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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Luca Toni[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1977-05-26)26 May 1977 (age 48) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Officine Meccaniche Frignanesi | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Modena | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Modena | 32 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Empoli | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Fiorenzuola | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Lodigiani | 31 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Treviso | 35 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Vicenza | 31 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Brescia | 44 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Palermo | 80 | (50) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Fiorentina | 67 | (47) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Bayern Munich | 60 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Bayern Munich II | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | →Roma (loan) | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Genoa | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Juventus | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Al Nasr | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Fiorentina | 27 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Verona | 95 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 586 | (268) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Italy | 47 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Luca ToniUfficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation:[ˈluːkaˈtɔːni]; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professionalfootballer who played as astriker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competitions; with 322 career goals, he is currently thefourth-highest scoring Italian player of all time, second only toAlessandro Del Piero in the post-World War II era.[3] At international level, he represented theItaly national team on 47 occasions, scoring 16 goals.
He is considered one of the best strikers of his generation, known for effective finishing and his leadership skills in attack. Something of a footballing nomad, at club level, Toni played for thirteen different Italian teams throughout his career. A late bloomer, he spent several seasons in the lower divisions of Italian football, as well as promising spells with minorSerie A clubsVicenza andBrescia, before finally making his breakthrough withPalermo: he helped the team to Serie A promotion during the2003–04 season by winning theSerie B title, and was the league's top scorer with 30 goals; the following season, he helped the club qualify forEurope, scoring 20 goals in Serie A. After two prolific seasons withFiorentina, Toni also spent three seasons with German sideBayern Munich, where he helped the club to a domestic treble during the2007–08 season, also reaching the UEFA Cup semi-finals; after falling out with the club's manager during his third season with the team, and being demoted to the reserve squad, he later returned to Italy on loan withRoma in 2010, and subsequently had spells withGenoa andJuventus. In 2012, he played forAl-Nasr Dubai SC, in theUAE Arabian Gulf League, but returned to Fiorentina for a season later that year. He retired in 2016, after three seasons with Verona, the last as teamcaptain.
He made his international debut in 2004 and took part at the2006 FIFA World Cup,UEFA Euro 2008, and the2009 FIFA Confederations Cup with Italy; he most notably contributed to Italy's 2006 World Cup victory, as he scored twice and was elected to the tournament'sAll-star team.
In addition to the team medals he collected, Toni also won several individual honours: during his first spell with Fiorentina, he won theCapocannoniere (Serie A top scorer) award during the2005–06 season, in which he scored 31 goals (the most goals in aSerie A season since1958–59), which also earned him theEuropean Golden Shoe, becoming the first Italian player ever to win the award; he was also the league's joint top scorer in the2014–15 Serie A season, in which he became the oldest player to win the award at the age of 38, with 22 goals. Toni also finished as top scorer in the2007–08 Bundesliga, with 24 goals, and in the2007–08 UEFA Cup, with 10 goals.
Toni started his professional career atModena. This was followed by a number of seasons spent aroundSerie B andSerie C1 with teams such asEmpoli,Fiorenzuola, andLodigiani.[4] After a Serie B season withTreviso in 1999, he moved toVicenza, playing inSerie A for the first time. He then moved toBrescia, playing for two seasons under managerCarlo Mazzone, alongsideRoberto Baggio andPep Guardiola.[5]
In 2003, he agreed to join ambitious Serie B clubPalermo, being one of the main factors behind the winning team campaign that brought theRosanero back to Serie A after over 30 years, thanks to a record 30 goals scored during the season. He consequently gained his firstcap for theItaly national team in a friendly match 18 August 2004 lost 2–0 toIceland inReykjavík, which also markedMarcello Lippi's debut at the helm of theAzzurri.[6]
In the following season, Toni confirmed his prolificity by scoring 20 goals in Palermo's first Serie A campaign, leading theSicilian club to a historical first qualification to theUEFA Cup.
Toni's move toFiorentina was marked by controversy as Palermo fans dubbed him a traitor for his departure.[7]I Viola paid €10 million to sign him.[8]
During his first season inFlorence he scored 31 goals, only five shy of the single season record by one player. This was the first time in 50 years that a Serie A player had scored 30 or more goals in the league, a feat which cemented his status as one of the most prolific Serie A strikers in history. Toni was awarded theEuropean Golden Shoe for his achievement and is first Italian player to win this award. His goal scoring ability brought Fiorentina to heights never seen sinceGabriel Batistuta's days in the late 1990s. They finished the season fourth in the league and qualified for theChampions League.
