Emiliano Viviano Italian Footballer Plays Gallery

Emiliano Viviano (born 1 December 1985 in Florence) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Bologna. He is a product of Fiorentina and Brescia youth teams. He started his career with a loan in Serie B at Cesena in the 2004-05 season. Then he spent 4 years as first choice goalkeeper in Serie B with Brescia.

In January 2009 Viviano signed by Internazionale in joint-ownership deal. He was immediately loaned back to Brescia. In the 2009-10 season he made his debut in Serie A with Bologna where he became the first choice goalkeeper. He was first choice goalkeeper in the Italy U-20 team at 2005 U-20 World Cup. In 2007 with the Italy U-21 he took part at the U-21 European Championship. He also took part at the 2008 Summer Olympics with the Olympic team.

He made his debut for Italy senior team on 7 September 2010, in a 5-0 victory against the Faroe Islands in Florence. He is currently the second choice goalkeeper for Italy, only after veteran Gianluigi Buffon and ahead of another youngster Salvatore Sirigu. It is the latest rumor that He might sign for football giant team Inter Milan.

Personal information
Date of birth December 1, 1985 (1985-12-01) (age 25)
Place of birth Florence, Italy
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Bologna
Number 1
Youth career
Fiorentina
Brescia
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2005
2005–2009
2009– → Cesena (loan)
Brescia
Bologna 013 0(0)
126 0(0)
058 0(0)
National team2
2004–2005
2006–2007
2008
2010– Italy U-20
Italy U-21
Olympic Italy
Italy 010 0(0)
005 0(0)
006 0(0)
004 0(0)