Roberto Floriano

Roberto Floriano
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Albstadt, West Germany
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Caravaggio (sporting director)
Youth career
FV 07 Albstadt[1]
1998–2005 Internazionale
2002–2003 → Legnano (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Seregno 28 (1)
2006–2010 Colognese 104 (32)
2010–2012 Tritium 37 (6)
2012 Alessandria 11 (0)
2012 Botev Vratsa 3 (0)
2013 Pistoiese 1921 13 (8)
2013–2014 Mantova 33 (19)
2014 Barletta 18 (6)
2015 Pisa 18 (3)
2015–2016 Foggia 22 (3)
2016–2017 Carrarese 29 (11)
2017–2018 Foggia 20 (5)
2018–2020 Bari 37 (13)
2020–2023 Palermo 80 (15)
2023 Sangiuliano City 15 (0)
2023–2024 Desenzano 21 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2023

Roberto Floriano (born 14 August 1986) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current sporting director of Caravaggio.

Playing career

Youth career

Born in Albstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Floriano moved back to Italy at young age. He played for Lombardy side Legnano[2] and in July 2003 returned to Internazionale. In 2003–04 season he was promoted to Berretti under-20 team (B team of under-20). He also played once for Azzurri in a training match, which he borrowed to Italy national team against Inter Berretti, partnered with Bernardo Corradi.[3] In 2004–05 season he remained at Berretti and scored 5 goals in regular season and twice more in playoffs. The team losing to Juventus 3–4 aggregate in the finals.[4][5] That season he also played a few matches for the U-20 A team: Primavera,[6][7][8] scored his only goal in Inter Primavera 5–0 Verona Primavera.[9] He was released at the end of season.

Serie D

From 2005–06 to 2009–10 he played in Serie D (Italian fifth level until 2014). Despite called non-professional level, the players could receive some compensation and the amount was regulated by FIGC. He played for Seregno and then moved to Colognese. He scored 10 league goals in 2009–10 season (in Serie D Group B).

Serie C

In July 2010 he was signed by 2010 Serie D Group B champion Tritium.[10] He played 23 times in 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (Group A), scored 5 goals. The team won the champion and promoted to Italian third level, in which he played 14 times, scoring also one goal. On 26 January 2012 he moved to Alessandria, in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[11] After playing 3 matches with Bulgarian Botev Vratsa which he had joined in the summer of 2012,[12] in January 2013 he moved to Pistoiese, in Serie D.

In July 2013 he was signed by Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Mantova F.C.[13] On 10 January 2014 he signed a new contract which last until 30 June 2017.[14] He scored 19 goals as the joint-second topscorer of the whole division. The club also qualified as the 8th of Group A for the next season, a unified Serie C since it was split into two divisions in 1978.

In July 2014 he was signed by Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Barletta.[15]

On 2 January 2015 he has been presented as a new player of A.C. Pisa 1909. The player signed a contract that will keep him under the leaning tower of Pisa until 30 June 2018.

On 27 June 2015 he was signed by Foggia for an undisclosed fee.[16] But in the following year, he left for Carrarese on a temporary deal.[17]

In June 2018 he was signed for SSC Bari in Serie D (forth division) and during the regular season he scored 12 goals, being instrumental in the club's immediate promotion to Serie C. He left Bari in January 2020 to join another phoenix club, Palermo, being part of the Rosanero winning campaign that led them to Serie C. He was subsequently confirmed also in the two following Serie C seasons for the Sicilians.

During the 2021–22 Serie C season, Floriano turned out to be instrumental during Palermo's successful promotion playoff campaign, scoring several deciding goals, including the winning one in the first leg final against Padova. On 14 July 2022, Palermo formally extended Floriano's contract for one more year, thus giving him the chance to play again in the Serie B at the age of 36.[18]

On 6 January 2023, Floriano joined Serie C side Sangiuliano City on a permanent deal, signing a contract until June 2024.[19][20]

On 21 July 2023, Floriano signed for Serie D amateurs Desenzano.[21]

