Sergio Floccari

Sergio Floccari
Personal information
Full name Sergio Floccari
Date of birth (1981-11-12) 12 November 1981
Place of birth Vibo Valentia, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 26
Youth career
Nicotera
Catanzaro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Avezzano
1998–2000 Montebelluna 3 (0)
2000–2002 Mestre 4 (0)
2001–2002 → Faenza (loan) 33 (10)
2002–2003 Genoa 9 (1)
2003–2006 Rimini 89 (21)
2006–2007 Messina 45 (5)
2007–2009 Atalanta 67 (20)
2009–2010 Genoa 11 (4)
2010 → Lazio (loan) 17 (8)
2010–2014 Lazio 66 (13)
2011–2012 → Parma (loan) 28 (8)
2014–2016 Sassuolo 50 (7)
2016– Bologna 15 (2)
National team
2010 Italy 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016.

Sergio Floccari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrdʒo ˈflɔkkari]; born 12 November 1981) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Bologna.

Club career

Early career

Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth system of Catanzaro. He began senior career with Avezzano and Promozione team Montebelluna before moving up to Serie C2 with Mestre and Faenza. It was at Faenza, under coach Carlo Regno, assistant to 2009–10 Lazio coach Davide Ballardini, that Floccari first bloomed, scoring many goals.

Rise

Following his successful period at Faenza, he joined Genoa in 2002, but did not establish himself as a regular, playing just nine league games and scoring one goal in his first season of Serie B.

Floccari took a step back into Serie C2, joining Rimini in co-ownership deal where he played and scored regularly. His goals contributed to successful promotions as Rimini went from playing in C2 to Serie B during his time there. The club also bought him outright in June 2003.

In January 2006, Floccari's form was rewarded when Serie A strugglers Messina signed him (jointly-signed with Atalanta from Rimini) as they looked to avoid relegation. Floccari scored three times as Messina survived thanks to the Calciopoli scandal. Two of those goals came in a 2–2 draw with Juventus. In June 2006, Messina bought the remain rights from Atalanta. In his first full season of Serie A in 2006–07, Floccari scored only twice as Messina finished last.

Atalanta

The Calabrese striker did not return to Serie B with his Messina teammates though. Atalanta re-signed him for a fee of €1.875 million (€1.675 million plus defender Mariano Stendardo).[2][3]

At Atalanta, Floccari battled for a starting place with the likes of Simone Inzaghi, Antonio Langella and Riccardo Zampagna. Floccari scored his first goal against league champions Inter and after Zampagna's bust-up with coach Luigi Delneri (which resulted in the striker's departure to Vicenza Calcio), Floccari's first-team opportunities increased, and he closed out the 2007–08 season with eight league goals.

In 2008–09, Floccari improved yet again, scoring twelve league goals as Atalanta comfortably finished in mid table.

Return to Genoa

On 1 July 2009, Floccari returned to Genoa, the club he left in 2003 for €9.1 million.[4][5][6] He scored on debut in a 4–1 win over Napoli and scored his first goal in the Europa League against Valencia. Yet on 4 January 2010, despite having scored four league goals, Floccari was struggling to find space in the Genoa attack with coach Gian Piero Gasperini preferring the likes of Giuseppe Sculli and Raffaele Palladino. That transfer windows also saw a three-men three-way swap formed, which Floccari moved to Lazio to replace Goran Pandev who left for Inter on free transfer, and Genoa got David Suazo from Inter. The three strikers all had an unsuccessful days in the first half of the season.

Lazio

As a result, Floccari sealed a loan move to struggling Lazio, for €500,000.[7][8] He made his debut after just one training session and scored twice in a 4–1 win over Livorno. Following that, Floccari made a surprising impact on the team, and was one of the key players in guiding the club to 12th in the league, well clear of the relegation zone. He missed a vital penalty in the defeat against Roma in the vital derby, but made up for it by scoring the winner against former club Genoa seven days later, a result that all but granted Lazio's Serie A status for 2010–11. At the end of season Lazio bought him for €8.5 million in 4-year contract.[7][9]

Parma

On 31 August 2011 Floccari was loaned to Parma for €1.5 million.[10][11]

Sassuolo

On 30 January 2014 Floccari was sold to fellow Serie A club Sassuolo for €2 million.[12][13]

Bologna

On 11 January 2016 Floccari officially joined Serie A club Bologna for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] He missed 3 weeks in 2016–17 season due to injury.[16]

International career

In October 2010, the Calabrian attacker receives the first call in the new national coach Cesare Prandelli for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Northern Ireland and Serbia, as a replacement for the injured Alberto Gilardino.

Statistics

As of 24 April 2016.
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1998–99MontebellunaPromozione30?? 30
1999–2000MestreSerie C200??00
2000–0140??40
2001–02Faenza (loan)3310??3310
2002–03GenoaSerie B 9120111
2002–03RiminiSerie C2132 1421
2003–04Serie C12410??24102
2004–0531730347
2005–06[17]Serie B18220202
2005–06MessinaSerie A183 183
2006–07[18]27240312
2007–08[19]Atalanta34810358
2008–093312103412
2009–10[20]Genoa1140041155
Lazio (loan)17811 189
2010–11Lazio30810318
2011–12Parma (loan) 2880000288
2012–13Lazio225411043610
2013–141401064214
2013–14Sassuolo1510000151
2014–152722000292
2014–1574000074
2015–16Bologna1520000152
Career total 433992223209476120
1 1 match in 2002–03 playoffs
2 2 matches in 2003–04 playoffs
3 Not included match in Coppa Italia Lega Pro and regional cups
4 Note 1, 2 and 3

Honours

Lazio[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Sergio Floccari: Bologna F.C. Player Profile" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Del Neri sorride: Floccari all'Atalanta". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 17 July 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  4. ↑ "Genoa agree deal with Inter". Sky Sports. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "MERCATO: I BOTTI DEL PRIMO GIORNO" (in Italian). genoacfc.it. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  6. ↑ Genoa CFC 2009 annual report. registroimprese.it (in Italian). C.C.I.A.A. 28 April 2010.
  7. 1 2 Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2010 (Italian)
  8. ↑ "Comunicato" (in Italian). sslazio.it. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  9. ↑ "Bilancio separato e consolidato al 30.06.2010" [2009–10 Annual Report] (PDF). SS Lazio (in Italian). 28 October 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "COMUNICATO" (in Italian). SS Lazio. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Parma FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (Italian)
  12. ↑ "COMUNICATO" (in Italian). SS Lazio. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Com._stampa appr. prog. bilancio_30-06-14" (PDF) (in Italian). SS Lazio. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Floccari al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Calciomercato: Floccari al Bologna, rinnovo al 2020 per Missiroli" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Floccari, lesione al soleo" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  17. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2006/giocatori/floccari_ser.shtml
  18. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/floccari_ser.shtml
  19. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/59890.shtml
  20. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/seriea/giocatori/giocatore_sergio_floccari_272659685.shtml
  21. ↑ "S. Floccari". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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