Luca Scapuzzi

Luca Scapuzzi (born 15 April 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Pro Sesto in Serie C.

Club Career

A.C. Milan Primavera and Portogruaro

Scapuzzi joined A.C. Milan's youth system from Olmi in 2001. He spent eight years at the A.C. Milan academy before released in June 2009. He joined Portogruaro at the beginning of the 2009–10 season. Scapuzzi made his professional debut with his new club in the first league game of the season, a home loss to Ravenna on 23 August 2009. He went on to make a total of 22 league appearances but remained scoreless as Portogruaro won promotion to Serie B. He made 7 more appearances in the second division before mutually terminating his contract with Portogruaro in July 2011.

Manchester City

On 30 July 2011 Scapuzzi played for the Manchester City first team in the Dublin Super Cup while on trial with the Elite Development Squad. He scored after coming on as a substitute late in the game against the League of Ireland XI. After a successful trial period with the EDS Scapuzzi signed a 3-year contract with the club.

On 19 September 2011 Scapuzzi made his official debut for the Manchester City first team as a substitute against Birmingham City in the third round of the League Cup. Luca played again in the next round of the League Cup on 26 October 2011, this time starting the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, a game in which he made two assists and scored a deflected goal, however the goal was attributed as an own goal to the opposition goalkeeper.

Oldham Athletic (loan)

It was announced on 3 November 2011 that Scapuzzi and fellow EDS youth player Andrea Mancini would both be joining Oldham Athletic for two and one-month loan spells respectively. Luca made his debut two days later in the starting eleven that lost 0–2 to local rivals Bury. Unfortunately, he was replaced by substitute goalkeeper Paul Gerrard in only the tenth minute of t