Gianluigi Lentini

Gianluigi Lentini
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-03-27) 27 March 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Carmagnola, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Torino 111 (16)
1988–1989 → Ancona (loan) 37 (4)
1992–1996 Milan 60 (13)
1996–1997 Atalanta 31 (4)
1997–2001 Torino 93 (6)
2001–2003 Cosenza 1914 56 (6)
2003–2004 Cosenza 14 (3)
2004–2008 Canelli 74 (37)
2008–2009 Saviglianese 30 (5)
2009–2011 Nicese 9 (2)
2011–2012 Carmagnola
Total 515 (96)
International career
1987–1990 Italy U21 2 (0)
1991–1996 Italy[1] 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gianluigi Lentini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanluˈiːdʒi lenˈtiːni]; born 27 March 1969)[1] is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Once dubbed the "new Gigi Meroni", Lentini began his senior career with hometown club Torino in 1986, with whom he won a Serie B title and the Mitropa Cup; in 1992, Lentini became the then-most expensive player when he joined Milan in a transfer worth a reported 18.5 billion Italian lire (€14 million), where he won three Serie A titles, three Supercoppas Italiana, and the UEFA Champions League. He suffered a serious car crash in 1993, which derailed his career.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Convocazioni e presenze in campo: Lentini Gianluigi". Club Italia: Nazionale A (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ^ Irish, Oliver (2 September 2001). "The 10 biggest wastes of money in football history". The Observer. Retrieved 28 January 2016.