Corrado Colombo

Corrado Mario Colombo (born 3 August 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Atalanta, Inter and loans Colombo started his career at the famous youth rank of Atalanta. He made his debut on Serie B and for the club in the 1998–99 season, and then joined Pistoiese (Serie B). He was signed by the giant Internazionale in the summer of 2000 in co-ownership deal. He made his Serie A debut on 1 October 2000 against Reggina Calcio, and four other appearances at Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup match, in which he scored.

In October, he was on loan to Torino Calcio (Serie B) along with Sixto Peralta, due to there being too many strikers on the squad.

He failed to return to Inter but was sold back to Atalanta, this time in the Serie A.

His first-ever Serie A season as a regular was fair, in which he made 22 appearances.

Sampdoria and loans In summer 2002, Sampdoria (Serie B) signed Colombo in a co-ownership deal, for 5.25 billion lire (€2,711,399). He is one of the players who helped the club to be promoted, by playing 27 games.

But his third Serie A season with his third Serie A club was bitter; he made just 2 appearances before the winter break.

Colombo was loaned to Piacenza (Serie B), Livorno (Serie A), and Ascoli (Serie A), for exactly two seasons. The latter two were newcomers to the Serie A at that time, and Piacenza was also new to Serie B since being relegated.

He returned to Sampdoria in January 2006, due to injuries of Emiliano Bonazzoli, when he made 12 appearances, without a goal.

Brescia, Spezia and Pisa In June 2006, Atalanta gave up the remaining registration rights of Colombo to Sampdoria for free, as an emergency signing. He finally scored regularly, scoring 8 goals in 18 games, which kept the place of Serie B for Spezia.

He then transferred to Pisa Calcio in January 2008. Pisa paid €200,000 to Spezia to acquire its portion of registration rights. In June 2008, Sampdoria gave up the remaining 50% registration rights to Pisa for free.

Bari, Verona and Spezia On 1 September 2008, he was signed by Bari in a 2-year contract. On 31 August 2009, he signed a 2-year contract with Verona, after rule out from Bari first team. In August 2010, Colombo was released. Two days later Colombo was re-signed by Spezia.

Serie D On 25 August 2011, Colombo was signed by Serie D club U.S. Pistoiese 1921. However, after only 1 goal in 7 games, he was released.

International career Colombo was a member of the Italy national under-21 football team.

Career statistics

Club 1Include one match at 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. 2Include one match at Relegation play-off. 3Include two matches and one goals at Relegation play-off 4All in 2009–10 Coppa Italia Lega Pro 5Include four matches in Promotion play-off

Honours Inter Supercoppa Italiana (Runner-up): 2000

Torino Serie B: 2000–01

Bari Serie B: 2008–09