Davide Lanzafame
Davide Lanzafame 2011 at the jersey of Catania Calcio
Davide Lanzafame (born 9 February 1987 in Turin) is an Italian football player.
He is a striker and plays for Italian club Catania Calcio.
Career
Davide Lanzafame comes from the youth section of Juventus, his debut in the first team he celebrated on June 3, 2007, in the away match against AS Bari, when he came on in the 78th minute Marcelo Zalayeta. In the 2007 /08 season Lanzafame played on loan for AS Bari, where he as a striker or as a winger was a regular under coach Antonio Conte and scored ten goals.
In the summer of 2008 bought the U.S. Palermo for two and a half million euros 50% of his transfer rights, which is why Lanzafame aground in the 2008 /09 season for the Sicilian club in Serie A. For the second half of the 2008/09 season he was on loan from Palermo to AS Bari to Serie B, where he was a regular under coach Antonio Conte and masterfully managed the Serie A promotion with the team.
In June 2009, Lanza Fames transfer business between Juventus and Palermo was extended by one year. Then it gave Palermo for the 2009/10 season at the Serie A team FC Parma. His first goal for Parma scored Lanzafame 8 November 2009 in a 2-0 win against AC Chievo Verona. On 9 May the following year the striker his first double in Serie A. A week succeeded in a 3-2 away win at Juventus later, he repeated these results yield against AS Livorno. For the trained by Francesco Guidolin Davide Lanzafame graduated from Parma FC 2009/10 27 Serie A games in which seven goals get him. The striker reached the eighth place in Italy's top flight with the Emilian club.
For the 2010/11 season extended Juventus and Palermo, the co-owned business and agreed Lanza Fames return to Turin. In a friendly match against Hamburger SV he made negative headlines by fouled midfielder Zé Roberto so strong that this turned out long.
Achievements
- Italian Serie B Championship: 2006/ 07 ( with Juventus ), 2008 / 09 ( with the AS Bari)