Christian Puggioni

Christian Puggioni (born 17 January 1981) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Christian Puggioni

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-01-17) 17 January 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Genoa, Italy
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	U.C. Sampdoria spa
Youth career
	Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Varese	1	(0)
2001–2002	Borgomanero	30	(0)
2003–2004	Giulianova	19	(44)
2004–2007	Pisa	82	(0)
2007–2011	Reggina	61	(0)
2007–2008	→ Perugia (loan)	33	(0)
2009	→ Piacenza (loan)	41	(0)
2011–2015	Chievo	41	(0)
2015–2018	Sampdoria	30	(0)
2018–2019	Benevento	23	(0)
2019–2021	Vis Pesaro	11	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

In January 2007, Puggioni joined Reggina.

On 2 July 2015, Puggioni signed with Sampdoria on a free transfer.^[1][2] He made his debut with Sampdoria on 22 October 2016, in a 2–1 home win against cross-city rivals Genoa, at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.^[3]

On 28 November 2019, he joined Serie C club Vis Pesaro.^[4] In October 2020 he gave an interview in which he criticized Vis Pesaro's coaching and management team, after which the team issued an official statement of their position.^[5] His contract was set to expire in June 2021, but he was not released from the contract and continued to train individually, separately from the team.^[6] He never played another competitive game and retired at the end of the season.