{{short description|Italian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gianluca Comotto | image = Gianluca Comotto (2007).jpg | caption = | fullname = Gianluca Comotto<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/3937/files/allegati/3942/cu74.pdf |title=Comunicato Ufficiale N. 74 |trans-title=Official Press Release No. 74 |publisher=Lega Serie A |page=3 |date=31 October 2011 |accessdate=5 December 2020 |archive-date=5 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205224527/http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/3937/files/allegati/3942/cu74.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Ivrea, Italy | height = 1.82 m | position = Right back | currentclub = | years1 = 1994–1996 | clubs1 = Ivrea | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 1996–1997 | clubs2 = Biellese | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1997–2005 | clubs3 = Torino | caps3 = 93 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 1999–2001 | clubs4 = → Vicenza (loan) | caps4 = 47 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2003 | clubs5 = → Fiorentina (loan) | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2004 | clubs6 = → Reggina (loan) | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = Roma | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2005–2006 | clubs8 = → Ascoli (loan) | caps8 = 31 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2006–2008 | clubs9 = Torino | caps9 = 58 | goals9 = 4 | years10 = 2008–2011 | clubs10 = Fiorentina | caps10 = 72 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2011–2013 | clubs11 = Cesena | caps11 = 59 | goals11 = 2 | years12 = 2013–2016 | clubs12 = Perugia | caps12 = 60 | goals12 = 0 }} '''Gianluca Comotto''' (born 16 October 1978) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defender.<ref>[http://www.umbria24.it/perugia-lannuncio-di-comotto-lascio-il-calcio-giocato-con-il-grifo-la-gioia-piu-bella/387691.html Perugia, l’annuncio di Comotto: «Lascio il calcio giocato, con il Grifo la gioia più bella»]‚ umbria24.it, 3 February 2016</ref>
==Club career== Comotto started his career at Ivrea of Serie D. He then played one season for Biellese, also in Serie D.
===Torino=== He joined Torino in summer 1997, and played 12 games in two Serie B seasons. After Torino won promotion to Serie A, he was farmed to Vicenza, where he won promotion again. He made his Serie A debut while on loan at Vicenza on 1 October 2000, in a match against AC Milan. Comotto returned to Torino in summer 2001, and played his first Serie A season for Torino.
Torino relegated in summer 2003, and Comotto successively played for Reggina (Serie A) and Fiorentina (Serie B), and then returned to Torino in 2004. Comotto helped the team win promotion back to Serie A again.
===Roma and Return to Turin=== However, because of the bankruptcy of Torino Calcio, Comotto was released for free in July 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/35.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_6967_lstAllegati_Allegato0_upfAllegato.pdf|title=Comunicato Ufficiale N°41/A (2005–06)|date=15 July 2006|access-date=1 September 2016|work=Consiglio Federale|publisher=FIGC|language=Italian}}</ref> Instead of signing a new contract with new Torino (Torino FC) in Serie B, he signed a 3-year contract with AS Roma, worth €600,000 per season in gross, on 18 August, and loaned him to Ascoli until the end of the 2005–06 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/bilanci_e_relazioni/2005-12-31_relazione_semestrale_al_31_dicembre_2005.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608030923/http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/bilanci_e_relazioni/2005-12-31_relazione_semestrale_al_31_dicembre_2005.pdf|archivedate=8 June 2012|title=RELAZIIONE SEMESTRALE AL 31 DIICEMBRE 2005|date=24 March 2006|access-date=1 September 2016|publisher=A.S. Roma|language=Italian}}</ref> Comotto was re-signed by Torino in summer 2006 in a temporary deal, for €250,000 loan fee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/bilanci_e_relazioni/2007-05-10_relazione_semestrale_al_31_dicembre_2006_update_figc_(1).pdf|archivedate=8 June 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608033602/http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/bilanci_e_relazioni/2007-05-10_relazione_semestrale_al_31_dicembre_2006_update_figc_(1).pdf|title=RELAZIIONE SEMESTRALE AL 31 DIICEMBRE 2006|date=10 May 2007|access-date=1 September 2016|publisher=A.S. Roma|language=Italian}}</ref> Turin bought back 50% registration rights of Comotto in January 2007 for €1.05 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/operazioni_di_mercato/2007-01-05_cessione_a_titolo_definitivo_dei_diritti_alle_prestazioni_sportive_con_accordi_di_partecipazione_del_calciatore_comotto.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608035828/http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/operazioni_di_mercato/2007-01-05_cessione_a_titolo_definitivo_dei_diritti_alle_prestazioni_sportive_con_accordi_di_partecipazione_del_calciatore_comotto.pdf|archivedate=8 June 2012|title=CESSIONE A TITOLO DEFINITO CON ACCORDI DI PARTECIPAZIONE DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE GIANLUCA COMOTTO|date=5 January 2007|access-date=1 September 2016|publisher=A.S. Roma|language=Italian}}</ref> and Torino got the full rights in June 2007 for another €1.525M,<ref>{{cite news|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609043251/http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/comunicati_finanziari/2007-08-01-approvazione_della_situazione_finanziaria_mensile_al_30_giugno_2007.pdf|archivedate=9 June 2012|url=http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/comunicati_finanziari/2007-08-01-approvazione_della_situazione_finanziaria_mensile_al_30_giugno_2007.pdf|title=APPROVATA SITUAZIONE MENSILE AL 30 GIUGNO 2007|date=1 August 2007|accessdate=1 September 2016|publisher=AS Roma|language=Italian}}</ref> making his transfer fee was €2.825 million in total.
