Massimo Luongo is an Australian

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 football (soccer) player currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

 in the Premier League.

He plays as a Defensive Midfielder.

Club Career

Luongo is from Sydney Australia and went to Wavereley College in Sydney's Eastern suburbs.
Luongo signed for Tottenham in January 2010 after impressing on trial. He made his debut for the first team on 20 September 2011 in a 7-6 extra-time penalty shoot out loss to Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 in the League Cup

Football League Cup

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, replacing Brazilian International

Brazil national football team

The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...

, Sandro after 70 minutes. Luongo missed Tottenham's 8th penalty in the shootout, resulting in defeat.

International career

Luongo is eligible to represent either the Australian national football team by birth, the Italian National Team due to his father's birth or the Indonesian national football team due his mother's birth.
He has represented the Australia U-20 on 2 occasions but was not selected for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...

. Luongo has also been called up for training camps in Europe with the full senior national team.

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 20 September 2011

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Tottenham Hotspur	2011–12 2009–10 Danish Superliga The 2009–10 Danish Superliga season was the 20th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determinates the winners of the Danish football championship. It is governed by the Danish Football Association. The tournament started on 18 July 2009 and concluded on 16 May 2010.The Danish...	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Spurs total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career total		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

External links

• Club profile
• Transfermarkt profile