Gianluca Frabotta

Gianluca Frabotta (born 24 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Juventus.

Gianluca Frabotta
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 38
Youth career
2004–2012 Consalvo
2012–2015 Savio
2015–2018 Bologna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Bologna 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Renate (loan) 12 (0)
2019 → Pordenone (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2020 Juventus U23 18 (0)
2019– Juventus 13 (0)
National team‡
2017 Italy U18 4 (0)
2017 Italy U19 3 (0)
2020– Italy U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:02, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:04, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Coming through the youth system, Frabotta began his career at Bologna, who loaned him to Renate in 2018 and Pordenone in 2019. He joined Juventus in 2019, playing for their second team Juventus U23, before being made part of the first team in 2020.

Frabotta has represented Italy at youth level since 2017.

Club career

Bologna

Frabottta received a few call-ups to the bench in Bologna's in Serie A games for the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons; however, did not make any appearances for the side.

Loan to Renate

On 21 June 2018, Frabotta was signed by Serie C side Renate on a season-long loan deal.[2] On 29 July he made his debut for Renate as a substitute replacing Giacomo Caccin in the 63rd minute of a 2–0 home defeat against Rezzato in the first round of Coppa Italia.[3] On 16 September he made his Serie C debut as a starter in a 2–0 away win over Sambenedettese, he was replaced by Lorenzo Saporetti in the 72nd minute.[4] One week later he played his first entire match for Renate, a 2–1 away defeat against Pordenone.[5] In January 2019, Frabotta was re-called to Bologna leaving Renate with 13 appearances and 2 assists.[6]

Loan to Pordenone

On 11 January 2019, Frabotta was loaned to Serie C club Pordenone on a 6-month loan deal.[7] On 26 January he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Michele De Agostini in the 69th minute of a 2–1 home defeat against Rimini.[8] On 24 May he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–1 away draw against Ternana.[9] Frabotta ended his 6-month loan to Pordenone with 7 appearances, including only 2 as a starter.[6]

Juventus

On 6 August 2019, Frabotta joined to Serie C club Juventus U23.[10] He made his professional senior debut for Juventus, as well as his Serie A debut, on 1 August 2020, in a 3–1 home defeat to Roma.[11] On 20 September, in Juventus's opening match of the 2020–21 season, Frabotta played as a starter against Sampdoria; Juventus won 3–0 at home.[12] On 4 November, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming on as a second–half substitute for Juan Cuadrado in a 4–1 away win over Ferencváros in the group stage.[13] Frabotta scored his first goal for Juventus on 27 January 2021, scoring his team's second goal in a 4–0 Coppa Italia win over SPAL in the quarter-finals.[14]

International career

Frabotta represented Italy at under-18, under-19, and under-21 levels. On 8 February 2017 he made his U18 debut in a 1–1 away draw against France; he was replaced by Luca Ranieri after 83 minutes. On 9 August 2017, Frabotta made his U19 debut as a substitute replacing Alessandro Tripaldelli in the 67th minute of a 2–0 away win over Croatia.

On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with Italy U21 playing as a starter in a 2021 UEFA European Championship qualification match against the Republic of Ireland, which ended in a 2–0 win.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 January 2021[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bologna 2016–17 Serie A 0000——00
2017–18 Serie A 0000——00
Renate (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 12010—1[lower-alpha 2]0140
Pordenone (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 70——2[lower-alpha 3]090
Juventus U23 2019–20 Serie C 180——8[lower-alpha 4]1261
Juventus 2019–20 Serie A 10———10
2020–21 Serie A 120111[lower-alpha 5]00[lower-alpha 6]0141
Total 130111000151
Career total 5002110111642
  1. Includes Coppa Italia
  2. Appearance(s) in the Coppa Italia Serie C
  3. Appearance(s) in the Supercoppa di Serie C
  4. Six appearances in the Coppa Italia Serie C, two appearances one goal in the Serie C promotion play-offs
  5. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
  6. Appearance(s) in the Supercoppa Italiana

Honours

Pordenone[16]

Juventus U23[16]

Juventus[16]

References
  1. "Gianluca Frabotta - Carriera - stagioni, presenze, goal". TuttoCalciatori.Net (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. "UFFICIALE: Renate, arrivano Frabotta e Pattarello dal Bologna" (in Italian). TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. "Renate vs. Rezzato - 29 July 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 16 September 2018.
  5. "Pordenone vs. Renate - 21 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. "Italy - G. Frabotta - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  7. "UFFICIALE: Pordenone, presi in prestito Frabotta e Rover - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  8. "Pordenone vs. Rimini - 26 January 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  9. "Ternana vs. Pordenone - 24 March 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  10. "UFFICIALE: Bologna, ceduto Frabotta alla Juventus U23 - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  11. Milone, Antonino (2 August 2020). "Pagelle Juve: Frabotta talento vero. Rugani ancora male". www.tuttosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  12. "Frabotta titolare in Juve-Sampdoria: scelta a sorpresa di Pirlo". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  13. "Juventus – Il club celebra sui social l'esordio europeo di Frabotta" (in Italian). JuveNews.eu. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  14. "Coppa Italia, Juventus-Spal LIVE". Sky Sport (in Italian). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  15. "Frabotta e Portanova in campo, l'Italia U21 stende l'Irlanda 2-0". Tutto Sport (in Italian). 13 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  16. Gianluca Frabotta at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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