Federico Peluso

Federico Peluso, 2012

Federico Peluso ( born January 20, 1984 in Rome) is an Italian football player.

Career

In the club

Federico Peluso began his career in the youth team of Lazio. However, he could never prevail in Rome and left the club in 2001 in the direction of Vercelli. The defender signed for resident club U.S. Pro Vercelli a contract. He made his debut on 5 May 2002 at the home game against Real Castelnuovo in Serie C2, the fourth- highest Italian league. In the following two seasons in the same league, he was at Vercelli significantly more match practice and could increasingly play in the starting eleven of the Piedmontese Association. After a disappointing 2003/04 season the team was defeated in two playout games against U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, but remained due to the withdrawal of licenses of the AC Meda 1913 still in Serie C2. In summer 2004, the second division Ternana Calcio took him under contract. Peluso convinced at the Umbrians with his services and was on the defensive a regular place.

Once in his first season at Ternana he made ​​sure the league with the team, the 2005/06 season ended with the fall in the third-rate Serie C1. Then the defensive player changed again the club and joined the UC AlbinoLeffe. In the 2007 /08 season he reached with AlbinoLeffe 4th place in Serie B, which Peluso with the team was allowed to play in the play-off matches for the promotion to the Serie A. In these was defeated in the semi-finals Brescia Calcio, but the team was defeated in the finals just against U.S. Lecce and remained in Serie B. In January 2009, the transfer to the Italian Serie A club Atalanta was announced. In Atalanta, he managed so far not established defender Gianpaolo Bellini and Leonardo Talamonti to displace.

On January 3, 2013 Peluso joined initially on loan to Juventus. In June 2013, the Turin the purchase option contained in the loan agreement and pledged Peluso for 4.8 million euros in 2017 attracted.

In the National Team

Although Peluso was never nominated for a youth selection of Italy, he was on August 15, 2012 at 1:2 in a friendly against England under Cesare Prandelli 28 -year-old made ​​his debut in the Italian national team. On 11 September of the same year the defender in a 2-0 victory in the World Cup qualifier against Malta scored his first goal for the Azzurri.

Achievements

  • Italian Champion: 2012/13
  • Italian Supercup: 2013
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