Giuseppe Imburgia (born 1 May 1980) is a former Italian footballer who played the position of defender.

Giuseppe Imburgia
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-05-01) 1 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Saronno, Italy
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Internazionale 0 (0)
2001Bellinzona (loan)[1] 12 (0)
2001–2002Varese (loan) 31 (0)
2002–2003Spezia (loan) 11 (0)
2003–2008 Pro Patria 105 (1)
2008–2009 Spezia 28 (2)
2009–2010 Monopoli 14 (0)
2010–2011 Ternana 43 (1)
2012 Como 3 (0)
Total 247 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography edit

Born in Saronno, in the Province of Varese, Lombardy, Imburgia started his career at Lombard club F.C. Internazionale Milano. In July 2000 half of the registration rights of Imburgia was sold to Cagliari as part of Fabio Macellari's deal.[2] Full registration rights of Imburgia was "valued" for 4,000 million lire (€2,065,828).[3] However injury made the deal collapsed. In January 2001 Imburgia was transferred to Swiss Italian club Bellinzona.[4] In 2001 Imburgia was signed by Varese. In July 2002 Spezia signed Imburgia, Cordaz, Quadri, Stojkov and Pandev from Inter.[5] In 2003 Imburgia was signed by Pro Patria where he played for 5 seasons.

In 2008, he was re-signed by Spezia (as new company since the old entity bankrupted). He won promotion back to fully professional league with the Serie D club. In July 2009 Spezia announced that Imburgia, Di Paola, Masi and Nieto would not return to the club.[6]

Imburgia was signed by fellow fourth division club Monopoli in 2009. On 1 February 2010 Imburgia was signed by the third division club Ternana. Bizzarri (loan) and Angelucci were moved to opposite direction.[7]

On 8 February 2012 Imburgia was signed by Como.[8] Imburgia made his first start in the last round of the season, against Ternana as left midfielder.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "AC Bellinzona - Home". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  2. ^ "SUBITO UNA PARTITELLA PER MACELLARI". www.inter.it (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 14 July 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. ^ FC Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  4. ^ "IL GIOVANE IMBURGIA PRESTATO AL BELLINZONA". www.inter.it (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 10 January 2001. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. ^ "CINQUE RAGAZZI DEL VIVAIO NERAZZURRO IN PRESTITO ALLO SPEZIA". www.inter.it (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 22 July 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Di Paola, Imburgia, Masi e Nieto lasciano le aquile" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Bizzarri ed Angelucci al Monopoli. In arrivo Imburgia e Procida" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Giuseppe Imburgia in azzurro" (in Italian). Calcio Como. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original (Google Cache) on March 3, 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2013. Questa mattina è stata spedita in lega tutta la documentazione necessaria per il tesseramento dell'esterno sinistro di difesa, classe '80, Giuseppe Imburgia. Il giocatore con trascorsi nella Ternana, nella Pro Patria e nello Spezia, tra le altre, era attualmente senza contratto ed è quindi possibile per questo motivo il suo tesseramento oltre i termini di chiusura del mercato di gennaio. Si attendono ora solo i tempi tecnici della Lega affichè il giocatore possa essere a disposizione della squadra.
  9. ^ "Como - Ternana: 0 - 0, il fotoracconto" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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