Franco Semioli

Semioli 2007 at the jersey of Fiorentina

Franco Semioli ( born June 20, 1980 in Cirie (TO), Italy) is an Italian football player. He usually plays in the right midfield.

Career

In the club

Semioli began his career in 1998 at Torino Calcio, where he served as youth players made ​​it into the first team and 1998/99, made ​​his debut in Serie B. He came in total but only on two inserts. 1999/2000 he was awarded to Salernitana Calcio, where he was a regular player. In summer 2000, Inter Milan bought 50% of his transfer rights. For 2000/ 01 Semioli returned to Turin, played 16 games and went with the Toro to Serie A. In January 2002, he was awarded after three games in Serie A to Ternana Calcio in Serie B. There, however, he could not prevail, and went with the team at the end of the season in the Serie C1 from. The 2002/ 03 spent Franco Semioli, again on loan at Vicenza Calcio, where he made ​​the breakthrough after a difficult start to the season. He completed 32 games and caught the attention of several Serie A clubs.

In summer 2003, Franco Semioli moved to AC Chievo Verona, Torino Calcio bought from the transfer of his rights. There he quickly earned itself a regular place and played in four years a total of 133 Serie A games. From 2005 it belonged to the Veronese club to 100 %.

For the season 2007/ 08 he moved for about 6.3 million euros to Fiorentina, where he signed a long -term contract until 30 June 2011. But already in 2009 he moved to Serie A rivals Sampdoria, with whom he relegated to Serie B 2010/11.

In the National Team

Franco Semioli denied since 1998, a total of 24 youth caps for Italy. On August 16, 2006, he made ​​his debut under Roberto Donadoni at 0-2 against Croatia in the Italian national team. Previously, he played a total of three matches.