Nicola Sansone

Nicola Sansone

Personal information
Full name	Nicola Domenico Sansone
Date of birth	10 October 1991 (1991-10-10) (age 20)
Place of birth	Foggia, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Crotone
Number	17
Youth career
0000–2002	SV Neuperlach
2002–2010	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2010–2011	Bayern Munich II	32	(2)
2011–	Parma	0	(0)
2011–	→ Crotone (loan)
National team‡
2007	Italy U17	1	(0)
2009	Italy U18	1	(1)
2009–2010	Italy U19	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:38, 14 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 March 2010

Nicola Sansone (born 10 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for F.C. Crotone on loan from Parma.

Club career

Sansone was born in Foggia but moved to Germany at a young age and joined local sports club SV Neuperlach. At the age of 10, he transferred to Bayern Munich, where he progressed through the Junior Team. He made his debut for Bayern's reserve team in January 2010, in a 3rd Liga match against Dynamo Dresden.^[1] He made three more appearances in the 2009–10 season, and was a regular in the team during the 2010–11 season. In October 2010, he was named on the substitutes bench for the first-team in a Bundesliga match against SC Freiburg. He was released in June 2011 after Bayern's reserves were relegated from the 3rd Liga.

International career

Sansone made his U17 debut in November 2007 along with Bayern team-mate Roberto Soriano. Both players also called-up to 2008 Minsk under-17 International Tournament^[2] He scored a goal in the second match, a 3–0 won against Belarus.^[3] However, he was not called-up to 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round in March.

He played for Italy U19 team on 11 March 2009, the second match of season 2009–10 (for player born on or after 1991), he also called-up to the next friendly match against Ukraine (born 1990 team), as Ukraine was preparing for the 2009 final tournament. He scored a goal in that match, a 2–2 draw.^[4] He then dropped from the team, as he did not received a call-up to U18 team (born 1991 class) for a friendly tournament in Slovakia.^[5] In November 2009, he was recalled to the U19 team for 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. He replaced captain Jacopo Sala in the first match, then started in the next two matches as wing forward, partnered with forward Mattia Destro and Nicolao Dumitru against San Marino, ahead Marco D'Alessandro who started in the first match. In the last match against Republic of Ireland, Sansone partnered with Destro in a 442 formation. Sansone then selected in 1^[6] of the 3 friendly matches before the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification, but never received call-up again, as some of the players were recovered from injury and some players returned from U21 team (Fabio Borini and midfielder Soriano, etc.).

References

1. ^ "Dynamo Dresden gegen FC Bayern München II 2:0 (1:0) - Die 3. Liga". http://bundesliga-chronik.de/dritteliga/2010/23/dresden-bayernii/. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "International tournament: team plays against Moldova, Belarus and Russia". FIGC. 7 January 2008. http://www.figc.it/en/204/3664/2008/01/News.shtml. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
3. ^ "Torneo di Minsk: battuta la Bielorussia. Oggi Russia-Italia" (in Italian). FIGC. 9 January 2008. http://www.figc.it/it/204/3685/2008/01/News.shtml. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
4. ^ "taccuino" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 April 2009. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2009/aprile/09/taccuino_ga_10_090409011.shtml. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
5. ^ "Under 18: convocati 18 Azzurrini per la "Slovacchia Cup"" (in Italian). FIGC. 23 April 2009. http://www.figc.it/it/204/20962/2009/04/News.shtml. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
6. ^ "Match report: Italy 1-1 Germany" (in German). DFB. 17 March 2010. http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=504292&spielid=141&action=schema&teama=Italien&teamb=Deutschland. Retrieved 12 September 2010. 

External links

• Playing stats at Kicker.de (German)
• International Caps at FIGC.it (Italian)

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Name	Sansone, Nicola
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Date of birth	10 October 1991
Place of birth	Foggia, Italy
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