Raffaele Palladino

Raffaele Palladino (2008)

Raffaele Palladino ( born April 17, 1984 in Mugnano di Napoli ( NA), Italy) is an Italian football player. He is a striker, but can also be used as an attacking midfielder.

  • 2.1 In the club
  • 2.2 In the National Team

Career

In the club

Raffaele Palladino began his football career in the youth teams of his home club Amici di Mugnano from 2001 to 2002 he played for Benevento Calcio in Serie C1.

In 2002, Palladino moved to Juventus and scored between 2002 and 2004 for the Primavera 41 goals in 61 games. On 17 March 2004, he debuted at 0:2 in the Coppa Italia match against Lazio in the first team.

For the 2004/ 05 season Palladino was loaned to Salernitana Calcio in Serie B and was associated with 15 goals in 39 games the best scorer of the team.

The 2005/06 season played Raffaele Palladino, again on loan, for the AS Livorno in Serie A. Frequently plagued by injuries, he succeeded in 21 games only two hits.

For 2006/ 07 Raffaele Palladino returned to Juventus, which had relegated in Serie B due to the manipulation scandal in 2005/ 06. There he had to establish himself in his position against the likes of Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet. After only a few uses start of the season he could increasingly draw attention to themselves in the course of the season. His best game of the season, he played in a 5-1 victory at home against the U.S. Triestina, in which he was able to achieve three goals.

In the 2007 /08 season Raffaele Palladino was at Juventus for extended trunk. He comes regularly used and was often used by coach Ranieri in the right and left midfield. On the left side he represented several times Pavel Nedvěd and demonstrated good performance. Palladino season highlight was the Derby d' Italia against Inter Milan, in which he was even named the player of the day. In the second half of the season but his performances were after, why Juve sold in the summer of 2008, half of his transfer rights for approximately 5.5 million euros to Genoa, where he runs since the 2008/ 09 season. In the first half of the season the offensive player graduated with a knee injury a few games in the second half of the season Palladino was with many gates and templates an important part in Gian Piero Gasperinis team that won the fifth place in Serie A.

In June 2009, the transfer business was extended by one year. In 2010 they agreed on a further extension for another year.

In the National Team

Raffaele Palladino went through so far, the national youth teams U -19 and U- 20th For the U- 21 team, where he made ​​his debut on 8 February 2005, Palladino has played more eleven matches and scored four goals. In 2007, he was also in the squad of the Italian U-21 selection for the U-21 European Championship in the Netherlands.

November 21, 2007 Palladino made ​​his debut under manager Roberto Donadoni in the senior team. He stood by Azzurra in the last game of qualifying for the Euro 2008 against the Faroe Islands in the starting lineup for the Squadra.

Achievements

In the club

In the National Team

  • U-19 European Championship: 2003
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