Gennaro Ruggiero

Gennaro Ruggiero (born 4 February 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays for the Torino U-19 squad on loan from Palermo.[1]

Gennaro Ruggiero
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000
Place of birth Napoli, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Palermo
Youth career
0000–2014 Mariano Keller
2014– Palermo
2017–2018 → Torino (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Palermo 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 August 2017

Career

A physical central midfielder, and a product of Naples-based renowned youth team Mariano Keller, he was spotted by Palermo scouts and then signed in 2014.[2]

He made his Serie A debut at the age of 17 on 14 May 2017, playing the entirety of a home league game against Genoa, and becoming the third footballer born from the year 2000 to play in the Italian top flight (after Moise Kean and Pietro Pellegri).[3]

He was successively loaned out to Torino for the 2017–18 season, but failed to make any first team appearance during the season and appeared only for the Granata'sU-19 team before returning to Palermo, again as part of the Under-19 team.[4]

References
  1. Gennaro Ruggiero at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. "Corriere dello Sport: "Gennaro Ruggiero, il nuovo Gattuso. Nato nel 2000 come lo juventino Kean, il centrocampista ricorda «Ringhio»"" (in Italian). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. "Un 2000 nella storia: il Palermo butta nella mischia Ruggiero a 17 anni" (in Italian). Palermo Today. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  4. "FOTO: Ruggiero aggregato alla Primavera" (in Italian). I Love Palermo Calcio. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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