Luca Ansoldi

Luca Ansoldi
Date of birth	5th January 1982
place of birth	Merano , Italy
size	183 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 91
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1998-1999	AHC Latsch Vinschgau
1999-2004	HC Merano
2004-2006	Ritten sport
2006-2007	SG Cortina
2007-2009	HC Bolzano
2009-2011	Ritten sport
2011-2013	Hockey Milano Rossoblu
2013-2016	Ritten sport
since 2016	HC Merano

Luca Ansoldi (born January 5, 1982 in Merano ) is an Italian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Merano again in Serie B since 2016 .

Career

Luca Ansoldi began his career as an ice hockey player with AHC Latsch Vinschgau , for which he made his A2 series debut in the 1998/99 season. He then moved to HC Meran , for which he was under contract in the A1 series for the next five years . In the summer of 2004, the attacker moved to Ritten Sport , with whom he was Italian runner-up in the 2005/06 season. He then moved to their league rivals SG Cortina , with whom he was Italian champion for the first time in his career in 2007 . After the success, the right-handed shooter left the club and signed with HC Bozen , with whom he won the Supercoppa Italiana in 2007 and 2008, the Italian championship in 2008 and 2009, the exhibition cup in 2008 and the Coppa Italia in 2009 .

From the 2009/10 season he played again for Ritten Sport . In summer 2011 he made use of his release clause and moved to Hockey Milano Rossoblu in the second Italian division. There he was assistant captain for two seasons and rose to the top league with the Milanese as champions of the A2 series in 2012. In the summer of 2013 Ansoldi returned to Ritten Sport again and won the Italian championship with the club in 2014 and 2016 and cup winners in 2014 and 2015. 2016 he moved to the HC Meran back, which is now in the second-rate Series B plays.

International

For Italy , Ansoldi took part in the U18 Junior B World Championships in 1999 and 2000 , as well as the U20 Junior World Championships in Division I in 2001 and 2002 . He was also in Italy's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2005 , 2009 and 2011 and in the top division in 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 and 2012 . He also represented his colors at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the qualifying tournament for the 2010 Vancouver Games .

Achievements and Awards

2006 Italian runner-up with Ritten Sport 2007 Italian champion with SG Cortina 2007 winner Supercoppa Italiana with HC Bozen 2008 Italian champion with HC Bozen 2008 winner of Supercoppa Italiana with HC Bozen 2008 trade fair cup win with HC Bozen 2009 Italian champion and cup winner with HC Bozen

2009 Supercoppa Italiana winner with Ritten Sport 2010 Italian cup winner with Ritten Sport 2012 champions of the A2 series with Hockey Milano Rossoblu 2012 promotion to Serie A1 with Hockey Milano Rossoblu 2014 Italian champion and cup winner with Ritten Sport 2015 Italian cup winner with Ritten Sport 2016 Italian champion with Ritten Sport

International

• 2005 Promotion to the top division at the World Cup of Division I, Group B
• 2009 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2011 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.

Web links

• Luca Ansoldi at eurohockey.com
• Luca Ansoldi at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Luca Ansoldi at sonice.it