Nicola Ventola
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | May 24, 1978 | |
| place of birth | Grumo Appula , Italy | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| AS Bari | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1994-1998 | AS Bari | 45 (12) |
| 1998-2005 | Inter Milan | 37 (10) |
| 1999-2000 | → Bologna FC (loan) | 14 (0) |
| 2000-2001 | → Atalanta Bergamo (loan) | 28 (10) |
| 2003-2004 | → AC Siena (loan) | 28 (4) |
| 2004-2005 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 3 (1) |
| 2005-2007 | Atalanta Bergamo | 64 (21) |
| 2007-2009 | Torino FC | 35 (6) |
| 2009-2011 | Novara Calcio | 26 (4) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1994 | Italy U-16 | 2 (1) |
| 1995 | Italy U-17 | 4 (2) |
| 1995-1996 | Italy U-18 | 18 (14) |
| 1996-2000 | Italy U-21 | 21 (8) |
| 1997 | Italy U-23 | 4 (4) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: January 6, 2010 |
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Nicola Ventola (born May 24, 1978 in Grumo Appula ) is a former Italian football player who played on the position of striker .
Career
In the club
Nicola Ventola began his career at AS Bari , Ventola became a regular player for the first time in his third season in Bari. AS Bari returned to Serie A thanks to Ventola's ten goals . However, Ventola was rarely used here. Nevertheless, the celebrated as a huge talent Ventola moved to the traditional club Inter Milan . Here he was used regularly in his first season and was able to score six goals. For the 1999/2000 season Ventola was loaned to FC Bologna , but here he could not prevail. Therefore, Ventola was loaned to Atalanta Bergamo for the following season, where he made the leap into the regular formation and scored a total of ten goals. Thanks to his convincing performance, he was able to return to Inter Milan for the 2001/02 season .
He then stayed two seasons with the Nerazzurri , but since he was unable to prevail against the big competition, Ventola was loaned out again. This time the Serie A promoted AC Siena was his new club, here he was regularly used again, but only scored four goals. For the 2004/05 season Ventola was loaned to the Premier League club Crystal Palace , so that Ventola played abroad for the first time. However, he only made three appearances on the island before returning to Inter Milan. For the 2005/06 season Ventola then moved to the Serie B club Atalanta Bergamo, where he played his way into the regular formation straight away. With his 15 goals, Ventola played a major role in winning the Serie B championship and the associated promotion to Serie A.
In the national team
Ventola played 21 games for the Italian U-21 national team and scored eight goals. In 2000 he won the European title in Slovakia with the team under coach Marco Tardelli .
successes
Web links
- Profile on the website of the Italian Federation
- Nicola Ventola in the weltfussball.de database
- Ventola stake statistics on aic.football.it
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ventola, Nicola |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grumo Appula , Italy |