italian association football actor

Nicolò Barella ( natural 7 February 1997 ) is an italian master football player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Italy national team. [ 2 ]

Club career [edit ]

Cagliari [edit ]

Born in Cagliari, Barella is a youth advocate from Cagliari Calcio. He made his Serie A debut on 4 May 2015 against Parma, replacing Diego Farias after 68 minutes in a 4–0 home gain. [ 3 ]

In January 2016, he was sent on lend to Como in Serie B, where he played as a beginning choice for the second depart of the season. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 17 September 2017, he scored his first professional and Serie A goal against SPAL in a 2–0 home winnings. [ 6 ]

Inter Milan [edit ]

On 12 July 2019, Barella joined Inter Milan on a year-long lend share with an obligation to buy with four-year abridge to take effect after the loan period. [ 7 ] He made his club debut on 26 August against Lecce ; he came off the bench in the second half for Matías Vecino, and former helped set-up Antonio Candreva ‘s goal in an eventual 4–0 home acquire in Inter ‘s opening match of the 2019–20 Serie A season. [ 8 ] He made his Champions League introduction on 17 September against Slavia Prague ; after coming off the bench for Marcelo Brozović in the second base half, he scored an injury-time equal goal to help Inter to a 1–1 home draw, which was his first goal both in the contest and for Inter. [ 9 ] On 9 November, he scored his first league goal for the clubhouse as Inter came from behind to achieve a 2–1 home winnings over Verona. [ 10 ] He scored his first base goal in the Coppa Italia on 29 January 2020, in 2–1 home win over Fiorentina, in the quarter-finals of the tournament. [ 11 ] On 17 January Barella assisted for the first goal for Arturo Vidal and scored a vital second in a 2–0 home succeed against rivals and defending champions Juventus in Serie A. [ 12 ] On 5 November 2021, Barella signed a contract propagation with Inter, keeping him at the clubhouse until 2026. [ 13 ]

International career [edit ]

With the Italy U19 team, Barella took separate at the 2016 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, finishing in irregular place. With the Italy U20 he took part at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, finishing in third set. Barella made his introduction with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a 3–0 friendly get the better of against Spain. Barella was called up to the senior Italy team by director Gian Piero Ventura for the team ‘s 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Albania in October 2017. [ 14 ] Barella made his debut for the Italy senior side on 10 October 2018, under coach Roberto Mancini, in a 1–1 friendly draw against Ukraine in Genoa. [ 15 ] On 23 March 2019, Barella scored his beginning goal for Italy in a 2–0 home succeed over Finland in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying equal. [ 16 ] He took contribution with the U21 side in the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 17 ]

In June 2021, he was included in Italy ‘s police squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 18 ] In Italy ‘s second group equal on 16 June, he set up Manuel Locatelli second goal in an eventual 3–0 win over Switzerland, which allowed Italy to advance to the round of 16. [ 19 ] On 2 July, he scored Italy ‘s opening goal of the match, and belated assisted Lorenzo Insigne ‘s goal, in a 2–1 win over Belgium in the quarter-finals of the competition. [ 20 ] On 11 July, Barella won the european championship with Italy following a 3–2 penalty shoot-out victory over England at Wembley Stadium in the final, after a 1–1 string in extra-time ; Barella started the match, but was substituted by Bryan Cristante in the moment half of regulation time. [ 21 ] On 10 October, Barella scored the open finish in a 2–1 home win over Belgium in the bronze decoration match of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League. [ 22 ]

style of play [edit ]

Barella is considered a promise and highly talented young midfielder in the european sports media. [ 23 ] He was named the best young italian musician born in 1997 for two straight years between 2012 and 2013. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] italian football journalist Mina Rzouki described him as an healthy, bright, and composed midfielder, despite his young senesce, with a across-the-board range of skills. She besides commented that Barella “ … can dribble through a defense, score volleys and start counter-attacks. He knows how to find the right passes and is box-to-box. Most importantly he can win back monomania quickly and recover the ball. ” Barella ‘s performances have besides been praised by italian former footballers Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Del Piero. [ 23 ] The italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport has compared him to Steven Gerrard, describing him as a dynamic player with good technique, vision, stamina, and physical military capability, despite his relatively short stature, a well as an ability to win balls, which enables him to break down self-control and subsequently start quick assail plays. A versatile player, he is capable of playing anywhere in midfield, and has even been used as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder, but his privilege role is as a right-sided, offensive-minded cardinal midfielder, known as a “ mezzala “ in Italy. Known for his eye for goal, he possesses a good shot from outside the area, and is known for his ability to make late assaultive runs from behind into the penalty sphere. He is besides an accurate set objet d’art and punishment taker. He is known for his solid character, leadership qualities, competitive spirit, and winning brain, but has besides drawn criticism at times in the crush for protesting or arguing excessively with officials during matches. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] His Italy teammate Jorginho has likened him to N’Golo Kanté. [ 34 ]

career statistics [edit ]

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As of match played 17 December 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cagliari 2014–15 Serie A 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
2015–16 Serie B 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2016–17 Serie A 28 0 2 0 — — 30 0
2017–18 34 6 1 0 — — 35 6
2018–19 35 1 3 0 — — 38 1
Total 105 7 7 0 — — 112 7
Como (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
Inter Milan (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 27 1 4 1 10[a] 2 — 41 4
Inter Milan 2020–21 Serie A 36 3 4 0 6[b] 0 — 46 3
2021–22 Serie A 17 1 0 0 6[b] 0 0 0 23 1
Total 80 5 8 1 22 2 0 0 110 8
Career total 201 12 15 1 22 2 0 0 238 15

International [edit ]

As of match played 15 November 2021[35]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2018 4 0
2019 8 3
2020 6 1
2021 17 3
Total 35 7
Scores and results list Italy’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barella goal.[35]

Honours [edit ]

Inter Milan
Italy U19
Italy U20
Italy
Individual

Orders [edit ]

References [edit ]