Matteo Sereni

Matteo Sereni (born 11 February 1975) is an Italian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Brescia of Serie A.

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 made 10 appearances before being transferred to Piacenza Calcio in 1997. Here he helped the club avoid relegation to Serie B, but in 1998 he transferred to Empoli F.C., where he failed to avoid relegation.

In 1999, Sereni returned to Sampdoria in Serie B and made 75 (out of 76) Serie B appearances. In 2001, UEFA Cup competitor Ipswich Town signed him for £4.5 million,

Lazio

In 2003, he transferred to Lazio, to compete for the number one goalkeeping slot with Angelo Peruzzi. In 2004, he started for the club in both legs of the Coppa Italia final against Juventus and played the matches in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup, when Lazio went out to Olympique de Marseille in the semi-finals.

In January 2006 he was loaned out to Treviso, with Samir Handanović going to Lazio on loan in return. He returned to Lazio for the 2006-07 campaign, but did not play a single match, being excluded from the roster for the whole season.

Torino

In June 2007 he signed for Torino in a free transfer to replace Christian Abbiati,...
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