Luca Antonelli

Not to be confused with Luca Antonini.

Luca Antonelli
Antonelli with A.C. Milan in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Monza, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
2003–2004 Monza
2004–2007 A.C. Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 A.C. Milan 1 (0)
2007–2008 → Bari (loan) 17 (1)
2008–2011 Parma 58 (1)
2011–2015 Genoa 104 (8)
2015–2018 A.C. Milan 53 (4)
2018–2020 Empoli 25 (1)
2021–2022 Miami FC 19 (0)
Total 277 (15)
International career
2005 Italy U19 1 (0)
2007 Italy U20 1 (1)
2010–2016 Italy 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2022

Luca Antonelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈluːka antoˈnɛlli]; born 11 February 1987) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Early life

Antonelli was born in Monza. He is the son of Roberto Antonelli, a former footballer who played for A.C. Milan from 1977 until 1982 as a striker.[1]

Club career

After spending a few seasons in the A.C. Milan youth teams, Antonelli made his first team debut in a Coppa Italia game against Brescia on 8 November 2006. On 23 December, he made also his Serie A debut, in a match against Udinese.

In the summer of 2007 Antonelli was loaned out to Serie B club Bari, but he impressed so much that during the January transfer window Parma secured him on loan from A.C. Milan for the rest of the Serie A season. He made his first appearance for the Gialloblu against Livorno on 16 March 2008.

Parma

In June 2008, Parma had acquired half of the contractual rights from Milan, for €750,000.[2] While the following summer, he was fully transferred for another €2.5 million, which Milan made a financial income of €1.75 million as the value of the retained half had increased from €0.75 million to €2.5 million.[2][3]

Genoa

In January 2011, Antonelli was transferred to Genoa for €7 million. Genoa also signed Alberto Paloschi for €4.35 million and sold Raffaele Palladino (€3 million) and Francesco Modesto (€2.5 million) to Parma.[4] The club soon sold Domenico Criscito as Antonelli had succeeded Criscito as full back.

Return to A.C. Milan

In February 2015, Antonelli moved back to his debut club A.C. Milan, for a fee of €4.5 million[5] signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.[6]

On his debut for his return to Milan on 7 February 2015, Antonelli scored a goal from a corner kick off a header to tie the match with Juventus at 1–1, which did not prove decisive, as Milan eventually lost the match 3–1.[7]

Empoli

On 11 August 2018, Antonelli transferred to Empoli.[8] On 5 October 2020, his contract with Empoli was terminated by mutual consent.[9]

Miami FC

On 17 February 2021, Antonelli was signed by USL Championship side Miami FC.[10] On 10 November 2022, after two seasons with Miami, Antonelli announced his retirement from professional football.[11]

International career

Antonelli made his senior international debut with the Italy national team on 3 September 2010 against Estonia in Tallinn.[12]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13]
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bari (loan) 2007–08 Serie B 17 1 3 0 — — 17 1
Parma 2007–08 Serie A 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
2008–09 Serie B 14 0 2 0 — — 16 0
2009–10 Serie A 24 1 1 0 — — 25 1
2010–11 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
Total 58 1 3 0 — — 61 1
Genoa 2010–11 Serie A 11 1 0 0 — — 11 1
2011–12 11 0 2 0 — — 13 0
2012–13 33 1 1 0 — — 34 1
2013–14 30 3 1 0 — — 31 3
2014–15 19 3 1 0 — — 20 3
Total 104 8 5 0 — — 109 8
A.C. Milan 2006–07 Serie A 1 0 2 0 — — 3 0
2014–15 12 1 0 0 — — 12 1
2015–16 28 3 4 0 — — 32 3
2016–17 7 0 1 0 — 1[a] 0 9 0
2017–18 6 0 1 0 6[b] 1 — 13 1
Total 54 4 8 0 6 1 1 0 69 5
Empoli 2018–19 Serie A 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
2019–20 Serie B 12 1 2 1 — — 14 2
2020–21 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 25 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 2
Miami FC 2021 USLC 11 0 — — 0 0 11 0
2022 8 0 0 0 — 0 0 8 0
Total 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Career total 278 15 21 1 6 1 1 0 305 17
  1. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2010 2 0
2011 0 0
2012 0 0
2013 4 0
2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 3 0
Total 13 0

Honours

Milan[13]

References

  1. ^ Alex Frosio (22 August 2010). "Suo papà, il sosia di Dustin Hoffman" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "AC Milan Group 2009 annual report" (PDF). AC Milan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  3. ^ "A.C. Milan comunicato ufficiale". ACMilan.com (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. ^ Parma FC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian) Require purchase in CCIAA
  5. ^ Genoa C.F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2015 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  6. ^ "AC Milan official statement". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Match Report - Juventus vs. Milan: 3–1". ESPN. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Transfer Market". Lega Serie A. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Risolto il contratto di Luca Antonelli" (in Italian). Empoli. 5 October 2020.
  10. ^ Communications, Miami FC (17 February 2021). "Former A.C. Milan Left Back Luca Antonelli Joins Miami FC". Miami FC. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Ex Milan, Luca Antonelli si ritira dal calcio: "Grazie di cuore a tutti!"". IlMilanista.it (in Italian). 10 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Bella reazione dell'Italia che in 4 minuti trova la prima vittoria del 2010" [Nice reaction from Italy who in 4 minutes achieve their first victory of 2010] (in Italian). FIGC. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  13. ^ a b Luca Antonelli at Soccerway
  14. ^ "Antonelli, Luca" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 6 September 2016.