This league position, however, was revoked in the courts during theCalciopoli scandal. Fiorentina was found guilty of influencing the Italian Referee's Association and as a result had to start the 2006–07 season with a 19-point deduction. Toni expressed his desire to leave the team several times during the summer to the press, but was eventually convinced by club President Andrea Della Valle to stay. The following season was plagued by injury, limiting Toni's contributions to 16 goals. He would leave during the summer after promising Della Valle not to sign for any Italian rivals.
On 30 May 2007,Bayern Munich chairmanKarl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed that Toni had signed a four-year contract with the club after agreeing to a deal worth €11.58 million with Fiorentina.[9] On 7 June, Toni was presented at a Bayern press conference along with fellow new signingFranck Ribéry.[10] Toni was given the number 9 shirt.
Toni scored four goals in a 19 December 6–0 home win againstAris of Greece to help Bayern win theirUEFA Cup group. On 17 February 2008, he scored his firstBundesligahat-trick (a "perfect hat-trick": a goal with each foot and a header, all coming in one half) againstHannover 96, which was the first hat-trick for a Bayern player in the Bundesliga sinceHans Dorfner in 1989.[11] Bayern won the away fixture 3–0.
In a quarter-final second leg match in the UEFA Cup, Toni scored two dramatic goals in the 115th and 120th minutes of extra time, in a game which finished 3–3 and lifted Bayern Munich pastGetafe of Spain on away goals. Bayern eventually lost toZenit Saint Petersburg in the semi-final. At the2007–08 UEFA Cup, he shared the first place withPavel Pogrebnyak from Zenit at the top scorers list with 10 goals.
He scored two goals in theGerman Cup final againstBorussia Dortmund in a 2–1 win; his second goal was the winner in extra time to give Bayern Munich another cup victory. Toni finished as top scorer in the2007–08 Bundesliga season with 24 goals. Overall, Toni finished the season with 39 goals and 12 assists in 46 matches.
In the 2008–09 season, Toni maintained his high-standard of form for Bayern. In the Bundesliga, he started 13 games from January, in which he scored nine goals, a notable one being a late stoppage-time winner he scored againstTSG Hoffenheim.[12] In the2008–09 UEFA Champions League, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win overSteaua București in the group stages,[13] then a brace in a 5–0 away win overSporting CP in the round of 16.[14]
Toni battled anAchilles tendon injury for most of the second half of the 2008–09 season, but still finished as Bayern's leading scorer in league play, tallying 14 goals in 25 Bundesliga appearances.
Recovering from his injury he appeared in two matches of the second teamBayern Munich II in the3. Liga in September 2009.[15]
On 7 November 2009, he was fined for leaving the stadium during the match after being substituted at half-time.[16]
Following his fall out with Bayern managerLouis van Gaal, Bayern's president,Uli Hoeneß, stated onDSF Doppelpass that Toni would be allowed to leave the club on a free transfer.[17] Eventually, Toni, by mutual agreement with Bayern, was loaned out to Italian clubRoma.
On 31 December 2009, Bayern Munich confirmed the transfer of the Italian striker on a six-month loan basis toRoma,[18][19][20] which offered him pre-tax basic salary of €3.1 million.[21] He debuted for Roma againstCagliari on 6 January 2010. He scored his first two goals for Roma againstGenoa on 17 January 2010 (for 2–0 and 3–0). Toni would go on to score five goals in total for theGiallorossi during the remainder of the 2009–10 season, including the winner againstInternazionale[22] to cut the Milanese club's lead inSerie A to a single point ahead of Roma.
