Eugenio Corini

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Eugenio Corini
Personal information
Full name	Eugenio Corini
Date of birth	July 30, 1970 (1970-07-30) (age 37)
Place of birth	Bagnolo Mella, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Torino
Number	5
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1990 1990-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1999-2003 2003-2007 2007-	Brescia Juventus Sampdoria Napoli Brescia Piacenza Verona Chievo Palermo Torino	77 (9) 47 (2) 24 (4) 17 (0) 24 (2) 32 (1) 46 (4) 134 (27) 128 (25) 0 (0)
National team2
1988-1992	Italy U-21	29 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 30, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 25, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Eugenio Corini (born July 30, 1970 in Bagnolo Mella, Italy) is an Italian soccer player. He plays as an inventive playmaker specialising in free kicks, corners, penalty kicks and long passes.

He started his career in the Brescia youth squad, but he soon joined the first team, being called to be part it of when just 16 years old, making his debut the following season. He became a regular for the Lombardian team in 1988/1989 and 1989/1990, before being noted and signed by Juventus.

In his first season with Juventus, just 20 years old, Corini played 25 times and scored one goal. He soon became a regular also in the Under-21 national team squad of the early 1990s, winning a Youth European Championship and representing Italy in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. Despite his success for Italy at the youth levels and at club level, he has never been capped for the full national team in a career spanning almost two decades. However, he did receive call-ups during 1992/1993, and more recently on November 2002.

In 1992/1993, Corini was sold to Sampdoria, where he had 24 appearances, and several injury problems. In the next years, Corini moved from team to team almost every season (Brescia again, Piacenza and Verona) without however being able to show his full potential.

In October 1998, Verona loaned him to city rivals Chievo Verona, in Serie B. Corini soon became a mainstay of the team, being named captain and leading his team to an extraordinary promotion to Serie A in 2001 and a UEFA Cup qualification the following season, after having being first-placed at the Winter break.

He joined Palermo in 2003, helping the Sicilian team win the 2003/2004 Serie B league, followed by a UEFA Cup qualification the following season. In June 2007 he announced he was not going to renew his contract with Palermo, and a few days later he was signed by Torino, aged 37.^[1]

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• Player profile (from US Palermo official website)

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Persondata
NAME	Corini, Eugenio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Corini, Eugenio
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1970-7-30
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bagnolo Mella , Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH