Gennaro Ruggiero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Napoli, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Palermo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Mariano Keller | ||
| 2014– | Palermo | ||
| 2017–2018 | → Torino (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Palermo | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2017 | |||
Gennaro Ruggiero (born 4 February 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays for the Torino U-19 squad on loan from Palermo.[1]
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
- ^ Gennaro Ruggiero at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Un 2000 nella storia: il Palermo butta nella mischia Ruggiero a 17 anni" (in Italian). Palermo Today. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "FOTO: Ruggiero aggregato alla Primavera" (in Italian). I Love Palermo Calcio. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.