Angelo Iorio (born 26 August 1982) is an

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who plays for

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club

Grosseto Grosseto () is a city and a ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma region. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the ...

Biography

Born in

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, Iorio started his career with

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In 2002–03 season, he was signed by

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club

Cremonese Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

. He was loaned back to Genoa in 2003–04 season. On 1 July 2004 he returned to Cremonese and won

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champion in 2005. After a

season with Cremonese which the team finished as the second from the bottom, he was signed by

Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

in co-ownership deal. On 26 August 2008, Piacenza bought him outright by submitted a higher price to Lega Calcio in a closed tender. In July 2010, he left for fellow Serie B team

International career

He played 2 matches in 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualification. He also played for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team against Romania U21 in 2002.

References

External links

Football.it Profile

FIGC

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2006–07 season)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2007–08 season)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iorio, Angelo Italian men's footballers Serie B players Genoa CFC players US Cremonese players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players US Grosseto 1912 players Men's association football central defenders Footballers from Genoa 1982 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen