Name Cesar Luca Playing position Role Football player | Current team Virtus Entella Height 1.83 m Years Team Weight 78 kg | |
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Full name Cesar Vinicio Cervo de Luca Date of birth (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979 (age 36) Number 16 (Virtus Entella / Defender) Children Yara Vinicio Cervo De Luca Parents Mara Vinicio Cervo De Luca, Salvador Vinicio Cervo De Luca Siblings Claudio Vinicio Cervo de Luca | ||
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
César fullname César Vinicio Cervo de Luca (born 19 May 1979) is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for Italian Serie B side Virtus Entella. César also holds Italian nationality through descent.
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Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, César started his career with hometown club Fluminense.
Chievo and Catania
In January 2004, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Chievo on free transfer. He signed a 6 months contract with option to extend to 30 June 2007. In January 2005 he was loaned to Serie B club Catania along with Higo. Catania later bought him in co-ownership deal for €150,000. He followed the team promoted to Serie A and played his first Serie A match on 18 February 2007 against Fiorentina since he left Chievo 3 years before. That season he only played 8 Serie A matches. In June 2007, Chievo was announced to buy back the player from Catania through closed tender bid mediated by Lega Calcio, for €440,000. He was a regular starter for Chievo in 2007–08 Serie B, partnered with Davide Mandelli, winning the cadetto that season and promoted back to Serie A in 2008. With arrival of Santiago Morero and Mario Yepes, César became a backup again in 2008–09 Serie A.
Padova
In January 2009, he was loaned to Padova. He won Lega Pro Prima Divisione runner-up with team and promoted to Serie B. But Padova did not excise the rights to buy him in co-ownership deal. However, in July 2009 he was signed outright for free, agreed a 2-year contract.