 Ventola in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 May 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Grumo Appula, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bari | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | Bari | 44 | (12) |
| 1998–1999 | Inter Milan | 21 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | Bologna | 14 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Inter Milan | 16 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | → Atalanta (loan) | 28 | (10) |
| 2003–2004 | → Siena (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Atalanta | 64 | (23) |
| 2007–2009 | Torino | 35 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | Novara | 26 | (4) |
| Total | 279 | (70) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | Italy U-17 | 2 | (1) |
| 1995 | Italy U-18 | 4 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Italy U-19 | 18 | (14) |
| 1996–2000 | Italy U-21 / Olympic | 25 | (12) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicola Ventola (born 24 May 1978) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Ventola played for several clubs in Italy throughout his career, and also had a loan spell with English side Crystal Palace. At international level, he was a member of the Italian under-23 squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; he received his only senior call-up for Italy in 1998, although he did not come off the bench. At youth level, he also represented the Italy under-21 side, and was a member of the team that won the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, also winning a gold medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games with the under-23 side. He retired from football in February 2011.[1]
- ^ "Nicola Ventola finisce la carriera, ecco la storia di un talento puro" (in Italian). Panorama. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.