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Luca Castiglia

Luca Castiglia
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Personal information
Full name Luca Castiglia
Date of birth (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 28)
Place of birth Ceva, Piedmont, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Pro Vercelli
Number 21
Youth career
0000–1998 Carcarese
1998–2005 Torino
2005–2008 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Juventus 2 (0)
2009–2010 Cesena (loan) 1 (0)
2010 Reggiana (loan) 8 (0)
2010–2011 Viareggio (loan) 31 (2)
2011–2012 SPAL 22 (2)
2012–2013 Vicenza 33 (5)
2013–2015 Juventus 0 (0)
2013–2014 Empoli (loan) 19 (0)
2014–2015 Pro Vercelli (loan) 15 (0)
2015– Pro Vercelli 71 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2017.

Luca Castiglia (born 17 March 1989) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Pro Vercelli.

Born in Ceva, Italy, Castiglia began his youth career with local team, Carcarese, before being scouted by the youth academy of Serie A outfit, Torino Calcio, with whom he joined in 1998. After seven years within the youth setup of the Piedmont-based club, Castiglia transferred to city rivals, Juventus Football Club in 2005. Torino bankrupted in 2005 despite winning the promotion back to Serie A; their players were allowed to leave the club for free, although some players were remained for the newly formed entity "Torino FC SpA" for 2005–06 Serie B.

After joining Juventus, Castiglia registered with the club's youth sector at the start of the 2005–06 season, having spent some of his formative years in the under-17 team in 2005–06 season, under-18 team in 2006–07 season and the under-20 team for the last 2 seasons of his youth career (2007–08 & 2008–09). He also played once in Campionato Primavera for the under-20 team (the reserve) in 2006–07 season.

Castiglia began to earn first-team call-ups during the 2007–08 Serie A campaign, by then coach, Claudio Ranieri. His senior debut came on 27 January 2008, when he came on as a substitute in a 1-3 away victory over Livorno in Serie A league match. He made one other senior appearance in Serie A for the club, coming on as an 89th minute substitiute in a 3-3 draw at Sampdoria on the final matchday of the 2007-08 Serie A season. He also made his debut in the UEFA Champions League during the 2008–09 edition, coming on a substitute in a 0-0 draw with BATE Borisov. In February 2009, he helped guide the Juventus Primavera team to win the Viareggio Cup.


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