Place of birth Turin, Italy Years Team Weight 74 kg 0000–2013 Juventus Height 1.82 m | Number 19 Role Footballer Playing position Name Stefano Padovan Date joined 2013 | |
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Date of birth (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 21) Current team S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 (#19 / Forward) | ||
Stefano padovan juventus
Stefano Padovan (born 16 April 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Juventus.
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Club career
Born in Turin, capital of Piedmont region, Padovan was a youth product of hometown club Juventus F.C.. He was the member of U17 team in 2010–11 season as well as the reserve team from 2011 to 2013. Juventus reserve finished as the losing quarter-finalists in 2012–13 season reserve league, as well as winner of the reserve cup.
On 5 July 2013 Padovan was signed by Serie B club Pescara in a temporary deal, with an option to buy. He was given no.31 shirt of the first team. Padovan made his Serie B debut on 30 September 2013, against Cesena. He was the substitute of Riccardo Maniero. After the sub his team-mate Matteo Politano scored the equalizer goal for Pescara, by an assist from Padovan.
On 16 January 2014 Padovan was signed by the third level club Vicenza. Padovan played 9 games in the prime division of Lega Pro, as well as the first round of promotion playoffs against Savona.
On 16 July 2014 Padovan was signed by Serie B club Crotone in a temporary deal. He was given no.18 shirt of the first team. On 17 January 2015 Padovan scored his first goal as a professional footballer against Ternana.
On 21 July 2015 Padovan was signed by S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924. He was given no.19 shirt of the first team.
On 13 July 2016 Padovan moved to Foggia Calcio; in January 2017 he goes on loan to Pordenone.
International career
Padovan capped for Italian youth teams from U16 to U20. He received his first call-up for 2009 Val-de-Marne tournament, which no documentation of line-up were known. Padovan only able to play for the U17 team in friendlies, however he became a regular for the U19 team in 2012–13 season. Padovan made his U19 debut against Croatia, a friendly match; he scored a brace in 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, against Albania. He made 2 substitute and 1 start in 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification. Italy was eliminated as the runner-up of that group. That season he also scored a goal against Kazakhstan in a friendly match.