Luigi Turci (born 27 January 1970) is an Italian former professional

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who played as a

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. He retired after the 2006–07 season. His last club was

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and '' comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was ...

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. He is currently active as goalkeeping coach of A.C. Milan.

Football career

He started his career at native club

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. After loaned to

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and Alessandria (

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), he became Cremonese no.1 goalkeeper, and helped the team gain promotion to Serie A in 1993. After Cremonese were relegated to Serie B in 1996, he joined Udinese of Serie A, still remaining the first choice goalkeeper of the team. He moved again in 2002, this time to U.C. Sampdoria. He made 33 appearances during the

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season. However, following the arrival of

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from A.S. Roma in 2003, Turci was forced to become the second choice goalkeeper, and made just five appearances in the next two seasons. In 2005, he joined

for whom he played 62 league games before hanging up his boots in 2007. Throughout his career, Turci played a total of 271 Serie A games between 1993 and 2004.

Style of play

During his career, Turci stood out for his penalty–stopping abilities; he saved 12 spot kicks in 271 appearances over the course of his eleven seasons in the Italian top–flight, the joint–ninth–most penalties saved in Serie A history, alongside

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, Massimo Taibi, and Giuseppe Taglialatela.

Honours

Udinese *

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turci, Luigi 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Cremona Association football goalkeepers Italian footballers Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 players U.S. Cremonese players Udinese Calcio players U.C. Sampdoria players A.C. Cesena players Serie A players Serie B players Footballers from Lombardy A.C. Milan non-playing staff