| Intro | Italian footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Italy |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 22 June 1991, Angera |
| Age: | 29 years |
| Star sign | Cancer |
Not to be confused with Cesena player, Giuseppe De Luca (born 1993)
Giuseppe De Luca (born 11 October 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Bari.
Club career
De Luca was the joint-top-scorer in 2011 Viareggio Youth Cup, along with Internazionale’s Simone Dell’Agnello. He made his first team debut in a friendly match. Since then he played 4 Serie B matches and scored 1 goal. He then became one of Varese’s key players in the two following campaigns.
On 30 August 2012, De Luca joined Atalanta in a season-long loan, and made his Serie A debut on 18 September, against Milan. His top flight goal came on 4 November, the last of a 2–1 away win over Sampdoria.
On 30 August 2012, De Luca joined Atalanta on loan for the 2012–13 Serie A season. As part of the deal, Atalanta’s Moussa Koné moved in the opposite direction. He appeared regularly for La Dea, mainly as a backup to Germán Denis.
On 18 June 2013, Atalanta decided to buy him outright and activated the buyout clause in the loan deal. He went loaned to Serie B side Bari along with a teammate Matteo Contini on 20 July 2014.
International career
De Luca played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in 2010–11 season, scored a goal. He also played twice for Italy national under-20 football team in 2010–11 season.
In 2011–12 season De Luca played once for Italy U21 Serie B team in October. On 9 November 2011, he scored one goal for Italy U20 in a 3–0 victory over Ghana. He also started the next match, the fifth game of Four Nations Tournament against Switzerland; the unofficial friendly against “U21 Serie B team” in December 2011; against Macedonia in January 2012; 6th match of Four Nations, against Germany in February 2012 and in April 2012 against Denmark.
In April 2012 De Luca received his first formal U21 call-up, De Luca already received a call-up to training camp in March (which he played the practice match against Frosinone.). Ciro Ferrara made an experimental squad without U21 regular. After 2 players withdrew, the team did not had Serie A players, but three players from the reserve team of the Serie A club and 16 Serie B players. Despite inferior, Italy won Scotland 4–1. De Luca played the match as the substitute of Nicola Sansone.