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Riccardo Montolivo
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| Riccardo Montolivo | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 18, 1985 (age 22) | |
| Place of birth | Caravaggio, Italy | |
| Height | 1.81 m | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | ACF Fiorentina | |
| Number | 18 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003-2005 2005- |
Atalanta Fiorentina |
73 (7) 20 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Italy U-21 | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Riccardo Montolivo (born 18 January 1985 in Caravaggio, Bergamo) is an Italian footballer. He currently plays in the role of attacking midfielder for ACF Fiorentina of Serie A league. He is also nationally known as a good deep-lying forward.
He started his career with Atalanta, for which he debuted in the 2003/2004 season, helping his team to gain a promotion to Series A, and scoring 4 goals in 41 matches. The next season, again for Atalanta, he played 32 times and scored 3 goals, being unable to avoid the immediate relegation for the team. He moved to Fiorentina in the summer of 2005, in a joint ownership bid. In 2006 Fiorentina got full ownership.
He is one of the main players of the Under 21 national team of Italy coached by Claudio Gentile, and widely considered as one of the most promising youngsters in the country. He has been tipped to be the next Totti. However, in his first season with Fiorentina he was rarely first choice for coach Claudio Cesare Prandelli and spent most of the games on the bench.
In October 10th 2006 Montolivo scored a winning goal when Italy won Spain 1-2 and qualified for 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship [1].
| ACF Fiorentina - Current Squad |
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1 Frey | 2 Krøldrup | 3 Dainelli | 4 Donadel | 5 Gamberini | 6 Potenza | 8 Pazienza | 10 Mutu | 11 Liverani | 13 Mateo | 15 Paolucci | 17 Blasi | 18 Montolivo | 19 Gobbi | 20 Jørgensen | 21 Ujfaluši | 22 Kuzmanović | 23 Pasqual | 25 D'Ambrosio | 26 Filipe | 27 Di Carmine | 28 Lupatelli | 29 Pazzini | 30 Toni | 32 Brivio | 33 Manfredini | 34 Lepiller | 81 Santana | 83 Reginaldo | Coach: Prandelli |
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