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Sergio Floccari is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

club Parma

Parma F.C.

Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

Early career

Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera

Nicotera

Nicotera is a comune in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, southern Italy.-History:Nicòtera origins lie with the ancient Greek city of Medma which was founded by the Locresis of Locri Epizephyris....

, before moving into the youth system of Catanzaro

F.C. Catanzaro

Catanzaro Calcio 2011 is an Italian football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria.The club were founded in 1929 as Catanzarese, then changed their denomnation to Unione Sportiva Catanzaro in 1946, shortly after the end of the World War II and in 2006 to Football Club Catanzaro...

. He began senior career with Avezzano

Nuova Avezzano Calcio

Nuova Avezzano Calcio was an Italian association football club located in Avezzano, Abruzzo.Following financial problems, the club tried to merge with the newly promoted to Serie C2 A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco. When the merging was denied by the Lega Calcio Serie C, the club folded and sold its...

and Promozione

Promozione

Promozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...

team Montebelluna

Calcio Montebelluna

Calcio Montebelluna is an Italian association football club located in Montebelluna, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are white and blue.-External links:*...

before moving up to Serie C2

Serie C2

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...

with Mestre and Faenza. It was at Faenza, under coach Carlo Regno, assistant to 2009–10 Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

coach Davide Ballardini

Davide Ballardini

Davide Ballardini is an Italian association football manager who is currently the head coach at Serie A club Cagliari...

, that Floccari first bloomed, scoring many goals.

Rise

Following his successful period at Faenza, he joined Genoa

Genoa C.F.C.

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

in 2002, but did not establish himself as a regular, playing just nine league games and scoring one goal in his first season of Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

.

Floccari took a step back into Serie C2, joining Rimini

Rimini Calcio F.C.

Associazione Calcio Rimini 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna....

in co-ownership deal

Co-ownership (football)

Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

where he played and scored regularly. His goals contributed to successful promotions as Rimini went from playing in C2

Serie C2

to Serie B during his time there. The club also bought him outright in June 2003.

In January 2006, Floccari's form was rewarded when Serie A

Serie A

strugglers Messina signed him (jointly-signed with Atalanta

Atalanta B.C.

Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...

from Rimini) as they looked to avoid relegation. Floccari scored three times as Messina survived thanks to the Calciopoli scandal. Two of those goals came in a 2–2 draw with Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

. In June 2003 Messina bought the remain rights from Atalanta. In his first full season of Serie A in 2006–07, Floccari scored only twice as Messina finished last.

Atalanta

The Calabrese striker did not return to Serie B with his Messina teammates though. Atalanta

Atalanta B.C.

signed him for a fee of reported 1.6 million euro plus defender Mariano Stendardo

Mariano Stendardo

Mariano Stendardo is an Italian association footballer who plays for Ternana.He has never played a match in Serie A, despite being on the roster of Lecce when they competed in Serie A in 2004....

.

At Atalanta, Floccari battled for a starting place with the likes of Simone Inzaghi

Simone Inzaghi

Simone Inzaghi is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.During his professional career, he played for a host of clubs, namely Lazio, where he remained for more than one decade, being used irregularly....

, Antonio Langella

Antonio Langella

Antonio Langella is an Italian football striker/winger .-Football career:After playing for a number of lower-rank Sardinian clubs in the beginning of his career, Langella joined Cagliari Calcio in March 2002, then in Serie B...

and Riccardo Zampagna

Riccardo Zampagna

Riccardo Zampagna is an former Italian football striker.After spending most of his career in the lower leagues he finally debuted in Serie A with FC Messina...

. Floccari scored his first goal against league champions Inter

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

and after Zampagna's bust-up with coach Luigi Delneri (which resulted in the striker's departure to Vicenza Calcio

Vicenza Calcio

Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A...

), Floccari's first-team opportunities increased, and he closed out the 2007–08 season

Serie A 2007-08

The 2007-08 Serie A football season was the seventy-sixth since its establishment, and started on August 26, 2007 and ended on May 18, 2008. Internazionale successfully defended the championship on the final day of the season, finishing first with 85 points, three ahead of Roma.-Plusvalenze...

with eight league goals.

In 2008–09

Serie A 2008-09

The 2008–09 Serie A was the seventy-seventh season since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008...

, Floccari improved yet again, scoring twelve league goals as Atalanta comfortably finished in mid table.

Return to Genoa

On 1 July 2009, Floccari returned to Genoa, the club he left in 2003 for €9.1 million. Atalanta later acquired Robert Acquafresca

Robert Acquafresca

Robert Acquafresca is an Italian footballer of half-Polish descent who plays for Serie A club Bologna as a striker.-Club career:...

on loan from Genoa as replacement.

