Luigi Di Biagio

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Personal information
Luigi Di Biagio
Full name	Luigi Di Biagio
Date of birth	June 3, 1971 (age 35)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	179cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ascoli
Number	13
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1989 1989-1992 1992-1995 1995-1999 1999-2003 2003-2006 2006 2007-	Lazio Monza Foggia AS Roma Inter Milan Brescia La Storta^[1] Ascoli	1 (0) 62 (7) 87 (12) 114 (16) 117 (13) 93 (16) 5 (0) 3 (0)
National team²
1998-2002	Italy	31 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 12, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of February 17, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Luigi Di Biagio (born June 3, 1971 in Rome) is an Italian football (soccer) defensive midfielder, who currently plays for Ascoli Calcio 1898. Prior to join Ascoli Calcio 1898, Di Biagio has played for Lazio (1988-89), Monza (1989-92), Foggia (1992-95), AS Roma (1995-99), Internazionale (1999-2003), and Brescia Calcio (2003-2006). He has been capped 31 times for Italy, scoring two goals. Other than the 1998 World Cup, he also played for his country in the 2002 edition, as well as Euro 2000, when he did connect in a penalty shootout against the Netherlands: it was the first penalty he shot after the infamous miss during 1998 World Cup.

Di Biagio signed for Ascoli on November 2006, but the bid was not considered to be valid by the federation, since the player was not released for free by Brescia before the June 30 deadline. The bid was therefore postponed on January 2007, and in the meantime Di Biagio went on training with Ascoli, and played from November to December with Promozione club Pol. La Storta from Rome, coached by his friend and former Dundee F.C. and Lazio footballer Alessandro Romano. Di Biagio played his first Ascoli Serie A match on January 14, 2007 against Cagliari. ^[2]

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^ (Italian) [1]
^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.

Ascoli Calcio 1898 - Current Squad
1 Pagliuca \| 4 Pecorari \| 5 Minieri \| 6 Centi \| 7 Fontana \| 8 Fini \| 9 Paolucci \| 11 Bjelanović \| 14 Di Biagio \| 15 Gauračs \| 16 Giampà \| 17 Guberti \| 18 Pesce \| 19 Boccolini \| 20 Perrulli \| 21 Boudianski \| 22 Vastola \| 23 Corallo \| 24 Delvecchio \| 25 Bonanni \| 27 Zanetti \| 31 Foglio \| 32 Năstase \| 33 Eleftheropoulos \| 77 N'Siabamfumu \| 79 Melara \| 84 Job \| 99 Soncin \| Coach: Sonetti

	Italy squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Toldo \| 2 Bergomi \| 3 P. Maldini \| 4 Cannavaro \| 5 Costacurta \| 6 Nesta \| 7 Pessotto \| 8 Torricelli \| 9 Albertini \| 10 Del Piero \| 11 D. Baggio \| 12 Pagliuca \| 13 Cois \| 14 Di Biagio \| 15 Di Livio \| 16 Di Matteo \| 17 Moriero \| 18 R. Baggio \| 19 Inzaghi \| 20 Chiesa \| 21 Vieri \| 22 Buffon \| Coach: C. Maldini

	Italy squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Buffon \| 2 Panucci \| 3 Maldini \| 4 Coco \| 5 Cannavaro \| 6 Zanetti \| 7 Del Piero \| 8 Gattuso \| 9 Inzaghi \| 10 Totti \| 11 Doni \| 12 Abbiati \| 13 Nesta \| 14 Di Biagio \| 15 Iuliano \| 16 Di Livio \| 17 Tommasi \| 18 Delvecchio \| 19 Zambrotta \| 20 Montella \| 21 Vieri \| 22 Toldo \| 23 Materazzi \| Coach: Trapattoni