Corrado Colombo

Corrado Mario Colombo (born 3 August 1979) is an Italian footballer. He currently plays for Tuttocuoio as a striker.

Corrado Colombo
Personal information
Full name Corrado Mario Colombo
Date of birth (1979-08-03) 3 August 1979
Place of birth Vimercate, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Tuttocuoio
Youth career
1996–1998 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Atalanta 20 (3)
1999–2000 → Pistoiese (loan) 26 (2)
2000–2001 Internazionale 1 (0)
2000–2001 → Torino (loan) 21 (2)
2001–2002 Atalanta 22 (1)
2002–2006 Sampdoria 40 (3)
2004 → Piacenza (loan) 23 (3)
2004–2005 → Livorno (loan) 19 (3)
2005 → Ascoli (loan) 6 (0)
2006–2007 Brescia 18 (0)
2007–2008 Spezia 34 (8)
2008 Pisa 12 (2)
2008–2009 Bari 16 (3)
2009–2010 Verona 23 (3)
2010–2011 Spezia 27 (3)
2011 Pistoiese 7 (1)
2011– Tuttocuoio
National team‡
1999–2001 Italy U-21 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 2006

Club career

Atalanta, Inter and loans

Colombo started his career at the famous youth rank of Atalanta. He made his debut on Serie B and for the club in 1998–99 season, and then joined Pistoiese (Serie B). He was signed by the giant Internazionale in the summer of 2000[1] in co-ownership deal. He made his Serie A debut on 1 October 2000 against Reggina Calcio, and four other appearances at Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup match, in which he scored.

In October, he was on loan to Torino Calcio (Serie B) along with Sixto Peralta, due to there being too many strikers on the squad.

He failed to return to Inter, but was sold back to Atalanta, this time in the Serie A.

His first ever Serie A season as regular was fair, in which he made 22 appearances.

Sampdoria and loans

In summer 2002, Sampdoria (Serie B) signed Colombo in a co-ownership deal, for 5.25 billion lire (€2,711,399).[2] He is one of the players who helped the club to be promoted, by playing 27 games.

But his third Serie A season with his third Serie A club was bitter, he made just 2 appearances before the winter break.

Colombo was loaned to Piacenza (Serie B), Livorno (Serie A) and Ascoli (Serie A), for exactly two seasons. The latter two were newcomers to the Serie A at that time, and Piacenza was also new to Serie B since being relegated.

He returned to Sampdoria in January 2006, due to injuries of Emiliano Bonazzoli, when he made 12 appearances, without a goal.[3]

Brescia, Spezia and Pisa

In June 2006, Atalanta gave up the remain registration rights of Colombo to Sampdoria for free,[2] while the "Blue-Black" also forced to sell Biagio Pagano to Sampdoria after no agreement was formed and a lower bid thereafter . But it saw Colombo sent to Brescia (Serie B) in a co-ownership deal on 29 August 2006, for a peppercorn fee of €500. Likes previous times, he failed to score regularly.

On 29 January 2007, Spezia (Serie B) signed Colombo, from Brescia, with Sampdoria retained 50% registration rights,[4] as an emergency signing. He finally scored regularly, scoring 8 goals in 18 games, which kept the place of Serie B for Spezia.

He then transferred to Pisa Calcio in January 2008. Pisa paid €200,000 to Spezia to acquire its portion of registration rights.[5] In June 2008 Sampdoria gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Pisa for free.

Bari, Verona and Spezia

On 1 September 2008, he was signed by Bari in 2-year contract.[6] On 31 August 2009, he signed a 2-year contract with Verona,[7][8] after rule out from Bari first team. In August 2010 Colombo was released.[9] Two days later Colombo was re-signed by Spezia.[10]

Serie D

On 25 August 2011 Colombo was signed by Serie D club U.S. Pistoiese 1921.[11] However, after only 1 goal in 7 games, he was released.[12]

International career

Colombo was a member of the Italy national under-21 football team.

Career statistics

Club
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1998–99AtalantaSerie B203????
1999–2000Pistoiese262????
2000–01InternazionaleSerie A102011511
2000–01TorinoSerie B222222
2001–02AtalantaSerie A221????
2002–03SampdoriaSerie B273????
2003–04Serie A20????
2003–04PiacenzaSerie B234??
2004–05LivornoSerie A193????
2005–06[13]Ascoli600060
Sampdoria12032152
2006–07[14]BresciaSerie B18011191
Spezia1781828
2007–08[15]17111181
Pisa1111332
2008–09111121
Bari163163
2009–10VeronaPrima Divisione233241294
2010–11[16]Spezia27300273
2011–12[17]PistoieseSerie D710071
Tuttocuoio
Career total 31739??11??

1Include one match at 2000 Supercoppa Italiana.
2Include one match at Relegation play-off.
3Include two matches and one goals at Relegation play-off
4All in 2009–10 Coppa Italia Lega Pro[18][19][20][21]
5Include four matches in Promotion play-off

Honours
Inter
Torino
Bari

References
  1. "ARRIVA IL GIOVANE COLOMBO DALL'ATALANTA" (in Italian). inter.it. 24 June 2000. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  2. Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2006 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  3. "Sampdoria hit by Bonazzoli blow". UEFA.com. 2 January 2006.
  4. UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2007 (in Italian)
  5. UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (in Italian)
  6. "Il Bari prende Colombo" (in Italian). AS Bari. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  7. "Calciomercato, Corrado Colombo all'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  8. "Carobbio al Grosseto in prestito" (in Italian). AS Bari. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  9. "Rescissione del contratto per Corrado Colombo". Hellas Verona FC (in Italian). 6 August 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  10. "Mercato: Corrado Colombo è il nuovo attaccante dello Spezia". Spezia Calcio (in Italian). 8 August 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  11. "Gran colpo arancione, ecco Corrado Colombo". US Pistoiese 1921 (in Italian). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  12. "Si interrompe il rapporto con Corrado Colombo". US Pistoiese 1921 (in Italian). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  13. "2005–06 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  14. "2006–07 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  15. "2007–08 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  16. http://www.acspezia.com/cronaca-tempo-reale.454.html
  17. http://www.uspistoiese1921.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=508:arancioni-sconfitti-dallo-scandicci-ed-escono-dalla-coppa-0-1&catid=43:news&Itemid=27
  18. http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=8637
  19. http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=8698
  20. http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=8785
  21. http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=8876
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