He scored on debut in a 4–1 win over Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

and scored his first goal in the Europa League against Valencia

Valencia CF

Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

. Yet on 4 January 2010, despite having scored four league goals, Floccari was struggling to find space in the Genoa attack with coach Gian Piero Gasperini

Gian Piero Gasperini

Gian Piero Gasperini is an Italian football coach.He has been nicknamed "Gasperson" after Enrico Preziosi, president of Genoa, claimed Gasperini to be their Ferguson.- Playing :...

preferring the likes of Giuseppe Sculli

Giuseppe Sculli

Giuseppe Sculli is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Juventus:Sculli made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2002 for Modena against A.C...

and Raffaele Palladino

Raffaele Palladino

Raffaele Palladino is an Italian soccer player who plays as a striker for Serie A club Parma.-Club career:The first team career of Palladino started in his native region of Campania where he played for Benevento in Serie C1...

. That transfer windows also saw a three-men three-way swap formed, which Floccari moved to Lazio to replace Goran Pandev

Goran Pandev

Goran Pandev , is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Napoli on loan from Internazionale. He is also considered a key player for the Macedonian national team.-Early career:...

who left for Inter on free transfer, and Genoa got David Suazo

David Suazo

Óscar David Suazo Velázquez is a Honduran football striker who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A. He is also a member of the Honduran national team.-Early career:...

from Inter. The three strikers all had an unsuccessful days in the first half of the season.

Lazio

As a result, Floccari sealed a loan move to struggling Lazio

S.S. Lazio

. He made his debut after just one training session and scored twice in a 4–1 win over Livorno

A.S. Livorno Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon...

. Following that, Floccari made a surprising impact on the team, and was one of the key players in guiding the club to 12th in the league, well clear of the relegation zone. He missed a vital penalty in the defeat against Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

in the vital derby, but made up for it by scoring the winner against former club Genoa seven days later, a result that all but granted Lazio's Serie A status for 2010–11. At the end of season Lazio bought him for about €8 million.

Statistics

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|1998–99||Montebelluna

Calcio Montebelluna

Calcio Montebelluna is an Italian association football club located in Montebelluna, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are white and blue.-External links:*...

||Promozione

Promozione

||3||0||?||?||rowspan=13 colspan=2| ||?||?
|-
|1999–2000||rowspan=2|Mestre||rowspan=3|Serie C2||0||0||?||?||?||?
|-
|2000–01||4||0||?||?||?||?
|-
|2001–02||Faenza (loan)||33||10||?||?||?||?
|-
|2002–03||Genoa

Genoa C.F.C.

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

||Serie B

Serie B

||9||1||2||0||11||1
|-
|2002–03||rowspan=4|Rimini||Serie C2||13||2||colspan=2| ||14||2¹
|-
|2003–04

2003–04 Serie C1

Statistics of Serie C1 in season 2003/2004.-Serie C1/A:-Play-off:SemifinalFinal-Play-out:-Final Verdict:Arezzo and Cesena promoted to Serie BVarese, Pavia e Prato relegated to Serie C2...

||rowspan=2|Serie C1||24||10||?||?||?||?²
|-
|2004–05||31||7||3||0||34||7
|-
|2005–06||Serie B

Serie B

||18||2||2||0||20||2
|-
|2005–06||rowspan=2|Messina||rowspan=8|Serie A

Serie A

||18||3||colspan=2| ||18||3
|-
|2006–07||27||2||4||0||31||2
|-
|2007–08||rowspan=2|Atalanta

Atalanta B.C.

||34||8||1||0||35||8
|-
|2008–09||33||12||1||0||34||12
|-
|rowspan=2|2009–10

2009–10 Serie A

The 2009–10 Serie A was the seventy-eighth season since its establishment. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball - the T90 Ascente - for this season...

||Genoa

Genoa C.F.C.

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

||11||4||0||0||4||1||15||4
|-
|Lazio

S.S. Lazio

(loan)||17||8||1||1||rowspan=2 colspan=2| ||18||9
|-
|2010–11

2010–11 Serie A

The 2010–11 Serie A was the 79th season since its establishment, the first under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011...

||rowspan=2|Lazio||30||8||1||0||31||8
|-
|2011–12

2011–12 Serie A

The 2011–12 Serie A is the eightieth season since its establishment, and the second under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 9 September 2011 and will end on 13 May 2012. The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players...

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305||77||15||1³||4||1||327||78⁴

¹ 1 match in 2002–03 playoffs

² 2 matches in 2003–04 playoffs

³ Not included match in Coppa Italia Lega Pro and regional cups

⁴ Note 1, 2 and 3

External links

Atalanta B.C. Official Player Profile Career profile (from La Gazzetta dello Sport)

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