Post-playing career

Floriano retired from active football by the end of the 2023–24 season in order to become the new sporting director of Serie D club Caravaggio.[22][23]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 June 2022[24][25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Seregno 2005–06 Serie D 28 1 — — 28 1
Colognese 2006–07 17 6 ? 0[26] — 17+ 6
2007–08 26 5 2 2[27] ? 0[28] 28+ 7
2008–09 32 11 1+ 1[29] 2[30] 0 35+ 12
2009–10 29 10 ? 0[31] — 29+ 10
Total 104 32 3+ 3 2+ 0 109+ 35
Tritium 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 23 5 5[32] 1 2[33] 0 30 6
2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 14 1 1+(1+)[34] 0+1 — 16+ 2
Total 37 6 7+ 2 2 0 46+ 8
Alessandria 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 11 0 — — 11 0
Botev Vratsa 2012–13 Parva liga 3 0 ? 0 — 3+ 0
Pistoiese 2012–13 Serie D 13 8 — 3[35] 2 16 10
Mantova 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 33 19 1[36] 0 — 34 19
Barletta 2014–15 Lega Pro 18 6 2[37] 2 — 20 8
Pisa 18 3 0 0 — 18 3
Foggia 2015–16 22 3 2+5[38] 3+2 2[a] 0 31 8
Carrarese 2016–17 29 11 1 0 2[b] 0 32 11
Foggia 2017–18 Serie B 20 5 1 0 — 21 5
Foggia total 42 8 8 5 2 0 52 13
Bari 2018–19 Serie D 28 13 1[39] 0 2[40] 0 31 3
2019–20 Serie C 9 0 1[41] 0 — 10 0
Total 37 13 2 0 2 0 41 13
Palermo 2019–20 Serie D 8 6 0 0 — 8 6
2020–21 Serie C 28 4 — 4[a] 2 32 6
2021–22 28 5 3[42] 1 7[a] 4 38 10
Total 64 15 3 1 11 6 78 22
Career total 437 122 27+ 13 24+ 8 488+ 143
  1. ^ a b c All appearance(s) in promotion play-offs.
  2. ^ All appearance(s) in relegation play-outs.

Honours

References

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  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  6. ^ "PRIMAVERA SCORE 19 GOALS IN FRIENDLY". FC Internazionale Milano. inter.it. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
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  11. ^ "OPERAZIONE DI MERCATO". Tritium Calcio (in Italian). 26 January 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
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  13. ^ "UFFICIALE: ARRIVA FLORIANO E PARTE COLONETTI" (in Italian). Mantova FC. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  14. ^ "FLORIANO E FESTA RINNOVANO FINO AL 2017" (in Italian). Mantova FC. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
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  17. ^ "UFFICIALE: Carrarese, preso Floriano dal Foggia" (in Italian). TMW. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Roberto Floriano ha rinnovato per un altro anno con il Palermo" (in Italian). Giornale di Sicilia. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Roberto Floriano al Sangiuliano City". Palermo F.C. (in Italian). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Comunicato ufficiale: Roberto Floriano al Sangiuliano". Sangiuliano City (in Italian). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Il Desenzano batte il colpo: ecco l'ex Palermo Roberto Floriano" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  22. ^ "Caravaggio, Roberto Floriano è il nuovo direttore sportivo" (in Italian). Mediagol. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  23. ^ "L'addio di Floriano al calcio giocato, l'ex Palermo: "Con le lacrime ti dico ciao…"" (in Italian). Mediagol. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  24. ^ "R. Floriano". Soccerway.
  25. ^ "FLORIANO ROBERTO". Tuttocalciatori.net (in Italian).
  26. ^ Coppa Italia Serie D. [1]
  27. ^ Coppa Italia Serie D. [2]
  28. ^ Serie D promotion play-offs. [3]
  29. ^ Coppa Italia Serie D. [4]
  30. ^ Serie D promotion play-offs. [5][6]
  31. ^ Coppa Italia Serie D. [7]
  32. ^ Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [8][9][10][11][12]
  33. ^ Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione. [13][14]
  34. ^ 1 Coppa Italia + at least 1 Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [15]
  35. ^ Serie D promotion play-offs. [16][17][18]
  36. ^ Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [19]
  37. ^ Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [20][21]
  38. ^ 2 Coppa Italia + 5 Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [22][23][24][25][26]
  39. ^ Coppa Italia Serie D. [27]
  40. ^ Serie D Poule Scudetto. [28][29]
  41. ^ Coppa Italia Serie C. [30]
  42. ^ Coppa Italia Serie C. [31][32][33]