On 16 June 2010, Bayern announced the termination of Toni's contract.[23] In the same month, after some days of speculation, it was confirmed that Luca Toni had found an agreement withGenoa for a two-year contract, reportedly at a net salary of €4 million per season,[24] as subsequently confirmed by club ChairmanEnrico Preziosi. The player, who was presented to the press on 1 July, took on the number 9 jersey.[24]
On 7 January 2011, a statement in theJuventus official website announced that Luca Toni would be joining Juventus on a free transfer deal, until 30 June 2012. Toni scored his 100th goal in Serie A with a header from 16 meters against Cagliari, which was also his debut goal for Juventus. Toni also scored the first goal at the newJuventus Stadium againstNotts County on 8 September 2011.[25]
On 30 January 2012, Juventus confirmed that they have agreed a deal for Luca Toni withEmirati clubAl Nasr.[26]
On 31 August 2012, in the closing hour of the transfer market,Fiorentina announced that they completed the signing of Luca Toni, after he had been previously linked with a move toSiena. Toni made it a goal-scoring return forLa Viola when, after coming on as a 64th-minute substitute forAdem Ljajić, he scored with his first touch the second goal in a 2–0 win overCatania in theStadio Artemio Franchi on 16 September 2012.[27]
On 5 July 2013, Toni signed a one-year contract with newly promoted to Serie A clubVerona.[28] On 17 August, Toni scored his first goal for Verona in a 1–0 victory overPalermo in theCoppa Italia.[29] In his Serie A debut for the club on 24 August, Toni scored twice as Verona recorded a 2–1 home win overMilan on the opening day of the season.[30] Toni displayed fine form for Verona and after scoring two as well as assisting a goal in successive games[31] there were calls for him to return to the national squad with Toni stating "I am thinking about doing well. Then it is forCesare Prandelli to decide. For me, it would be a pleasure and an honour to go to theWorld Cup, but whatever happens there would be no issue".[32]
He ended the2013–14 season with 20 goals, making him the second-top goalscorer in Serie A at the age of 37.[33]
During the2014–15 season, he maintained a high standard of performance, scoring his 300th career goal in a 2–1 win overUdinese on 14 December 2014.[34] He finished the season with 22 goals, which took him to the top of theSerie A goalscoring charts, along withMauro Icardi, at the age of 38 becoming the oldestCapocannoniere in Serie A.[35] In 2015,France Football rated him as one of the 10 best footballers in the world who are over the age of 36.[36]
Toni's third season with the club was less successful, as injuries and clashes with the club's managerLuigi Delneri saw him struggle to gain form and playing time.[37][38] After Verona was seen relegated from the2015–16 Serie A season, Toni confirmed his retirement from football on 4 May 2016.[39] He scored his last ever career goal on his final match from the penalty spot in a 2–1 home win over Serie A championsJuventus, with aPanenka style penalty, and later also started the play which led to Verona's second goal; this was his 23rd appearance and sixth goal of the league season. In the 85th minute, a visibly emotional Toni was substituted and received a standing ovation from the fans. In total, he had managed 48 league goals for Verona during his three seasons in the Italian top division with the club, 157 career Serie A goals in 344 league appearances, and a career total of 324 goals in all competitions (with 659 appearances and 306 goals at club level, and 47 appearances and 16 goals with the Italy national team).[37][40][41][42] Toni explained his decision to retire after the match, stating that he would not be playing in Verona's final match of the season, in an away fixture against his former club Palermo, as he wanted to play his final career match in his team's home stadium.[40]
Toni scored 16 goals in 47 appearances for theItaly national team.[43] He received his first international call-up in August 2004 under managerMarcello Lippi,[44] and subsequently made his debut for the Italy national team as a substitute on 18 August 2004, in a 2–0 friendly defeat againstIceland.[45] He scored his first international goal on 4 September 2004, after coming off the bench in a 2–1 home win againstNorway, in aWorld Cup Qualifying match.[46]
On 17 November, Toni made his first international start in a 1–0 friendly home win overFinland.[47][48] On 11 June 2005, he captained the Italian squad for the first time in his career in a friendly match in New York againstEcuador, due to the absence ofFabio Cannavaro and other experienced players; he scored Italy's only goal in the eventual 1–1 draw.[49][50] On 7 September, Toni scored his first internationalhat-trick in a 4–1 victory againstBelarus in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match, becoming the first Fiorentina player ever to do so.[51][52]
Toni was selected to Italy's 23-man2006 World Cup squad,[53] and was given thenumber 9 shirt.[54] In Italy's opening match againstGhana, he hit the crossbar as Italy won 2–0,[55] and he later scored two goals in the quarter-finals againstUkraine on 30 June, his only goals of the tournament, as Italy won 3–0 to advance to the semi-finals against the hostsGermany.[56] In thefinal againstFrance, he hit the crossbar with a powerful header and later netted another header, although the goal was disallowed as the attempt was controversially ruled offside.[57] Italy eventually defeated France 5–3 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw following extra-time, to win their fourth World Cup title; Toni finished the tournament as Italy's top goal-scorer, alongsideMarco Materazzi, with two goals, also producing 20 shots and hitting the crossbar twice.[58] He was also fouled 28 times throughout the tournament, more than any other player.[59] For his performances, Toni was named to the2006 World Cup Team of the Tournament.[60]
