Nicola Ventola

Nicola Ventola
Ventola in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-05-24) 24 May 1978 (age 46)
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)
2000–2001Atalanta (loan) 28 (10)
2003–2004Siena (loan) 28 (4)
2004–2005Crystal 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]

  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.