Luca Mondini (born 25 February 1970) is a former Italian footballer who played as a

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Career

Mondini started his professional career at Internazionale. After he was loaned to

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

clubs, he joined

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which newly promoted to Serie A in mid-1995, replacing Giorgio Sterchele who left for

A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma (''Rome Sport Association''; Italian pronunciation: ) is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its exis ...

. He was the first choice ahead Pierluigi Brivio until the start of the 1997–98 season, but Brivio was preferred in goal when Vicenza won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia. In November 1997, he joined

Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

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 ...

. In mid-1998 he joined

Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...

, ahead Giuseppe Taglialatela and Ferdinando Coppola as first choice. In September 1999, he was loaned to

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as Napoli signed Alessio Bandieri. At Lazio, he was the 3rd goalkeeper behind Luca Marchegiani and Marco Ballotta. Returned to Napoli, now newly promoted to Serie A, he worked as backup of Francesco Mancini and Alberto Fontana. In mid-2001, he joined Sampdoria of Serie B, as a replacement for

Matteo Sereni Matteo Sereni (born 11 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Parma, Sereni started his career at UC Sampdoria, and was loaned out to A.C. Crevalcore in 1994. He returned to Sampdoria and only ...

following his departure from the club. In 2002, he left for Reggiana in Serie C1. He then played for Cremonese since 2004, with which he won the Serie C1 championship. But in next season, now at Serie B, he shared the first choice role with Giorgio Bianchi. After the relegation of Cremonese, he did not play for the club and in January 2007 he joined Spezia as Nicola Santoni's backup, replacing Ivano Rotoli who left for

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. In mid-2007, he joined

Padova Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of ...

at Serie C1, behind Andrea Cano as backup. In mid-2008, he joined

Benevento Benevento ( ; , ; ) is a city and (municipality) of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato (r ...

, a club which were newly promoted to

Prima Divisione Prima Divisione (''First Division'') was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the richest clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the ...

, sharing the first choice role with Pier Graziano Gori. In mid-2009, he joined Crociati Noceto which were newly promoted to

Seconda Divisione Seconda Divisione (''Second Division'') was the name of the second level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the ...

, located in Noceto,

Province of Parma The province of Parma () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma. It is made up of 47 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). It has an area of and a total population of aro ...

Honours

;Vicenza *

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

: 1996–97 ;Cremonese *

: 2004–05

References

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*http://aic.football.it/scheda/454/mondini-luca.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Mondini, Luca 1970 births Living people Italian men's footballers Inter Milan players Spezia Calcio players Como 1907 players Fidelis Andria 2018 players LR Vicenza players Treviso FBC 1993 players SSC Napoli players SS Lazio players UC Sampdoria players AC Reggiana 1919 players US Cremonese players Calcio Padova players Benevento Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Parma