Paolo De Ceglie

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Paolo De Ceglie
Personal information
Full name	Paolo De Ceglie
Date of birth	September 17, 1986 (1986-09-17) (age 21)
Place of birth	Aosta, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Juventus
Number	N/A
Youth clubs
	Juventus
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-	Juventus Siena Juventus	7 (1) 29 (2)
National team2
2006-	Italy U-21	7 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of March 25, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Paolo De Ceglie (born September 17, 1986 in Aosta) is an Italian footballer currently playing for Juventus. He is 1.84 m tall and weighs 75 kg.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Club 1.2 Internationals 2 Honors 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

De Ceglie played in various youth competitions for Juve, including the Campionato Primavera and Coppa Italia Primavera. In 2006, De Ceglie scored a hat-trick in Juventus' 5-1 defeat of bitter rivals Inter Milan for the Super Coppa Primavera.

De Ceglie made his senior team debut on November 6, 2006 for Juventus against Napoli, coming on as a substitute for Nicola Legrottaglie after 55 minutes, with the game eventually ending 1-1. His first ever senior team goal came in his second game, as Juventus beat Lecce 4-1. He played a total of seven matches with Juventus in their 2006-07 Serie B campaign, and also scored a goal. In June 2007 he was loaned out to Siena as part of a co-ownership agreement.

De Ceglie was sold back to Juventus on June 9,2008 after his first season in Serie A with Siena. Juve paid €3.5m for the other half of his contract, which will be paid in instalments during the 2008/09 season.

[edit] Internationals

He made his U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21, 12 December 2006, replacing Arturo Lupoli in 62 min.

[edit] Honors

• 1 Campionato Primavera: 2005-06
• 1 Super Coppa Primavera: 2006

[edit] References

v • d • e Juventus F.C. – current squad 1 Buffon • 2 Birindelli • 3 Chiellini • 5 Zebina • 6 Zanetti • 7 Salihamidžić • 8 Camoranesi • 9 Iaquinta • 10 Del Piero • 11 Nedvěd • 12 Belardi • 13 Vanstrattan • 14 Andrade • 17 Trezeguet • 20 Palladino • 21 Grygera • 22 Sissoko • 25 Stendardo • 28 Molinaro • 30 Tiago • 32 Marchionni • 33 Legrottaglie • 34 Ekdal • 36 Castiglia • -- Amauri • -- Mellberg • -- De Ceglie • Manager: Ranieri