Simone Loria
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) is an Italian
Italy
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football defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
currently played with Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
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Career
Loria is known for having scored a spectacular bicycle kick from the edge of the penalty area against ChievoA.C. ChievoVerona
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while playing for 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...
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He began his career at 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...
, club giant of his hometown Turin. After graduation from youth teams, he spent 5 seasons in Serie C1
Serie C1
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and Serie C2
Serie C2
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. In mid-2002, he was signed by Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
of Serie B
Serie B
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. He quickly became a regular starter and contributed to the team's promotion to Serie A
Serie A
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in summer 2004. In his first Serie A season, he played 20 matches. At the end of season, he joined Atalanta, a club which had just been relegated to Serie B. He won the Serie B championship with the club and played in Serie A again.
In July 2007, he signed a 4-year contract with Siena
A.C. Siena
Associazione Calcio Siena is an Italian football club based in Siena.The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season....
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Roma
Loria completed a transfer to Roma from Siena along with his teammate Artur Moraes on 25 June 2008 in an exchange deal which saw Roma goalkeeper Gianluca CurciGianluca Curci
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move to Siena in a co-ownership
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...
deal and Roma midfielder Ahmed Barusso
Ahmed Barusso
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move on loan to the Tuscan based club. Daniele Galloppa
Daniele Galloppa
Daniele Galloppa is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Parma. Galloppa is a central midfield playmaker with outstanding reading of the game, excellent vision and an ability to deliver incisive passes....
, owned by both Roma & Siena, also became an exclusively Siena player as a part of the deal. He signed a 3-year deal and he was valued €2.8 million.
After disappointing performances, Loria was loaned to Torino
Torino F.C.
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which recently sold Cesare Natali
Cesare Natali
Cesare Natali is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for ACF Fiorentina of Serie A.-Atalanta:Natali started his career at Atalanta. He scored the opening goal in the relegation playoffs second legs in June 2003, but Atalanta eventually lost 1–2 and relegated to Serie B. On 30 August...
on 6 July 2009. During 2010–11 Serie A
2010–11 Serie A
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Loria spent most of his time on the bench or even the stands until the classic match against Inter. Substituting Jérémy Menez
Jérémy Menez
Jérémy Ménez is a French international footballer who currently plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. He plays many positions in the attacking midfield, usually as a winger and a playmaker...
in the second half he scored the (temporary) 4-3, his second goal for Roma.
Bologna
He moved to BolognaBologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
in July. He scored his first goal for Bologna on October 30, against Atalanta. Bologna won 3:1.