Gianluca Sordo

Gianluca Sordo

Personal information
Date of birth	2 December 1969
Place of birth	Carrara, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1987–1994	Torino	117	(7)
1988–1989	→ Trento (loan)	25	(1)
1994–1996	Milan	12	(0)
1996–1997	Reggiana	7	(0)
1997–1999	Bari	12	(0)
1998–1999	→ Palermo (loan)	23	(2)
1999	Cannes	7	(0)
1999–2000	Montevarchi	7	(0)
2000–2001	Pisa	27	(3)
2001–2003	Arezzo	23	(1)
2003–2004	Aglianese	27	(2)
National team
1989–1992	Italy U21	18	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gianluca Sordo (born 2 December 1969 in Carrara, Tuscany) is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Sordo 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.^[1]

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.

Also that year, he played Olympic football in Barcelona, appearing in three games in an eventual round-of-16 exit at the hands of eventual champions and hosts Spain.

Honours

Club

• Torino:
  • Coppa Italia: 1992–93; Runner-up 1987–88
  • UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1991–92
• Milan:
  • Serie A: 1995–96
  • Supercoppa Italiana: 1994
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1994

Country

• Italy U-21:
  • UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1992

Personal

Sordo married Laura Serra. 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.^[2]

References

1. Coppa Italia 1992/93; at RSSSF
2. Il calciatore Sordo in coma dopo una rissa in un pub (Footballer Sordo in a coma following pub altercation); La Repubblica, 10 April 2005 (Italian)

External links

• Stats at Tutto Calciatori (Italian)
• National team data (Italian)
• Gianluca Sordo – FIFA competition record