On 28 March 2007, Toni scored two goals in Italy's 2–0 home win overScotland in aEuro 2008 qualifier.[61] After undergoing surgery due to an injury to his left foot which he had struggled to overcome since the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he missed Italy's next two qualifiers against theFaroe Islands andLithuania.[62][63] He returned to action for his nation's qualification game againstGeorgia in Genoa on 13 October, and assistedFabio Grosso, who scored Italy's second goal in a 2–0 win.[64] On 17 November 2007, Toni struck in the first minute of a 2–1 win in a qualifying match against Scotland atHampden Park, which secured Italy's place at the final stages of the competition.[65] Four days later, he scored the second goal against the Faroe Islands, as Italy closed off their qualifying campaign with a 3–1 home win.[66] He finished the qualifying round as Italy's top-scorer with five goals in six appearances.[61][67]
Toni was called up to the 23-man Italian squad forUEFA Euro 2008 by managerRoberto Donadoni,[68][69] but his form in the tournament was disappointing, as he failed to score; he managed a goal in Italy's second group match againstRomania, but it was controversially disallowed for offside, as Italy drew the match 1–1.[70] Toni's main contribution for the team was winning a decisive penalty kick in the final group match against France, which ended 2–0, and allowed the Italians to progress to the knock-out round.[71] Italy then bowed out of the tournament on penalties to eventual championsSpain in the quarter-final, following a 0–0 draw after extra-time.[72]
Despite disappointing at Euro 2008, Toni was called up by returning coach Marcello Lippi for Italy's first two2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[73] Toni also scored an equaliser in a 1–1 draw againstGreece, in an international friendly on 19 November 2008, which was his final international goal.[74] He was subsequently named to Lippi's 23-man Italy squad that took part at the2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa,[75] and appeared in all three of his nation's group matches, although Italy disappointed, suffering a first-round elimination.[76] Following the tournament, he was no longer called up to the national team,[77][78] and he was not included in Lippi's provisional 30-man Italian squad for the2010 FIFA World Cup final tournament.[79]
Toni's goalscoring form with Verona in 2014 saw him become a popular potential candidate for a place as a reserve in Italy's 23-man2014 FIFA World Cup squad,[80] although he was later excluded fromCesare Prandelli's final team for the tournament.[81][82]
Following Toni's retirement from professional football at the end of the 2015–16 season with Verona, theItalian Football Federation paid tribute to him before Italy's friendly match against Finland at theStadio Bentegodi in Verona on 6 June 2016; he was presented with a commemorative shirt by FIGC PresidentCarlo Tavecchio, and was awarded a city plaque by Verona's mayor, Flavio Tosi, and the town's sports councillor, Alberto Bozza.[83][84][85]
Following his retirement, Toni undertook a course to become adirector of sport with his former club Verona.[86][87][88][89][90][91] However, Verona announced that he would leave the club after his contract expired on 30 June 2017.[92] On 15 December 2017, Toni received his coaching licence.[93] In August 2019, he enrolled in theUEFA Pro Licence courses atCoverciano.[94] Toni received his UEFA Pro Licence on 16 September 2020.[95]
A prolific goal-scorer,[96] Toni was a traditionalcentre-forward,[97] who excelled in the air and acrobatically; although in his youth he was known for his attacking movement, which allowed him to play anywhere along the front-line or off of his teammates, he mainly operated in the penalty area in his later career, as he lost his pace and his work-rate decreased.[98][99] Although naturally right footed, he was an accurate finisher with both feet,[98][99] and an excellentpenalty taker.[100] Although his physical, opportunistic, "goal-poaching" style of play was at times criticized as unrefined and unorthodox, due to his lack of notable technical skills, he also drew praise throughout his career for his leadership and ability to utilise his height, solid first touch, and strong physique to win aerial challenges, hold up the ball for his teammates, and provide them withassists when playing with his back to goal, in addition to his ability to score goals himself.[98][99][101] His strength, aerial prowess, and power saw him become one of the best ever headers of the ball in the Italian League.[96][98][101]
Writing forThe Guardian, Tom Mason has said of his play, "His retirement marks the end of not only a remarkable career, but of a whole breed of striker...he seems to be a relic of an out-dated and discredited ideology. In a world where forwards are the first line of defense, where high-intensity pressing and sharp bursts of energy are a prerequisite for strikers, there seems to be little room for players in the mold of Luca Toni. Ill-equipped for a fast-paced counter-attack, unlikely to trouble defenders in behind, his domain is the 18-yard box and little outside it."[102] In the final season of his career, Toni was described as "the last great Italian centre-forward" by Italian sports newspaperLa Gazzetta dello Sport.[37]
Throughout his career, Toni was known forcelebrating his goals by looking at his teammates and rotating his right hand next to his ear, as if to say, "do you realize what it is I have just done?"[99]
In 2010, Toni stated that he was a Catholic.[103]
Toni is married to Italian modelMarta Cecchetto.[104] Their son wasstillborn on 1 June 2012.[105] Their daughter Bianca was born in June 2013.[106] On 30 July 2014, a second son, Leonardo, was born in Florence.[107]
In March 2015, German authorities sued Toni for €1.7 million in unpaid taxes to the Catholic Church.[108] That July, he sued his former tax adviser for the same amount, claiming that he had been registered without prior knowledge as a Roman Catholic in Germany and thus had paid taxes to the Church in conflict with his own beliefs.[109] In December, he received a payout of €1.25 million when the court found in his favour.[110]
