Luigi Sartor

Early years

Born in Treviso, Sartor's Serie A career got off to an inauspicious start, as he scored an own goal past goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi on his debut (and only game) for Juventus, in a 0–2 defeat at ACF Fiorentina on 6 December 1992. After appearing regularly at Vicenza Calcio, where he played mainly as a central defender, alongside Joachim Björklund, a second place in the league followed in 1997–98 at Inter Milan, with whom he signed a four-year contract, and won the UEFA Cup. Previously, in April 1997, he had agreed to sign for Parma AC, but eventually joined that club in the 1998 summer, adding another UEFA Cup triumph in 1998–99.

Roma

Sartor joined AS Roma in 2002 in a four-year contract, with Sebastiano Siviglia going in the opposite direction. The deal was almost a pure player exchange, with both players being tagged at about €9 million. but failed to become a team regular, with just 12 appearances in 2002–03, being behind in pecking order to Aldair, Cafú, Vincent Candela, Christian Panucci, Walter Samuel and Jonathan Zebina, and starting four matches in the place of Cafú or accompanying the Brazilian as he moved up front to the midfielder position. Sartor was also consecutively loaned during his contract, to AC Ancona in the second half of the following campaign, and Genoa CFC in 2004–05, after only seven appearances for the capital team.

False accounting scandal

As both Sartor and Siviglia failed to impress at their new clubs, and…

Internationally, Sartor appeared for Italy at the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, as the nation emerged victorious, also competing the same year at the Atlanta Olympic Games. He played only once in both tournaments: in the former, he replaced Nicola Amoruso in the 68th minute of the semi-final match against France; in the latter, he appeared against Ghana as a starter, being replaced by Alessandro Pistone. An unused member for the under-23s at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, Sartor made his debut for the main squad on 22 April 1998, in a friendly match with Paraguay, gaining his second and final cap four years later, against the United States.

Juventus

UEFA Cup: 1992–93 Vicenza

Coppa Italia: 1996–97 Inter Milan

UEFA Cup: 1997–98 Parma

Coppa Italia: 1998–99, 2001–02 Supercoppa Italiana: 1999 UEFA Cup: 1998–99 Italy U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1996