italian football player

Stefano Sturaro ( italian pronunciation : [ ˈsteːfano stuˈraːro ] ; born 9 March 1993 ) is an italian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Genoa. Sturaro began his career with local club Sanremese, and was signed by Genoa in 2008. After four years in the Genoese young system, he was loaned to Modena in 2012. He returned to Genoa in 2013, with whom he made his Serie A debut on 25 August 2013. In July 2014, he moved to Juventus ; after initially spending the first gear one-half of the 2014–15 season on lend with Genoa, he was recalled by Juventus in February 2015, where he won consecutive domestic doubles in his beginning four seasons with the club. He was subsequently loaned out to Portuguese club Sporting in 2018, and Genoa in January 2019, before being signed out-right by Genoa once again in the summer of 2019.

At international level, he besides represented Italy at under-18 and under-19 levels, and represented the Italy under-21 at the 2015 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. He made his senior Italy introduction on 6 June 2016, against Finland and was included in the team for UEFA Euro 2016 .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Sanremo, Italy, Sturaro began his career with local anesthetic team, Sanremese before being scouted and signed by Serie A side Genoa in 2008. After joining the Ligurian clubhouse, he was assigned to the club ‘s youth categories .

Genoa and Modena [edit ]

After two seasons with the Primavera police squad, Sturaro was called up to the first team, and was loaned out to Modena in the Serie B on 23 July 2012. [ 2 ] On 1 December, he made his professional debut, playing the last 33 minutes in a 1–0 base succeed over Novara. [ 3 ] He returned to Genoa having made 8 league appearances during the temper. On 25 August 2013, Sturaro made his Serie A debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–2 away loss against Inter. [ 4 ] He finished the temper with 16 appearances and scored his maid professional finish on 2 March 2014 in a base acquire against Catania .

Juventus [edit ]

On 1 July 2014, Sturaro signed a five-year shrink with Juventus, for a € 5.5 million tip plus bonuses up to €5.5 million ( €2 million for 2014–15 season which achieved ; [ 5 ] €3.5 million for 2015 onwards ). [ 6 ] The agreement besides confirmed that Sturaro would spend the 2014–15 campaign on loan at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris equip. [ 6 ] He was recalled from Genoa on 2 February of the following class. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On 5 May 2015, Sturaro made his debut in the UEFA Champions League in the first leg of the semi-finals, against defending champions actual Madrid. He was a contributor in Juventus ‘ 2–1 success at the Juventus Stadium, and drew praise in the media for his critical performance. In this lapp game he made an significant interception against a point blank compass heading from James Rodríguez, this was vital as it proved to be a equal winning here and now in the game. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] He scored his first goal for Juventus on 23 May 2015, in a 3–1 home gain over Napoli, after a luminary dribble run, as Juventus celebrated winning the Serie A style for the fourth consecutive time. [ 15 ] On 8 August 2015 he assisted a goal in Juventus ‘s 2–0 win over Lazio in the 2015 Supercoppa Italiana. [ 16 ] He scored his first finish of the 2015–16 season on 29 November, netting Juventus ‘s second goal in the 89th hour of a 3–0 away win over Palermo. [ 17 ] On 23 February 2016, Sturaro scored his inaugural Champions League finish, the equalizing goal, in a 2–2 home draw to Bayern Munich in Juventus ‘s foremost round of 16 leg. [ 18 ] On 15 December 2016, Sturaro renewed his shrink with Juventus until 2021. [ 19 ]

Sporting and return to Genoa [edit ]

On 11 August 2018, Sturaro signed a season-long lend with Sporting. [ 20 ]

