter during a 2009 holiday on Sardinia's Costa Smeralda. He denied the charges.{{cite news |url=http://www.football-italia.net/68530/sereni-denies-child-abuse |title=Sereni denies child abuse |date=30 June 2015 |accessdate=30 June 2015 |work=Football Italia}} In 2015, Sereni was found guilty, and was sentenced to three years and six months in prison.{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/30-06-2015/abusi-una-minore-ex-portiere-matteo-sereni-condannato-3-anni-mezzo-120373662150.shtml |title=Sereni, abusi sulla figlia minorenne: condannato a 3 anni e mezzo |trans-title=Sereni, abuse on minor daughter: sentenced to three years and a half |date=30 June 2015 |accessdate=30 June 2015 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=Italian}}{{cite news |last=Shaw |first=Connell |url=http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2015/06/former-torino-and-lazio-goalkeeper-convicted-of-child-abuse/ |title=Former Torino And Lazio Goalkeeper Convicted of Child Abuse |date=30 June 2015 |accessdate=30 June 2015 |work=Forza Italian Football}} In July 2017, Sereni's conviction was annulled on appeal and he was scheduled a new trial in Turin.{{cite news|title=Presunti abusi su figlia, annullata condanna a ex portiere della Samp Sereni|url=http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/sport/2017/07/13/AS0wqoMI-presunti_annullata_condanna.shtml|accessdate=20 August 2017|work=Il Secolo XIX|date=13 July 2017|language=Italian}}

References

External links

{{in lang|it}} [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1598&squadra=2 National Team Statistics at FIGC official site]
{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=2291/typeofpage=40054/sc=1635eb Statistics at Voetbal International]
http://aic.football.it/scheda/1507/sereni-matteo.htm

Category:1975 births

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Category:Footballers from Parma

Category:Italian men's footballers

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Category:Empoli FC players

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Category:Brescia Calcio players

Category:UC Sampdoria players

Category:SS Lazio players

Category:Treviso FBC 1993 players