Lazio Player

Simone Inzaghi (born April 5, 1976, in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Serie A club Lazio.

He is the brother of Filippo Inzaghi, who is also a professional footballer. He has a son, Tommaso, born April 29, 2001, with ex-girlfriend model/actress Alessia Marcuzzi.

Playing career

Inzaghi started playing professional football in the 1993–94 season with his hometown team Piacenza, although he did not get to play a first team game in that season. The next season he was loaned out to Serie C1 side Carpi, where he played nine games. His first goal came in the 1995–96 season, playing for Novara in Serie C2. After two more loan stints, at Lumezzane in 1996–97 and Brescello the following season, Inzaghi came back to Piacenza, and played his first game for the team (also his first Serie A game) during the 1998–99 season. He scored a total of 15 goals in 30 games for Piacenza that season.

The next season he was signed by Lazio. He had a productive first season at his new club, scoring 7 goals in 22 league games, and 9 in just 11 UEFA Champions League matches (including four in a single game against Olympique de Marseille, on 14 March 2000, with which he equaled the competition record held by Marco van Basten since 1992). He also made his debut for the Italian national football team on 29 March 2000 against Spain. Lazio went on to win both the Scudetto and Coppa Italia that season. Inzaghi again won the domestic cup with Lazio in 2004.

In the 2004–05, season Inzaghi was involved in a one-year player exchange with Fabio Bazzani, going to Sampdoria for the season. He returned to Lazio in 2005–06 and stayed for 2006–07, with twelve appearances overall in two seasons.

The following season, Inzaghi joined Atalanta on loan. Although he struggled to find his form early in the season, he managed to play in 19 league contests, mostly as a second half substitute, but did not find the net.

External links

FootballDatabase.com profile