Nicola Legrottaglie

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Personal information
Nicola Legrottaglie
Full name	Nicola Legrottaglie
Date of birth	October 20, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Gioia del Colle, Italy
Height	1.85 m
Playing position	centre-back
Club information
Current club	Juventus
Youth clubs
1994-96	Bari
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-97 1997-98 1998-2003 2000 2000-01 2003- 2005 2005-06	Pistoiese Prato Chievo → Reggiana (on loan) → Modena (on loan) Juventus → Bologna (on loan) → Siena (on loan)	31 (3) 26 (0) 66 (6) 4 (1) 32 (1) 24 (2) 9 (0) 28 (0)
National team²
1994 2002-04	Italy U-18 Italy	1 (0) 7 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 February, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Nicola Legrottaglie (born 20 October 1976 in Gioia del Colle, Bari) is an Italian international defender currently with Italian Serie B side Juventus.

He is 1.85 metres tall and weighs 73 kg.

1 Football career
- 1.1 Juventus
2 International goals
3 External links

[edit] Football career

He began his career with Bari back in 1994 before moving to Pistoiese and Prato. In 1998, he joined Chievo Verona and then joined Modena in 2000, before returning to Chievo Verona in 2001. He made his name there, and he was rewarded with a move to Juventus in 2003. [1]

[edit] Juventus

He played terribly in his first couple of seasons at Juventus. After such high hopes of him, he was soon out of favour, after a series of mistakes, bookings and getting himself sent-off. After the arrival of coach Fabio Capello, he did not play in the first half of the 2004/05 season, and he was loaned off to Bologna in January 2005.

After 9 Serie A games there (and relegation play-offs), he returned to Juventus, only to be loaned out to Siena for the 2005-2006 season, together with Tudor, youth products Paro, Gastaldello, Mirante, Packer, Molinaro, Cacciotto and Volpato. He is expected to play this season, as Juventus look for experienced players to get them back up to Serie A.

[edit] International goals

**Nicola Legrottaglie: International Goals**
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 April 2003	Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	2-1	Win	Friendly

[edit] External links

uefa.com

Juventus F.C. - Current Squad
1 Buffon \| 2 Birindelli \| 3 Chiellini \| 4 Kovač \| 5 Tudor \| 6 C. Zanetti \| 8 Giannichedda \| 9 Bojinov \| 10 Del Piero \| 11 Nedvěd \| 12 Mirante \| 13 Piccolo \| 14 Balzaretti \| 15 Marchisio \| 16 Camoranesi \| 17 Trézéguet \| 18 Boumsong \| 19 Paro \| 20 Palladino \| 22 Belardi \| 23 Guzmán \| 25 Zalayeta \| 27 Zebina \| 29 De Ceglie \| 30 Legrottaglie \| 32 Marchionni \| 33 Urbano \| Coach Deschamps