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Luca Castiglia (born 17 March 1989) is an Italian professional
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who plays as a
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for
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club Cairese.


Club career


Early career

within the youth setup of the
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-based club, Castiglia transferred to city rivals,
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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
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.


Juventus

After joining
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, 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 the
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for their under-20 team in 2006–07 season. Castiglia began to earn first-team call-ups during the
2007–08 Serie A The 2007–08 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier Italian football, the 76th in a round-robin tournament. It started on 25 August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. Internazionale Milano succe ...
campaign, by then coach,
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. His senior debut came on 27 January 2008, when he came on as a substitute in a 1–3 away victory over
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in Serie A league match. He made one other senior appearance in
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for the club, coming on as an 89th minute substitute in a 3–3 draw at
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on the final matchday of the
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season. He also made his debut in the
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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''. In July 2009, Castiglia was sent out on loan to
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club,
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, but he was limited to just two first team appearances. Re-called by Juventus in January 2010, he was immediately loaned to
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club
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, making 8 league appearances. He made a return to Juventus once more on 30 June 2010, following the expiration of the loan deal, though he was again sent out on loan to the
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with
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thereafter. With Viareggio, Castiglia made 30 league appearances and 4 appearances in the
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, and on 30 June 2011, he returned to Juventus. Castiglia represented the reserve team during the 2011 pre-season as overage player, along with fellow first team players
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and
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.


Co-ownership with SPAL & Vicenza

On 29 August 2011, he was sold to
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in the
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in a co-ownership deal. He made his debut for the club on 11 September 2011 in a 1–0 away loss to
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. He went on to score 2 goals in 22 league matches for the club during the
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season. On 20 June 2012, however, he returned to Juventus after the co-ownership deal was not renewed. On 3 August 2012, Juventus sold Castiiglia to
Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...
side,
Vicenza Calcio L.R. Vicenza S.p.A. (acronym for ''Lanerossi Vicenza''), better known as Vicenza or Lanerossi, is an Italian football club based in the city of Vicenza. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league. Founded on 9 March ...
on another co-ownership deal for a nominal fee of €500. Castiglia was a regular performer for the club during the
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, making 33 league appearances and scoring 5 goals, though his efforts were not enough to save the club from being relegated to the
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for the
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.


Juventus return

Despite the co-ownership deal being renewed in June 2013, Juventus bought back Castiglia on 21 August 2013 for €350,000 in order to finalize another transfer for Castiiglia. On 2 September 2013 he joined
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outfit
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on a season-long loan agreement. With 19 appearances in the league, Castiglia helped the club gain promotion back to
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for the first time since
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after their 2nd-place finish in the
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campaign. He returned to Juventus on 30 June 2014.


Pro Vercelli

In summer 2014 Castiglia was signed by
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in a temporary deal. In 2014–15 winter transfer window, Castiglia and Giuseppe Ruggiero joined Pro Vercelli outright, for €1.5 million and €250,000 respectively, with Cristian Bunino moved to Turin, for €1.75 million.


Salernitana


Loan to Ternana

On 31 January 2019, he joined
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on loan.


Loan to Padova

On 6 August 2019, he joined
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on loan with a purchase option.


Loan to Modena

On 22 August 2020 he moved on loan to
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.


Piacenza

On 21 January 2021, he signed a contract with
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until 30 June 2023.


Arezzo

Castiglia signed with
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in June 2022.


References


External links

*
Football.it profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castiglia, Luca Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Juventus FC players ASD Viareggio Calcio players SPAL players LR Vicenza players Empoli FC players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players US Salernitana 1919 players Ternana Calcio players Calcio Padova players Modena FC 2018 players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players SS Arezzo players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Footballers from the Province of Cuneo 1989 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen