Gianluca Pagliuca
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Pagliuca with Sampdoria in 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gianluca Pagliuca | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bologna, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Bologna | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1994 | Sampdoria | 198 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1999 | Inter Milan | 165 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2006 | Bologna | 248 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Ascoli | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 634 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 . | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Italy Olympic (O.P.) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1998 | Italy | 39 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gianluca Pagliuca Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka paʎˈʎuːka]; born 18 December 1966) is an Italian football coach and former professional goalkeeper.
He is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, and one of Italy's best keepers ever. Throughout his career, he played for Sampdoria, Inter, Bologna, and Ascoli in Italy, winning several domestic and international trophies. At international level, he represented Italy at three FIFA World Cups (1990, 1994, and 1998), most notably reaching the 1994 World Cup final as Italy's starting goalkeeper.
He is the player with the fifth most appearances (592), and the second best penalty-stopper (24 saves) in Serie A behind Samir Handanović, although other specialists such as Júlio César and Handanović have a higher success rate.