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Valerio Virga Biography
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Valerio Virga (born June 6, 1986 in Rome) is an Italian footballer, currently playing for Serie A side AS Roma. He was born in Rome. He is recognised as great talent and is excpected to become a even more skillful forward.
A product of the AS Roma youth academy and one of the bright prospects of the giallorossi, Virga usually plays as midfielder. He made his Serie A debut on April 10, 2005, in an away league match against Udinese Calcio ended 3-3. He made six appearances in season 2004/2005, but never scored a goal.
In 2005/2006, he was signed by Palermo in a joint ownership with AS Roma, and then loaned to Ascoli Calcio 1898, where however he never played a game and was instead relegated to the youth squad. He returned to AS Roma in 2006/2007.
He scored his first goal for Roma in the Coppa Italia match in the 1/16 final against Triestina on 29 November 2006. He scored to 1-0. Roma won the match 2-0.
He played his first Champions League match against Valencia on 5 December, 2006. Roma won the match 1-0.
Internationals
He made his U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21, 12 December 2006, played the first half of the match.
source: wikipedia.org
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