Massimo Gobbi

Massimo Gobbi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmassimo ˈɡɔbbi]; born 31 October 1980) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defender or as a midfielder.

Massimo Gobbi
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-10-31) 31 October 1980
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Pro Sesto 6 (0)
1999–2004 Treviso 51 (5)
2001–2002 → Giugliano (loan) 33 (5)
2002–2003 → AlbinoLeffe (loan) 30 (7)
2004–2006 Cagliari 71 (5)
2006–2010 Fiorentina 81 (2)
2010–2015 Parma 155 (4)
2015–2018 Chievo 88 (1)
2018–2019 Parma 16 (0)
Total 531 (29)
National team
2006 Italy 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Milan, Gobbi started his senior career in fourth-tier Serie C2 club Pro Sesto in 1998.

Treviso

He moved to second-tier Serie B club Treviso in 1999, from where he was loaned out to Giugliano (Serie C2) and AlbinoLeffe (Serie C1). He returned to Treviso in 2003, where he got his breakthrough. He played 44 of 46 games for the club during the 2003–04 Serie B season, after which he moved to the newly promoted club Cagliari Calcio in the top-flight Serie A championship.[1]

He made his Serie A debut on 12 September 2004, in Cagliari's 1–0 win over Bologna, and played 71 of Cagliari's 76 Serie A games over the next two seasons.

Fiorentina

In June 2006, Gobbi was bought back by Treviso but sold to Fiorentina along with Reginaldo on 24 June, and Treviso signed Gianni Guigou as part of the deal.[2] At that time Gobbi was valued €4.3 million[3] (costed Viola €4.54 million[4]), while Guigou was valued €40,000.[3] (but made Viola received an extra cost saving of €200,000)[4] He scored his first goal for the Fiorentina against Juventus on 1 March 2007.

Parma

On 1 July 2010, he became a free agent,[5] before joining Parma on 18 August 2010.[6] Initially deployed in his natural role as a central midfielder, Gobbi's first season at the club saw him become a regular as a left-back from December 2010 onwards as a consequence of Luca Antonelli's January 2011 departure.

His contract was renewed several time, which his last contract was due to expire on 30 June 2015.[7] However, he was released few days earlier due to the bankruptcy of Parma.

Chievo

On 30 June 2015, Gobbi signed a two-year contract with Chievo on a free transfer.[8] He signed a one-year contract on 3 July 2017.[9]

Parma

On 14 July 2018, Gobbi signed a one-year contract with Serie A side Parma, he returned after 3 years.[10]

Gobbi retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.[11]

International career

Immediately after joining Fiorentina, Gobbi was called up for the Italian national football team by manager Roberto Donadoni.[12] He made his senior national team debut in a 2–0 friendly defeat against Croatia in Livorno, on 16 August 2006, coming on as a substitute for Massimo Ambrosini in the 75th minute.[13]

References
  1. "Ufficializzati i contratti di Gobbi e Abeijon". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 15 July 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. "UFFICIALE: Gobbi e Reginaldo alla Fiorentina". tuttomercato.web (in Italian). 24 June 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2006.
  3. Treviso FBC 1993 s.r.l. Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 (in Italian)
  4. ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2006 (in Italian)
  5. "Il saluto di Massimo Gobbi". ACF Fiorentina (in Italian). Viola Channel. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  6. "Gobbi al Parma" [Gobbi to Parma]. Parma FC (in Italian). 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  7. PARMA FOOTBALL CLUB S.P.A. IN FALLIMENTO VALUTAZIONE DELLA AZIENDA SPORTIVA
  8. "Official: Massimo Gobbi coming to ChievoVerona!". A.C. ChievoVerona. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  9. "Gobbi and ChievoVerona: the story continues" (Press release). A.C. ChievoVerona. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  10. "Gobbi signed with Parma". Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  11. Gobbi annuncia l’addìo al calcio, forzaparma.it, 8 July 2019
  12. "Donadoni names new-look Italy". UEFA.com. 12 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  13. "Non va la nuova Italia di Donadoni La Croazia è più avanti: 0-2 a Livorno" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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