Giorgio Venturin (; born 9 July 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a central or defensive midfielder.

Career

Venturin started his playing career in the Torino youth system, and was subsequently loaned to Serie B side Cosenza for a season in 1988. He returned to Torino in 1989, making 28 appearances and scoring a single goal. After a single season at Napoli, he returned once again to Turin and played three seasons with the granata. During his stay with Torino, he received his one and only cap with the Italian team in 1992; he appeared as a second half substitute for Luca Fusi in Italy's 2–0 friendly win over Republic of Ireland at the Foxboro Stadium in the 1992 U.S. Cup, on 4 June. In 1994 he moved to Lazio, where he played until January 1999, except for a loan spell at Cagliari in 1995. He left Lazio to join La Liga side Atlético Madrid during the 1998–99 winter transfer market. He returned to Italy in 2000 to play for his boyhood club Torino. He finally left Torino in 2002 to sign for Taranto, and retired in 2005 after seasons with Lodigiani and its successor Cisco Lodigiani of Serie C2. After retiring, he became involved with the Cisco Roma (ex-Cisco Lodigiani) youth system.

Giorgio Venturin

References

External links

Giorgio Venturin at FootballPlus.com

Giorgio Venturin at FIGC.it

1968 births

Living people

People from Bollate

Cosenza Calcio 1914 players

Atlético Madrid footballers

Cagliari Calcio players

Men's association football midfielders

Expatriate men's footballers in Spain

Italian expatriate men's footballers

Italian men's footballers

Italy men's international footballers

Italy men's under-21 international footballers

La Liga players

SS Lazio players

SSC Napoli players

AS Lodigiani players

Atletico Roma FC players

Serie A players

Serie B players

Serie C players

Taranto FC 1927 players

Torino FC players

Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Milan

Giorgio Venturin