italian football player
Andrea Petagna ( italian pronunciation : [ anˈdrɛːa peˈtaɲɲa ] ; born 30 June 1995 ) is an italian professional football player who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national team .

Club career [edit ]

Milan and loans [edit ]

Petagna started his football career in A.C. Milan ‘s young system, where he was a extremity of the under-15 team who won the Campionato Nazionale Giovanissimi in 2010 and a penis of the under-17 squad who won the Campionato Nazionale Allievi the watch year. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He made his professional debut on 4 December 2012, coming on as a substitute in the recently stages of a UEFA Champions League group degree home plot against Zenit St. Petersburg, which Milan lost 0–1. [ 4 ] At the originate of the 2013–14 season, Petagna was promoted full-time to the first team. [ 5 ] He made his Serie A debut on 24 August 2013, coming on as a late stand-in in the opening plot, a 2–1 away loss against newly promoted Hellas Verona. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] however, following the learning of Alessandro Matri in the late days of the summer transfer window, Milan decided they would let Petagna go out on loan to Sampdoria in order to gain more first team feel. [ 8 ] Sampdoria besides had the option to make the deal a co-ownership agreement at the end of the season-long loan spell. [ 9 ] In malice of that, the loanword was terminated early and Petagna returned to Milan in January, having made five scoreless appearances during his stay at Sampdoria. [ 10 ] He finished the season with three more senior appearances, while being chiefly employed by the under-19 team managed by Filippo Inzaghi. The side won the Viareggio Cup in February, defeating Anderlecht in the final, with Petagna scoring the counterweight for the rossoneri in a 3–1 acquire. [ 11 ]

On 16 July 2014, Petagna was loaned out to Serie B side Latina ahead of the 2014–15 season. [ 12 ] On 13 January 2015, he was signed by Vicenza on lend. [ citation needed ] On 30 August 2015, he was signed by Serie B newcomers Ascoli on loan. [ 13 ]

Atalanta and Ascoli loanword [edit ]

On 25 January 2016, Petagna signed for Atalanta and was loaned to early club Ascoli until 30 June 2016. [ 14 ]

SPAL [edit ]

On 19 July 2018, Petagna signed for SPAL on loanword until 30 June 2019 with an obligation to buy. [ 15 ] He scored his first finish with S.P.A.L. in his debut match on 12 August, scoring the final 1-0 goal in the Coppa Italia third round peer against Spezia [ 16 ] He scored his first Serie A goals with the Emilian side on 17 September, scoring a double that allowed the Biancazzurri to beat his erstwhile side Atalanta 2-0. [ 16 ] He made 37 appearances scoring 17 goals in all competitions, On 1 July 2019, Petagna was signed on a permanent wave cover by SPAL. [ 17 ]

naples [edit ]

On 30 January 2020, Petagna signed with Napoli. He stayed at SPAL on loanword until the end of 2019–20 season. [ 18 ]

International career [edit ]

Petagna won five caps for Italy under-16 between 2010 and 2011. [ 19 ] In 2011, he won one further cap for Italy under-17. [ 19 ] He went on to be capped for Italy under-18, making eight appearances and scoring two goals in 2013. [ 19 ] In 2013, he was besides capped for Italy under-19, making his first appearance on 24 April. [ 19 ] He made his introduction with the Italy U21 team on 11 October 2016, in the 2017 european U21 Championship qualification match against Lithuania in Kaunas. On 28 March 2017, Petagna made his senior international debut for the Italy national football team, along with four early players, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 friendly away win against the Netherlands. [ 20 ] In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship by director Luigi Di Biagio. [ 21 ] On 18 June, he scored in Italy ‘s opening match of the tournament, a 2–0 succeed over Denmark ; this was besides his only goal for the Italy U21 side. [ 22 ] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 get the better of to Spain on 27 June. [ 23 ] Petagna gained notoriety at the tournament after winning the semifinal game, when he celebrated by taking his shorts off and showing off his compressed white briefs. [ 24 ]

personal animation [edit ]

Petagna is the grandson of a early football actor and coach Francesco Petagna ( 1923 – 2000 ). [ 25 ] He is partially of jewish lineage ; his great-grandfather was a victim of Holocaust in Italy. [ 26 ] On 20 August 2020, Petagna tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy. [ 27 ]

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career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 21 November 2021[1][28]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Milan 2012–13 Serie A 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2013–14 3 0 1 0 4 0
Total 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
Sampdoria (loan) 2013–14 Serie A 3 0 2 0 5 0
Latina (loan) 2014–15 Serie B 10 0 1 0 11 0
Vicenza (loan) 2014–15 Serie B 14 1 14 1
Ascoli (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 32 7 32 7
Atalanta 2016–17 Serie A 34 5 2 0 36 5
2017–18 29 4 2 0 8[b] 2 39 6
Total 63 9 4 0 8 2 75 11
SPAL (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 36 16 1 1 37 17
SPAL 2019–20 36 12 1 0 37 12
Total 72 28 2 1 74 29
Napoli 2020–21 Serie A 26 4 3 1 6[b] 0 1[c] 0 36 5
2021–22 10 1 0 0 4[b] 0 14 1
Total 36 5 3 1 10 0 1 0 50 6
Career total 233 50 13 2 19 2 1 0 265 54

International [edit ]

As of match played 28 March 2017[19]
Italy
Year Apps Goals
2017 1 0
Total 1 0

References [edit ]

  • Andrea Petagna international caps at figc.it ( in Italian )