Comotto captained Torino in 2007–08 season, but his season came to early end at March 2008 due to injuries.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
===Fiorentina=== On 5 July 2008 Comotto signed for Serie A club Fiorentina for €4.8 million (but also cost ''La Viola'' an additional €198,000 as other fee)<ref>Torino F.C. S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2008, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] (in Italian)</ref><ref>ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2008, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] (in Italian)</ref> A bad injury excluded Comotto from the Champions league squad list for 2008.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} He made his Viola debut on 21 September 2008 in Fiorentina-Bologna, which finished 1–0. He also made his debut in the Champions League in the first leg of the qualifiers against Sporting CP on 18 August 2009 in the Stadium Jose Alvalade. He was the starting right-back in 2008–09 and 2009–10 season, but lost his place to Lorenzo De Silvestri in 2010–11 Serie A season. That season he only started 16 times and only re-picked by coach in October after he criticized his squad is a reason for bad results.
===Cesena=== On 9 July 2011, Comotto signed a two-year deal with Cesena.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5025%3Agianluca-comotto-e-un-giocatore-del-cesena&catid=4%3Acomunicato-stampa&Itemid=121&lang=en |title=Gianluca Comotto è un giocatore del Cesena |publisher=Cesena |date=9 July 2011 |accessdate=9 July 2011 |language=Italian }}</ref>
===Perugia=== After his contract with Cesena expired, Comotto signed a deal with Perugia, winning his first Lega Pro championship and gaining promotion to 2014–15 Serie B.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acperugiacalcio.com/news-societarie/?n=814 |title=Calciomercato Perugia, ingaggiato il difensore Gianluca Comotto |publisher=Perugia |date=8 July 2013 |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814163828/http://www.acperugiacalcio.com/news-societarie/?n=814 |archivedate=14 August 2013 }}</ref>
==Managerial career== Fiorentina sporting director, Panteleo Corvino confirmed that from 4 September 2017, Gianluca Comotto will be appointed as the club's new head of scouting. The club's attention will be turning to finding emerging talent in Portugal and Spain.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.calciomercato.com/news/fiorentina-comotto-nuovo-collaboratore-di-corvino-per-lo-scoutin-50184| title = Fiorentina, Comotto nuovo collaboratore di Corvino per lo scouting {{!}} Fiorentina {{!}} Calciomercato.com}} </ref>
In 2020 he moved to Perugia, where he served as general director until 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acperugiacalcio.com/bentornato-gianluca-comotto/|title=Bentornato Gianluca Comotto|date=20 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acperugiacalcio.com/comunicato-ufficiale-15/|title=Comunicato ufficiale|date=2022-05-19}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Torino * Serie B runner-up: 1998–99, 2004–05
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{in lang|it}} [http://aic.football.it/scheda/157/comotto-gianluca.htm Player stats]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comotto, Gianluca}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Ivrea Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Torino FC players Category:LR Vicenza players Category:ACF Fiorentina players Category:AS Reggina 1914 players Category:AS Roma players Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Category:AC Cesena players Category:ASD Calcio Ivrea players Category:AC Perugia Calcio players Category:AC Perugia Calcio non-playing staff Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:Serie D players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Turin