Jump to content

Massimo Gobbi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Massimo Gobbi
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-10-31)31 October 1980(age 43)
Place of birth Milan,Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back,midfielder
Youth career
1991–1998 AC Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Pro Sesto 6 (0)
1999–2004 Treviso 51 (5)
2001–2002 →Giugliano(loan) 33 (5)
2002–2003 →AlbinoLeffe(loan) 30 (7)
2004–2006 Cagliari 71 (5)
2006–2010 Fiorentina 81 (2)
2010–2015 Parma 155 (4)
2015–2018 Chievo 88 (1)
2018–2019 Parma 16 (0)
Total 531 (29)
International career
2006 Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Massimo Gobbi(Italian pronunciation:[ˈmassimoˈɡɔbbi];born 31 October 1980) is an Italian retiredfootballerwho played as adefenderor as amidfielder.

Club career

[edit]

Born inMilan,Gobbi started his senior career in fourth-tierSerie C2clubPro Sestoin 1998.

Treviso

[edit]

He moved to second-tierSerie BclubTrevisoin 1999, from where he was loaned out toGiugliano(Serie C2) andAlbinoLeffe(Serie C1). He returned to Treviso in 2003, where he got his breakthrough. He played 44 of 46 games for the club during the2003–04 Serie Bseason, after which he moved to the newly promoted clubCagliari Calcioin the top-flightSerie Achampionship.[1]

He made his Serie A debut on 12 September 2004, in Cagliari's 1–0 win overBologna,and played 71 of Cagliari's 76 Serie A games over the next two seasons.

Fiorentina

[edit]

In June 2006, Gobbi was bought back by Treviso but sold toFiorentinaalong withReginaldoon 24 June, and Treviso signedGianni Guigouas part of the deal.[2]At that time Gobbi was valued €4.3 million[3](costedViola€4.54 million[4]), while Guigou was valued €40,000.[3](but madeViolareceived an extra cost saving of €200,000)[4]He scored his first goal for the Fiorentina againstJuventuson 1 March 2007.

Parma

[edit]

On 1 July 2010, he became a free agent,[5]before joiningParmaon 18 August 2010.[6]Initially deployed in his natural role as a central midfielder, Gobbi's first season at the club saw him become a regular as a left-back from December 2010 onwards as a consequence ofLuca Antonelli's January 2011 departure.

His contract was renewed several times, with his last contract due to expire on 30 June 2015.[7]However, he was released few days earlier due to the bankruptcy of Parma.

Chievo

[edit]

On 30 June 2015, Gobbi signed a two-year contract withChievoon a free transfer.[8]He signed a one-year contract on 3 July 2017.[9]

Parma

[edit]

On 14 July 2018, Gobbi signed a one-year contract withSerie AsideParma,he returned after 3 years.[10]

Gobbi retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.[11]

International career

[edit]

Immediately after joining Fiorentina, Gobbi was called up for theItaly national football teamby managerRoberto Donadoni.[12]He made his senior national team debut in a 2–0 friendly defeat againstCroatiain Livorno, on 16 August 2006, coming on as a substitute forMassimo Ambrosiniin the 75th minute.[13]

References

[edit]
  1. ^"Ufficializzati i contratti di Gobbi e Abeijon".Cagliari Calcio(in Italian). 15 July 2004.Retrieved19 June2011.
  2. ^"UFFICIALE: Gobbi e Reginaldo alla Fiorentina".tuttomercato.web(in Italian). 24 June 2006.Retrieved30 June2006.
  3. ^abTreviso FBC 1993 s.r.l. Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007(in Italian)
  4. ^abACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2006(in Italian)
  5. ^"Il saluto di Massimo Gobbi".ACF Fiorentina(in Italian). Viola Channel. 1 July 2010.Retrieved3 July2010.
  6. ^"Gobbi al Parma"[Gobbi to Parma].Parma FC(in Italian). 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.Retrieved18 August2010.{{cite news}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^PARMA FOOTBALL CLUB S.P.A. IN FALLIMENTO VALUTAZIONE DELLA AZIENDA SPORTIVA
  8. ^"Official: Massimo Gobbi coming to ChievoVerona!".A.C. ChievoVerona. 30 June 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 3 July 2015.Retrieved2 July2015.
  9. ^"Gobbi and ChievoVerona: the story continues"(Press release). A.C. ChievoVerona. 3 July 2017.Retrieved5 July2017.
  10. ^"Gobbi signed with Parma".Retrieved14 July2018.
  11. ^Gobbi annuncia l’addìo al calcio,forzaparma.it, 8 July 2019
  12. ^"Donadoni names new-look Italy".UEFA.com. 12 August 2006.Retrieved20 April2010.
  13. ^"Non va la nuova Italia di Donadoni La Croazia è più avanti: 0-2 a Livorno"(in Italian). La Repubblica. 16 August 2006.Retrieved17 December2017.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massimo_Gobbi&oldid=1220166907"