Fabio Quagliarella

Fabio Quagliarella
Quagliarella playing for Torino in 2015
Personal information
Full name Fabio Quagliarella[1]
Date of birth (1983-01-31) 31 January 1983 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1988–1991 Annunziatella
1991–1993 Pro Juventude
1993–1997 Gragnano
1997–1999 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Torino 39 (7)
2002–2003Fiorentina (loan) 12 (1)
2003–2004Chieti (loan) 43 (19)
2005–2006 Ascoli 33 (3)
2006–2007 Sampdoria 35 (13)
2007–2009 Udinese 73 (25)
2009–2010 Napoli 34 (11)
2010–2014 Juventus 84 (23)
2014–2016 Torino 50 (18)
2016–2023 Sampdoria 242 (89)
Total 645 (209)
International career
2000–2001 Italy U18 8 (1)
2001 Italy U19 9 (1)
2002–2004 Italy U20 8 (2)
2004 Italy U21 2 (1)
2007–2019 Italy 28 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabio Quagliarella (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfaːbjo kwaʎʎaˈrɛlla]; born 31 January 1983) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Throughout his career, Quagliarella played for eight different Italian clubs, winning three consecutive Serie A titles from the 2011–12 to 2013–14 seasons with Juventus. With the Turin-based club he also won two Supercoppa Italiana titles in 2012 and 2013, as well as winning the 2002–03 Serie C2 with Fiorentina. In the Italian top flight, Quagliarella also represented Torino, Ascoli, Udinese, Napoli and Sampdoria.

At international level, Quagliarella represented Italy from under-18 to under-21 youth levels before his debut for the senior team in 2007. He was part of Italy's squads for UEFA Euro 2008, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Individually, Quagliarella was awarded the Serie A Goal of the Year in 2009, achieved during his time at Udinese; in 2017 and 2018 respectively, he obtained the Premio Gentleman Fairplay and the Scirea Career Award while playing for Sampdoria, which pertain to both personality and playing ability. During the 2018–19 season while at Sampdoria, he scored in eleven consecutive league games, a feat only previously accomplished by Gabriel Batistuta;[3] Quagliarella finished the campaign with 26 goals in Serie A, which saw him capture the Capocannoniere title as the league's top scorer, also being named the league's best forward.

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Fabio Quagliarella". UC Sampdoria. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Quagliarella, record come Batistuta: in gol per 11 partite di fila" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 26 January 2019.