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Gianluca Festa was born on 15 March, 1969 in Cagliari, Italy, is an Italian former football player. Discover Gianluca Festa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 15 March 1969
Birthday 15 March
Birthplace Cagliari, Italy
Nationality Italy

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Gianluca Festa Height, Weight & Measurements

At 55 years old, Gianluca Festa height is 1.82 m and Weight 83 kg.

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Weight 83 kg
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Gianluca Festa Net Worth

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1969

Gianluca Festa (born 15 March 1969) is an Italian professional football manager and former player.

Festa played as a defender for clubs such as Internazionale and Roma, and is best known playing for Middlesbrough and Cagliari.

Born in Cagliari, Festa started his career at his hometown club Cagliari.

1987

During the 1987–88 season, he was loaned to Fersulcis.

1993

After his loan spell, he started impressing and showing constant performances at Cagliari which eventually made Inter Milan show interest, whom he joined in 1993.

In his first year at the club, he only made four league starts for Inter, and was transferred to Serie A rivals Roma.

His form for Roma then earned him a move back to Inter Milan, where he became a regular starter for the club; however, prior to joining Middlesbrough, he lost his place in the team and found himself mainly as a substitute.

Usually deployed as a central defender in the role of a stopper, Festa was known for his tenacious and hard-tackling playing style, as well as his positional sense, man-marking ability, physical power, strength in the air, ability to organize the back-line, and his capacity to get forward despite being a defender; indeed, he was well-known for his eye for scoring goals, having scored at least once in every season of his career since the 1993–94 season.

He was also capable of playing as a right-back, and often played in this position during his time with Cagliari.

1997

In 1997, Festa joined Middlesbrough, being one of the first Italians to play in the Premier League.

Festa arrived at Middlesbrough from Inter in the midst of a relegation battle to add steel to the defence.

Festa was the second Italian at the club with Middlesbrough, who also had Italian international Fabrizio Ravanelli at the club.

Festa scored on an impressive winning debut against Sheffield Wednesday in January 1997.

Festa had been an accomplished martial arts master, a junior Italian tennis champion and captain of the Army team when he did his national service.

He had shrewd positional sense, was tough in the tackle, a dominating figure in the air and got forward on occasions to score the odd important goal.

After scoring in the semi-final against Chesterfield, a goal that could have been even more historic was ruled out when Festa's header in the 1997 FA Cup Final was deemed offside.

That was one of three Wembley appearances he made in his first 18 months at the club.

When many of Middlesbrough's players left following relegation, Festa stayed and helped win promotion back to the top flight.

1998

His performances earned him the Middlesbrough player of the year award in 1998.

Festa was squeezed out by the arrivals of England internationals Gareth Southgate and Ugo Ehiogu but remained as a squad player.

In his final season at Boro, they again reached the FA Cup semi finals.

This time, they faced Arsenal.

Festa came on as a substitute for the injured Ehiogu with the score poised at 0–0.

However, he unfortunately scored an own goal, which proved to be decisive, as Arsenal reached the final with a narrow 1–0 win.

Other memorable moments for Festa include scoring a late equaliser in a 3–3 draw with Southampton, despite the team being reduced to nine men, and an equaliser against North East rivals Newcastle United.

2002

In 2002, Festa left Middlesbrough for a short spell at Portsmouth, where he scored once against Bradford City and was part of the squad that won the First Division and gained promotion to the Premier League.

He left Portsmouth at the end of the season.

2003

In 2003, he returned to Italy, joining Cagliari and helping the rossoblu win promotion to the Serie A.

2004

In 2004, he joined Eccellenza Sardinia side Nuorese, serving as team captain and leading the club to two consecutive promotions.

2006

At the end of the 2006–07 season, and an unsuccessful appearance in the Serie C2 playoffs, he left the team by mutual consent in September 2007.

Festa then signed for Tavolara in the Serie D, coached by his former teammate Vittorio Pusceddu.

2008

He ended his career after playing for Sanluri in the Eccellenza Sardinia in the 2008–09 season.

2010

On 14 April 2010, he was appointed as assistant manager to newly appointed manager Giorgio Melis at his former club Cagliari.

He has also been in charge of the club's Primavera team.

2012

On 14 June 2012, he was appointed the new manager of Lumezzane in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

2013

In March 2013, Festa left Lumezzane and was replaced by Lumezzane captain Michele Marcolini.

2014

On 31 January 2014, Festa was tipped to replace Brian McDermott as the new manager of Leeds United, a decision which caused uproar amongst the club's fans.

On 1 February, it was rumoured that Festa was to sit in the dugout for Leeds United's game against Ipswich Town.

McDermott was reinstated as manager on 1 February, during the second half of the Huddersfield Town match; on 3 February, McDermott revealed in his press conference that Festa had changed the starting lineup on 31 January for the fixture against Huddersfield Town, only for the team to then be changed back again to the original starting lineup on 1 February by McDermott's assistant manager Nigel Gibbs, who also took charge as caretaker instead of Festa.

McDermott also revealed that on 3 February that Festa was still present in training, however this time acting as a translator for new signing Andrea Tabanelli.