Matteo Sereni

Sereni 2008 at the jersey of FC Turin

Matteo Sereni ( born February 11, 1975 in Parma) is an Italian football goalkeeper.

Playing career

Sampdoria

Matteo Sereni comes from the youth of Sampdoria, where he -actuated his first steps in professional football. In his first season as a professional player, he was awarded the unterklassigen club AC Crevalcore. Then he returned for the next two years ago as the second keeper to Sampdoria, however, did not come about nine missions beyond.

For this reason, Sereni was awarded for the 1996/97 season at Piacenza Calcio, where he came as a stock keeper in all games and uses the sovereign held the class. The following year he missed the goal for the season league with FC Empoli as severed Table clearly. Since Sampdoria relegated, Sereni went with in Serie B, where he from 1991 to 2001 had a regular place in the two years and only once could not accumulate.

Ipswich Town

In Samdporia Sereni was so convincing that he was taken by the English first division side Ipswich Town for the Association's internal record transfer fee of € 7.5 million under contract. After a year in which he played regularly, but the descent was made. For the 2002/ 03 season Sereni was awarded to the Italian first division club Brescia Calcio until he finally left the English after the season and missed the resurgence of Ipswich.

The last years

From 2003 to 2007 Sereni was under contract at Lazio, where he could, however, never really set, even though he both games in the finals of the Coppa Italia against Juventus played in 2004. For the second half of the 2005/06 season he was loaned out to Treviso FBC with which he descended last. Since he came to no use in the 2006/07 season and he even then already 43 years old goalkeeper Marco Ballotta was preferred, he was allowed to leave the club in summer 2007 and joined as a replacement for Christian Abbiati to Erstligarivalen Torino, where he is now a regular place has.