Tommaso Scuffia

Tommaso Scuffia (born 12 December 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Roccella.

Tommaso Scuffia
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-12-12) 12 December 1991
Place of birth Macerata, Italy
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Roccella
Youth career
Maceratese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Maceratese 21 (0)
2009–2011 Fiorentina 0 (0)
2011 → Rimini (loan) 5 (0)
2011–2013 Melfi 71 (0)
2013–2016 Catanzaro 15 (0)
2015 → Lecce (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 Ancona 23 (0)
2017– Roccella 18 (0)
National team
2008–2009 Italy U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2018

Club career

Early career

Born in Macerata, Marche, Scuffia started his career at hometown club Maceratese. Scuffia made his senior debut in 2008–09 Serie D. Scuffia left the club in January 2009, 6 months before the club was expelled from the inter-regional league due to financial difficulties.

Fiorentina

In mid of 2008–09 season he was signed by Serie A club Fiorentina. He was immediately named in the squad for 2009 Torneo di Viareggio as the backup of Andrea Seculin.[1] He wore no.31 shirt in the first team in 2009–10 season as the fourth keeper, behind Sébastien Frey, Vlada Avramov and Seculin.[2] However Scuffia was not eligible to 2009–10 UEFA Champions League List B (along with Marcos Miranda), and La Viola named Simone David as fourth keeper as David was eligible. Scuffia was in the pre-season camp of the first team in July 2009.[3] Since April 2010 Miranda became the fourth keeper, and received numbers of call-up. In the reserve Seculin was the first choice, Scuffia played 7 times and Andrea Tozzo 5 times.

With the signing of Artur Boruc in mid-2010 to replace the injured Frey, Scuffia's shirt number was stripped as well as Marcos Miranda became the fourth (the fifth if counting Frey). Scuffia also excluded from the first team squad for the pre-season camp in July 2010. Scuffia re-acquired a shirt number in October (No. 34).[4] He also received first team call-up again since the injury of Avramov, ahead Miranda in early January 2011.[5][6]

However his fourth choice role was short-lived. On 10 January 2011 he left for Serie D (fifth tier at that time) club Rimini, few days after the signing of Neto.[7]

Melfi

In July 2011 he joined Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Melfi on a reported free transfer.[8] Scuffia succeeded Andrea Pozzato as first choice. That season Melfi hired the entire squad with young players ranged from born 1989 to 1993.[9]

Catanzaro

On 3 July 2013 Scuffia was signed by Catanzaro in a 2+1-year contract.[10] On 22 January 2015 Scuffia and Gianluca Di Chiara were signed by fellow Lega Pro club U.S. Lecce in temporary deals, with an option to purchase.[11][12]

Ancona

On 31 August 2016 Scuffia was signed by U.S. Ancona 1905 as a free agent.[13]

International career

Scuffia received call-up from Marche regional Allievi representative team in December 2006.[14] He made his national team debut for the under-19 team against Romania in December 2008, the first match of U-19 born 1991 team.[15] As a Serie D player, he replaced Simone Colombi at half-time. He played the next match in January 2009 against Denmark U18 for Italy U-18 team, de facto the same team with U-19 born 1991 team that season (second half of 2008–09 season). Both team were coached by Massimo Piscedda. However, since leaving for la Viola, Scuffia did not receive any call-up due to lack of play time.

Scuffia received his first call-up in November 2008 from Antonio Rocca, for a goalkeeper training camp.[16] He received a call-up from A.Rocca again in 2009.[17]

References
  1. "La lista del Viareggio". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  2. "Numeri di maglia". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  3. "I CONVOCATI PER IL RITIRO ESTIVO". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. "Comunicati Stampa N°35 (2010–11)". Lega Serie A (in Italian). 30 October 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  5. "Convocati per Bologna - Fiorentina". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  6. "Fiorentina-Brescia: i convocati". Viola Channel (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  7. "SCUFFIA IN PRESTITO ALL' AC RIMINI 1912". ACF Fiorentina (in Italian). Viola Channel. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  8. "ESCLUSIVA TMW - Melfi, preso Scuffia". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  9. "Prima squadra" (in Italian). AS Melfi. 2011. Archived from the original (WebCite Archive) on 15 December 2011.
  10. "IL PORTIERE SCUFFIA IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). US Catanzaro 1929. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  11. "UFFICIALE: SCUFFIA, DI CHIARA E PAGANO LASCIANO IL CATANZARO" (in Italian). US Catanzaro 1929. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  12. "Di Chiara e Scuffia in giallorosso" [Di Chiara and Scuffia in "Yellow-Red"] (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  13. "Arrivano Zampa e Kofi per il centrocampo. Esce Lori entra Scuffia" (in Italian). U.S. Ancona 1905. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  14. 4. ATTIVITA' DI RAPPRESENTATIVA, "Comunicato Ufficiale N°21 (2006–07)". Comitato Regionale Marche, Settore Giovanile e Scolastico, FIGC (in Italian). 6 December 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  15. "CALCIO, AMICHEVOLE UNDER 19: ITALIA-ROMANIA 3–1". la Repubblica (in Italian). 17 December 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  16. "Per rilanciare la scuola italiana, a Coverciano stage per 23 giovani". FIGC (in Italian). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  17. "18 portieri in raduno a Coverciano dal 23 al 26 novembre". FIGC (in Italian). 20 November 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
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