Christian Puggioni
Italian footballer (born 1981)
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Christian Puggioni (born 17 January 1981) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 17 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | U.C. Sampdoria spa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sampdoria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Varese | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Borgomanero | 30 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Giulianova | 19 | (44) |
| 2004–2007 | Pisa | 82 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Reggina | 61 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Perugia (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Piacenza (loan) | 41 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Chievo | 41 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Sampdoria | 30 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Benevento | 23 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Vis Pesaro | 11 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
In January 2007, Puggioni joined Reggina.
On 2 July 2015, Puggioni signed with Sampdoria on a free transfer.[1][2] He made his debut with Sampdoria on 22 October 2016, in a 2–1 home win against cross-city rivals Genoa, at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.[3]
On 28 November 2019, he joined Serie C club Vis Pesaro.[4] In October 2020 he gave an interview in which he criticized Vis Pesaro's coaching and management team, after which the team issued an official statement of their position.[5] His contract was set to expire in June 2021, but he was not released from the contract and continued to train individually, separately from the team.[6] He never played another competitive game and retired at the end of the season.