After failing to make a single appearance for Sporting during the first half of the 2018–19 season, due to an ongoing Achilles wound, [ 21 ] on 24 January 2019, Sturaro returned to Genoa on lend for the remainder of the season, for a loanword tip of €1.5 million, with a conditional obligation to buy from Juventus. [ 22 ] [ 21 ] On 6 February, 13 days late, the obligation was trigged for an extra €16.5 million. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The transplant tip was criticised by the media ( and fans [ 26 ] ), as Sturaro did not even make his introduction for Genoa on the announcement date of the authoritative deal. [ 27 ] La Stampa and La Gazzetta dello Sport besides rumoured that the sign was part of the deal of Cristian Romero to Juventus in the future. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Romero did join Juve on 12 July for €26 million. [ 30 ] He made his revert debut for Genoa on 17 March 2019, coming off the bench in the seventieth minute, and scoring the opening goal against his former team Juventus two minutes belated, of an eventual 2–0 base winnings. [ 31 ] On 23 January 2021, Sturaro joined Hellas Verona on lend for the remainder of the season. [ 32 ]

International career [edit ]

With the Italy Under-21 side, [ 33 ] he took partially at the 2015 UEFA european Under-21 Championship ; he was sent off in the opening get the better of 2–1 against eventual champions Sweden, and was banned for the remainder of the group stage as Italy were eliminated in the first orotund. [ 34 ] On 31 May 2016, Sturaro was selected as separate of Antonio Conte ‘s Italy national senior side for Euro 2016. [ 35 ] He made his senior debut on 6 June, as he came off the judiciary in Italy ‘s final friendly match before Euro 2016 against Finland in a 2–0 victory in Verona. [ 36 ]

manner of shimmer [edit ]

A quick, hard-working, and tactically versatile player, Sturaro is capable of playing anywhere in midfield ; in his early career, he initially played as a “ mezzala, ” but as his career progressed, he was normally deployed as a box-to-box, cardinal, or defensive midfielder in front of the back-line, courtesy of his energy and qualities as a ball-winner, arsenic well as his solid proficiency, and subsequent capacity to start attacking plays after obtaining self-control. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] ascribable to his physical attributes and ability in the air, [ 40 ] he is besides adequate to of playing as a defender, [ 38 ] both in the center, [ 38 ] or on either flank, and has been used as a right-sided attacking full-back or wing-back in holocene seasons ; [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] he has besides been fielded as a winger on affair. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Regarded as one of the most promise footballers in the worldly concern in his position as a child, [ 46 ] due to his work-rate, stamina, composure, doggedness, potency of character, and ability to read the game, [ 40 ] [ 47 ] his play dash drew comparisons with compatriot and 2006 World Cup achiever Gennaro Gattuso in his youth. [ 39 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] Despite normally occupying a more defensive-minded role in midfield, Sturaro is besides capable of making attacking runs into the box, which led him to be compared to former Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal during his time with the club. [ 40 ] [ 48 ] Although naturally right-footed, Sturaro is besides capable of distributing and striking the ball with his left foot. [ 40 ] [ 49 ]

career statistics [edit ]

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As of match played 23 May 2021[50]
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
Modena (loan) 2012–13 Serie B 8 0 2 0 — — 10 0
Genoa 2013–14 Serie A 16 1 0 0 — — 16 1
2014–15 Serie A 13 0 2 0 — — 15 0
Total 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
Juventus 2014–15 Serie A 12 1 1 0 2[a] 0 — 15 1
2015–16 Serie A 19 1 2 0 6[a] 1 1 0 28 2
2016–17 Serie A 21 0 2 0 4[a] 0 1 0 28 0
2017–18 Serie A 12 0 2 0 5[a] 0 0 0 19 0
Total 64 2 7 0 17 1 2 0 90 3
Sporting (loan) 2018–19 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Genoa 2018–19 Serie A 5 1 0 0 — — 5 1
2019–20 Serie A 16 1 2 0 — — 18 1
2020–21 Serie A 6 1 1 0 — — 7 1
Total 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 3
Hellas Verona (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 10 0 — — — 10 0
Career total 139 6 14 0 17 1 2 0 171 7

International [edit ]

As of 2 July 2016[33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2016 4 0
Total 4 0

Honours [edit ]

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Juventus [ 50 ]

References [edit ]