Valentino Lai

Valentino Lai

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-02-03) 3 February 1984
Place of birth	Cagliari, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Rosengård
Youth career
0000–2000	FBK Balkan
2000	Malmö FF
2000–2001	Venezia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Venezia	3	(0)
2002–2005	Palermo	1	(0)
2003–2004	→ Salernitana (loan)	31	(2)
2004–2005	→ Triestina (loan)	17	(0)
2005–2007	Landskrona BoIS	34	(3)
2007–2011	Vejle Boldklub	73	(9)
2010	→ Apollon Limassol (loan)	10	(1)
2011	Viborg FF	14	(0)
2012–2013	KSF Prespa Birlik	29	(2)
2014–	FC Rosengård
International career‡
2004	Sweden U21	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:50, 27 June 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2011

Valentino Lai (born 3 February 1984) is an Italian-born Swedish footballer who plays for Swedish Division 2 team FC Rosengård.

Club career

Born in Cagliari, he started his career playing for FBK Balkan at the youth level, and then Malmö FF. In 2001, he moved to Italy playing for Venezia, where he made his Serie A debut. In 2002, he moved to Palermo, appearing just in one Serie B match. After two loan spells at the Serie B level, in Salernitana and Triestina, in June 2005 Lai decided to return in Sweden by signing a 2-years contract for Landskrona BoIS, playing in Superettan. Then he went to the Danish club Vejle Boldklub. In the winter of 2010, Valentino went to Apollon Limassol on a loan deal. After leaving Apollon Limassol in summer of 2010, Lai went back to Vejle BK.

International career

He also represented Sweden at U21 level.

External links

• (Danish) Vejle Boldklub profile