Salvatore Sirigu

Salvatore Sirigu
Sirigu with Italy in 2015
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Sirigu[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-12) 12 January 1987 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Nuoro, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Palermo
Number 46
Youth career
2002–2005 Venezia
2005–2007 Palermo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Palermo 69 (0)
2007–2008Cremonese (loan) 19 (0)
2008–2009Ancona (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2017 Paris Saint-Germain 145 (0)
2016–2017Sevilla (loan) 2 (0)
2017Osasuna (loan) 18 (0)
2017–2021 Torino 141 (0)
2021–2022 Genoa 37 (0)
2022–2023 Napoli 0 (0)
2023 Fiorentina 1 (0)
2023–2024 Nice 0 (0)
2024 Fatih Karagümrük 17 (0)
2024– Palermo 0 (0)
International career
2005 Italy U18 3 (0)
2005 Italy U19 2 (0)
2007–2009 Italy U21 3 (0)
2010–2021 Italy 28 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2020 Europe
Runner-up 2012 Poland–Ukraine
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2013 Brazil
UEFA Nations League
Third place 2021 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:43, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:04, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Salvatore Sirigu Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre ˈsiːriɡu], Sardinian: [saɾβaˈðɔɾɛ ˈziɾiɣu]; born 12 January 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Palermo.

Sirigu began his career with Venezia and then Palermo. In 2011, he moved to French side Paris Saint-Germain. Twice voted the Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year, his honours at the club include four consecutive league titles and all four domestic competitions in both the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. After spending the 2016–17 season in Spain on loan to Sevilla and Osasuna, Sirigu was signed by Torino in 2017. After playing 152 matches with the club, he then had brief spells at Genoa, Napoli and Fiorentina.

A former youth international, Sirigu made his senior debut for Italy in 2010 and was selected for UEFA Euro 2012 (finishing in second place), the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup (finishing in third place), the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020, winning the latter tournament.

  1. ^ a b "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Salvatore Sirigu". torinofc.it. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2019.