Nicola Pozzi

Nicola Pozzi
Nicola Pozzi
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Personal information
Date of birth June 30, 1986 (1986-06-30) (age 25)
Place of birth Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Sampdoria
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2004 Cesena 19 (4)
2004–2005 AC Milan 0 (0)
2004 → Napoli (loan) 3 (1)
2005 → Pescara (loan) 4 (0)
2005–2010 Empoli 103 (26)
2009–2010 → Sampdoria (loan) 18 (2)
2010– Sampdoria 25 (10)
National team
2006–2009 Italy U-21 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nicola Pozzi (born June 30, 1986) is an Italian footballer who currently plays in the Serie B league for Sampdoria. He was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna.

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Club career

Milan

Signed by AC Milan from then-Serie C1 side Cesena on January 2004, he was successively loaned to Napoli and Pescara, before being sent on loan to Empoli F.C. for two consecutive seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07).

Empoli

In 2007–08 season, his status was changed to co-owned by both sides, for €750,000[1] (that season Empoli also signed Luca Antonini (€1M), Lino Marzoratti (€0.75M) and Ignazio Abate (€0.9M) in co-ownership deals), and in 16 June 2008 Empoli got full ownership for €3.25 million (Pozzi) and €1.5 million (Marzoratti )[2] in exchange of Antonini (€2.9 million) and Abate (€2million) who return to AC Milan.

On December 9, 2007, he scored all four goals in Empoli's 4–1 victory over Cagliari. However, he suffered a season-ending knee injury after netting a brace in a 3–1 defeat of Napoli on February 17, and will be sidelined for six months, effectively ruling him out of the Azzurrini squad for the 2008 Olympics.

Pozzi also represented Italy at the Under-21 level.

Sampdoria

On Monday 31 August 2009 Sampdoria announced via their website the loan signing of Pozzi with the option to make the signing permanent.[3] In June 2010, Sampdoria decided to sign him outright.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.bilanciomilan.it/2007/HTML/PDF/bilancio.pdf
  2. ^ "AC Milan Group 2008 Annual Report" (in Italian). AC Milan. ca. April 2009. http://media3.acmilan.com/uploads/bilancio/BilancioGruppoMilan_ACM_12-08.pdf. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Chiusura col botto: è Nicola Pozzi la nuova punta" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 31 August 2009. http://www.sampdoria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5083&Itemid=38. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  4. ^ "Comunicato stampa del 22 Giugno 2010 [Press release 22 June 2010]" (in Italian). Empoli FC. 2010-06-22. http://www.empolifc.com/documento.php?id=10604. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 

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