{{short description|Italian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gianluca Berti | height = 1.89 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|5|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Florence]], Italy | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] | youthyears1 = 1985–1986 | youthclubs1 = [[AC Prato]] | years1 = 1986–1990 | clubs1 = [[A.C. Prato|Prato]] | caps1 = 11 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1990–1991 | clubs2 = [[Olbia Calcio|Olbia]] | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1991–1992 | clubs3 = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1992–1993 | clubs4 = [[Pisa Calcio|Pisa]] | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1993–1994 | clubs5 = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1994–1995 | clubs6 = [[A.C. Ancona|Ancona]] | caps6 = 28 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1995–1996 | clubs7 = [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] | caps7 = 36 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 1996 | clubs8 = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 1997 | clubs9 = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 1997–1998 | clubs10 = [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]] | caps10 = 25 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 1998–1999 | clubs11 = [[Ravenna Calcio|Ravenna]] | caps11 = 34 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 1999–2003 | clubs12 = [[Empoli F.C.|Empoli]] | caps12 = 133 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2003–2004 | clubs13 = [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] | caps13 = 42 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2004 | clubs14 = [[Parma F.C.|Parma]] | caps14 = 1 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2005 | clubs15 = [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] | caps15 = 0 | goals15 = 0 | years16 = 2005 | clubs16 = [[Empoli F.C.|Empoli]] | caps16 = 19 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2006 | clubs17 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] | caps17 = 1 | goals17 = 0 | years18 = 2006–2007 | clubs18 = [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] | caps18 = 11 | goals18 = 0 | years19 = 2007 | clubs19 = [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]] | caps19 = 12 | goals19 = 0 | years20 = 2008–2009 | clubs20 = [[Novara Calcio|Novara]] | caps20 = 9 | goals20 = 0 | totalcaps = 459 | totalgoals = 0 }} '''Gianluca Berti''' (born 20 May 1967) is an Italian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Tutto Calciatori|title=Gianluca Berti's career|url=http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Berti_Gianluca|language=Italian|accessdate=29 December 2008}}</ref>
==Football career== Berti was born in [[Florence]]. He started playing professionally with [[A.C. Prato|Prato]], in the [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione|third division]], representing [[Olbia Calcio|Olbia]] in the same level, in 1990–91.
From 1991 to 2007, he alternated between the [[Serie A]] and [[Serie B|B]], with [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]], [[Pisa Calcio|Pisa]], [[A.C. Ancona|Ancona]], [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] (playing 42 matches in the [[Sicily|Sicilians]]' [[2003–04 Serie B|2004 top flight promotion]]), [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]], [[Ravenna Calcio|Ravenna]], [[Empoli F.C.|Empoli]], [[Parma F.C.|Parma]], [[Torino F.C.|Torino]], [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] and [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]].
In June 1998, Gianluca Berti was transferred to [[A.C. Perugia|Perugia]], in exchange for [[Stefano Guidoni]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1998/giugno/23/colpo_della_Reggiana_preso_Guidoni_ga_0_9806237203.shtml|title=colpo della Reggiana: preso Guidoni|date=23 June 1998|accessdate=30 April 2010|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|author=Nicola Binda}}</ref> but, in July, he left for [[Ravenna Calcio|Ravenna]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1998/luglio/11/colpo_Grabbi_per_Ternana_ga_0_9807114334.shtml|title=colpo Grabbi per la Ternana|date=11 July 1998|accessdate=30 April 2010|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|author1=Giuseppe Calvi |author2=Antonello Capone |author3=Carlo Laudisa |language=Italian}}</ref>
Aged 41, after still managing 11 first division appearances for Sampdoria, in [[Serie A 2006-07|2006–07]], Berti re-joined the third level in 2008, moving to [[Novara Calcio|Novara]], in the [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione|Serie C1/Lega Pro Prima Divisione]].
He left professional football in 2009, joining [[Eccellenza Tuscany]] side Jolly & Montemurlo.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/dettaglio/jolly-amp-montemurlo-crescono-le-ambizioni/1680951 |publisher=Il Tirreno |language=Italian |accessdate=20 November 2009 |date=23 July 2009 |title=Jolly & Montemurlo, crescono le ambizioni}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Palermo''' * [[Serie B]]: [[2003–04 Serie B|2003–04]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060628033932/http://www.acffiorentina.it/it/InfoPage.aspx?id=60416 Fiorentina profile] {{in lang|it}} *[http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=38 Sampdoria profile] {{in lang|it}}
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