Lorenzo Tonelli
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Florence, Italy | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Napoli | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2010 | Empoli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2016 | Empoli | 163 | (14) |
| 2016– | Napoli | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006 | Italy U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 November 2010 |
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Lorenzo Tonelli (born 17 January 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a central defender for Serie A club Napoli .
Club career
Born in Florence, Tuscany, Tonelli started his professional career at Empoli. He made his debut during 2010–11 Serie B season. He made his first appearance on 5 September 2010.
On 26 April 2015, Tonelli was punched by Atalanta's Germán Denis after he burst into the Empoli dressing room; Denis was subsequently given a five match ban for this action on Tonelli.[1]
Tonelli enjoyed his breakthrough in the 2015-16 season under manager Maurizio Sarri, attracting the attention of some of the top Italian teams. On 23 May 2016 it was announced that Tonelli signed with Napoli.[2] The transfer fee was reported as being €10 million.[3]
International career
Under the new regime of Ciro Ferrara, he received his first call-up for Italy U-21 on 11 November 2010.[4][5] He made his debut on 17 November 2010, replacing Giulio Donati in the second half of the friendly match, winning against Turkey 2–1.[6]
References
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- ↑ http://www.football-italia.net/84810/official-napoli-sign-tonelli
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2016/05/23/23852222/tonelli-becomes-napolis-first-close-season-signing
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External links
- FIGC National Teams Archive (Italian)
- La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (Italian)
- Football.it Profile (Italian)
- Lorenzo Tonelli at Soccerway
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- Italian footballers
- Italy youth international footballers
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Empoli F.C. players
- Association football defenders
- Sportspeople from Florence
- 1990 births
- Living people
