Luca Luzardi

Defender Luca Luzardi started his football career with the Brescia junior team before progressing to their senior team and won the Serie B title with them in 1992. Shortly afterwards, he moved to Serie A club Lazio and then to Napoli, before returning to Brescia in 1995 and he went on to win a second Serie B title in 1997. Luzardi wound up his career playing in the second and third tier of Italian football with Ascoli, Reggiana, Lodigiani Roma and Monterotondo, before retiring in the 2005/06 season.

Luzardi was not capped by Italy at senior international level, but won 17 under-21 caps, and was a member of the 1992 European Under-21 Championship-winning team. He was also a member of the Olympic squad that year and in his first match, against the eventual silver medalists Poland, he was sent off after 59 minutes. In the quarter-final against the hosts Spain, Luzardi scored what was seen to be a perfectly legal goal, but was ruled out by the Brazilian referee for being offside. It was a decision which stunned everyone, except the Spanish fans. After retiring as a player, Luzardi worked as an assistant coach with teams in Serie C and Serie D.