Carl Valeri

Carl Valeri
Valeri during the national anthem before the friendly against Uruguay (2007)
Personnel
birthday	August 14, 1984
place of birth	Canberra ,  Australia
position	Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years	station
2001-2002	Australian Institute of Sport
2002-2004	Inter Milan
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2007	Inter Milan	0 (0)
2004-2005	→  SPAL Ferrara  (loan)	25 (0)
2005-2007	→ US Grosseto (co-owner)	57 (3)
2007-2009	US Grosseto	65 (3)
2010–	US Sassuolo Calcio	66 (2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2000-2001	Australia U17	13 (1)
2002-2003	Australia U-20	12 (1)
2003-2004	Australia U-23	15 (1)
2007–	Australia	48 (1)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 1, 2012 2 As of September 14, 2012

Carl Valeri (born August 14, 1984 in Canberra ) is an Australian football player . The national player has spent his previous professional career exclusively with clubs in Italy.

Club career

Valeri and his compatriot Nathan Coe moved to the top Italian club Inter Milan in 2002 after they were both elected to the All-Star team at the 2001 U-17 World Cup. After the end of his youth he did not succeed in asserting himself in Inter's professional team and he was awarded to SPAL Ferrara in Serie C1 for the 2004/05 season . Under coach Massimiliano Allegri Valeri came after starting difficulties in 25 games and the following season he followed Allegri to US Grosseto , after the club secured 50% of the transfer rights to Valeri.

In 2007 Grosseto rose to Serie B for the first time in the club's history , Valeri scored on the last day of the game to the decisive 1-0 winner against Calcio Padova , which meant the championship and direct promotion. Grosseto then secured the complete transfer rights to the defensive midfielder in a secret auction. Two years later, Grosseto failed in the promotion games to Serie A in the semi-finals when, after a 2-0 first leg win, the second leg against the later promoted AS Livorno was lost 4-1. Valeri publicly expressed his intention to change in April 2009, but despite the failure in the promotion games, no club change came about. In January 2010 he moved to US Sassuolo Calcio .

National team

Valeri before a game for the Australian national team (2010)

Valeri went through all of Australia's junior national teams. With the U-17 selection , he took part in the U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago in 2001 and reached the quarter-finals there under coach Ange Postecoglou , in which Nigeria lost 5-1. Two years later he took part with the U-20s in the 2003 Junior World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and finished first in the preliminary group after victories over Brazil and Canada and a draw against the Czech Republic. In the round of 16 against the hosts Valeri was absent due to a yellow card suspension and was unable to participate in the 0-1 defeat.

In 2004 he qualified with the Olympic selection for the Olympic football tournament in Greece. During the tournament, Valeri formed the midfield of the Olyroos with Tim Cahill and Luke Wilkshire , after second place in the preliminary round, the surprise team Iraq failed with 0-1 in the quarterfinals.

On March 24, 2007 Valeri made his debut together with Shane Stefanutto under national coach Graham Arnold in a friendly against China in the Australian national team , after he had previously participated in training camps of the national team several times. Just three months later he was part of the squad when Australia took part in the Asian Cup for the first time , but did not replace Vince Grella during the tournament . As a result, Valeri consolidated his place in the team, helped by injury problems from Grella, and made eleven appearances in the successful qualification for the 2010 World Cup .

Web links

• Profile at the Australian Association
• Usage statistics in Italy
• "The Apprentice: Carl Valeri" - Interview on au.fourfourtwo.com (May 2008)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Valeri's Blunt Hint To Grosetto (April 2, 2009)
2. ↑ theage.com.au: Socceroo debutant 'player of the future' (March 24, 2007)