Stefano Lucchini
{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stefano Lucchini
| image = Stefano Lucchini (Bogliasco 2010).JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Lucchini in 2010
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Codogno, Italy
| height = 1.87 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1997–1998 | youthclubs1 = Atalanta
| years1 = 1998–2000 | clubs1 = Cremonese | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2000–2002 | clubs2 = Ternana | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2002–2007 | clubs3 = Empoli | caps3 = 126 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2007–2011 | clubs4 = Sampdoria | caps4 = 106 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2011–2014 | clubs5 = Atalanta | caps5 = 66 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2014–2016 | clubs6 = Cesena | caps6 = 46 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = Cremonese | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 1
| totalcaps = 436 | totalgoals = 7
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2000 | nationalteam1 = Italy U20 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2001–2002 | nationalteam2 = Italy U21 | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs1 = Cremonese (youth)
| manageryears2 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs2 = Cremonese (U-19)
| manageryears3 = 2020 | managerclubs3 = Brescia (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs4 = Pergolettese
}}
Stefano Lucchini (born 2 October 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player who played as a centre-back.
Club career
=Early career=
=Empoli=
Lucchini was signed by Empoli of Serie A in the summer of 2002, where he made his Serie A debut on 3 November 2002 against S.S. Lazio.
He played with Empoli for five seasons, following the club down to Serie B in the 2004–05 season, and subsequently helping the club win promotion back to Serie A in the summer of 2005. In the Serie A, he helped the club reach a surprising 7th position in the 2006–07 season, which gave Empoli a place in the UEFA Cup first round.
=Sampdoria=
Lucchini signed a pre-contract agreement with U.C. Sampdoria in March 2007. He moved to the Genoa-based club in the summer after his contract with Empoli expired. Partnered with Daniele Gastaldello, the club finished as the 4th in the 2009–10 Serie A. In the 2010–11 season, he was rotated with Massimo Volta, with Volta starting five out of six matches in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Following an injury on 6 March 2011 against Cesena, he rested two matches (13 and 20 March), although he had recovered by 18 March.{{cite news|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7951&Itemid=38|title=Lucchini torna in gruppo, giovedì test col Derthona|date=18 March 2011|accessdate=29 March 2011|work=UC Sampdoria|language=Italian}}
On 13 July 2011, Lucchini left for the newly promoted Serie A side Atalanta.{{cite news|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8367&Itemid=38|title=Lucchini all'Atalanta a titolo definitivo|date=13 July 2011|accessdate=1 August 2011|work=UC Sampdoria|language=Italian}}
=Cesena=
On 14 July 2014, Lucchini was signed by Serie A newcomers A.C. Cesena.{{cite web|url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/it/news/2014/07/17/acquistato-lucchini-dallatalanta-847.html|title=Acquistato Lucchini dall'Atalanta |date=17 July 2014|access-date=26 May 2016|publisher=A.C. Cesena|language=Italian}} In 2015 Cesena relegated back to Serie B.
=Cremonese=
On 8 July 2016, Lucchini returned to his first club Cremonese, playing in the Lega Pro.{{cite web|url=http://www.uscremonese.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4963:stefano-lucchini-nuovo-difensore-grigiorosso&catid=1:latest-news|title= Stefano Lucchini nuovo difensore grigiorosso |date=8 July 2016|access-date=29 August 2016|publisher=U.S. Cremonese|language=Italian}}
International career
Lucchini was part of the Italy U21 national team squad that lost in the semi-finals of the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Due to the strong performance of Sampdoria in the 2009–10 season, he received his first senior national team call-up in August, the first match coached by Cesare Prandelli.{{cite web |url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/25569/2010/08/News.shtml |title=L'Italia di Prandelli: 8 novità, tra cui Balotelli e Amauri. Torna Cassano |website=www.figc.it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819224005/http://www.figc.it/it/204/25569/2010/08/News.shtml |archive-date=2012-08-19}} However he never received another call-up after that match.
Coaching career
Before the 2021–22 season, he was hired by Serie C club Pergolettese for his first professional head coach appointment. He was dismissed on 3 March 2022 due to poor results.{{cite web |date=3 March 2022 |accessdate=3 March 2022 |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-c/ufficiale-pergolettese-esonerato-il-tecnico-lucchini-lo-sostituira-mussa-dell-under17-1653403 |publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb |language=it |title=Pergolettese, esonerato il tecnico Lucchini. Lo sostituirà Mussa dell'Under17}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|it}} [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2036 Profile] at FIGC
- {{in lang|it}} [http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/calcio/giocatori/giocatore_stefano_lucchini_19801002.shtml Profile] at Gazzetta dello Sport
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Category:Sportspeople from Codogno
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Italy men's youth international footballers
Category:Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Ternana Calcio players
Category:Italian football managers