Luciano Civelli
Personal information
Date of birth	October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06) (age 23)
Place of birth	Pehuajó, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town
Number	13
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006–2009 2009–	Banfield Ipswich Town	068 0(8) 008 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:55,03 September 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Luciano Civelli (born 6 October, 1986 in Pehuajó, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Ipswich Town. Luciano is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer Renato Civelli.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Banfield 1.2 Ipswich Town 1.2.1 Knee Injury 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Banfield

Civelli made his breakthrough into the Banfield first team in 2006, since then establishing himself as an important member of the first team squad. Whilst with the Argentinian club, Civelli scored eight times in 68 appearances, and was a crowd favourite there too.

[edit] Ipswich Town

On 12 January 2009 Sky Sports News reported that Banfield had accepted a bid of £1 million from English Football League Championship side Ipswich Town for fifty percent of the player's rights.^[1]

On 28 January it was announced that Civelli had passed a medical and agreed terms on a move to Ipswich.^[2] Civelli holds an Italian passport, which allowed him to sign without requiring a work permit. Officially signing for an undisclosed fee, his contract keeps him at Ipswich until summer 2012.^[3] He made his debut at Portman Road on 14 February 2009 in a 1-1 draw with Blackpool. He fast became a crowd favourite for his work-rate, effort and determination.

[edit] Knee Injury

Civelli suffered a serious knee injury on 17th March 2009 in a league game against Burnley at Portman Road, which ruled him out for the remainder of the 2008/09 season, due to torn and ruptured knee ligaments^[4]. Scans later revealed that the injury was very serious, and that Civelli would require surgery on two separate occasions. Firstly, Civelli underwent exploratory surgery to further determine the extent of the injury^[5]. On 27 March 2009 Civelli underwent surgery to repair the damaged ligaments in his knee. The surgery was a success, but would rule him out until early 2010^[6].

On 7 September 2009, Civelli admitted that his rehabilitation from the injury was going very well, and that he was at the stage of doing running and swimming with the club's fitness coach to build up strength in the knee. Civelli also stated that his expectation was to be back playing first team football before Christmas^[7].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI
• Luciano Civelli career stats at Soccerbase

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