In 2019, he stated that he has center-right political views and that he is a supporter of anti-immigrant politicianMatteo Salvini, joining him on stage during a rally inModena.[111]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Modena | 1994–95 | Serie C1 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 2[b] | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 1995–96 | Serie C1 | 25 | 5 | – | – | – | 25 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | ||||
| Empoli | 1996–97 | Serie B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 | ||
| Fiorenzuola | 1997–98 | Serie C1 | 26 | 2 | – | – | 4[c] | 2 | 30 | 4 | ||
| Lodigiani | 1998–99 | Serie C1 | 31 | 15 | – | – | 2[c] | 1 | 33 | 16 | ||
| Treviso | 1999–2000 | Serie B | 35 | 15 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 16 | ||
| Vicenza | 2000–01 | Serie A | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 9 | ||
| Brescia | 2001–02 | Serie A | 28 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2[d] | 0 | – | 34 | 14 | |
| 2002–03 | Serie A | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 44 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 50 | 16 | |||
| Palermo | 2003–04 | Serie B | 45 | 30 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 47 | 30 | ||
| 2004–05 | Serie A | 35 | 20 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 21 | |||
| Total | 80 | 50 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 83 | 51 | ||||
| Fiorentina | 2005–06 | Serie A | 38 | 31 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 42 | 33 | ||
| 2006–07 | Serie A | 29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 16 | |||
| Total | 67 | 47 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 71 | 49 | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 31 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 11[e] | 10 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 39 |
| 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8[f] | 3 | – | 35 | 18 | ||
| 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2[f] | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 60 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 58 | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2009–10 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Roma | 2009–10 | Serie A | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 5 | |
| Genoa | 2010–11 | Serie A | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 18 | 7 | ||
| Juventus | 2010–11 | Serie A | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | |
| 2011–12 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| Al Nasr | 2011–12 | UAE Pro League | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3[g] | 0 | – | 13 | 5 | |
| Fiorentina | 2012–13 | Serie A | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 8 | ||
| Verona | 2013–14 | Serie A | 34 | 20 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 21 | ||
| 2014–15 | Serie A | 38 | 22 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 23 | |||
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 7 | |||
| Total | 95 | 48 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 100 | 51 | ||||
| Career total | 584 | 267 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 658 | 306 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2004 | 5 | 1 |
| 2005 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 11 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 16 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 4 September 2004 | Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy |  Norway | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 11 June 2005 | Giants Stadium, New Jersey, United States |  Ecuador | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 7 September 2005 | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk), Minsk, Belarus |  Belarus | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 7 September 2005 | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk), Minsk, Belarus | Belarus | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 7 September 2005 | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk), Minsk, Belarus | Belarus | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 12 November 2005 | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Netherlands | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 1 March 2006 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy |  Germany | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 30 June 2006 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany |  Ukraine | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 9 | 30 June 2006 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany | Ukraine | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 10 | 7 October 2006 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy | Ukraine | 2–0 | 2–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 11 | 28 March 2007 | Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy |  Scotland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 12 | 28 March 2007 | Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy | Scotland | 2–0 | 2–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 13 | 17 November 2007 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | Scotland | 1–0 | 2–1 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 14 | 21 November 2007 | Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena, Italy |  Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 3–1 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 15 | 6 February 2008 | Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland |  Portugal | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 16 | 19 November 2008 | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece |  Greece | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
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