Luca Antonino Mezzano (born 1 August 1977) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a defender. He is youth coach of Torino (responsible for the Esordienti – 13-year-old team).

Luca Mezzano
Personal information
Full name Luca Antonino Mezzano
Date of birth (1977-08-01) 1 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Torino (youth coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Torino 43 (3)
1997–2001 Internazionale 4 (0)
1999Perugia (loan) 8 (0)
1999Verona (loan) 4 (0)
2000Brescia (loan) 14 (0)
2000Chievo (loan) 1 (0)
2001Reggina (loan) 11 (0)
2001–2005 Torino 77 (4)
2005–2006 Bologna 36 (1)
2007–2009 Treviso 38 (0)
2007–2008Triestina (loan) 10 (0)
2009–2010 Arezzo 5 (0)
International career
1997–2000 Italy U-21 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in Turin, Mezzano started his career at hometown club Torino, and joined Internazionale in 1997. Despite being contracted for four seasons with the Nerazzurri, he only made ten appearances with the club across al competitions and was mostly sent on loan to other teams in Serie A and Serie B. He returned to Torino in 2001, spending four seasons with the club before playing with Bologna, Treviso and Triestina in Serie B. He retired in 2010, aged 33, after a spell at Arezzo in Italy's third division.

He played 71 Serie A games, making his debut against A.S. Roma, on 25 February 1996 and won UEFA Cup in 1997-98 when playing with Inter.

International career

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With the Italy youth team, he won the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and was a quarter-finalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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