Giuseppe Antonio Panico (born 10 May 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie C Group B club Carrarese on loan from Crotone.

Giuseppe Panico
Personal information
Full name Giuseppe Antonio Panico
Date of birth (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Ottaviano, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Carrarese
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2015 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Genoa 2 (0)
2016–2018Cesena (loan) 24 (1)
2018Teramo (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2020 Cittadella 47 (7)
2020–2021 Novara 35 (5)
2021–2022 Juve Stabia 20 (1)
2022 Pro Vercelli 18 (4)
2022– Crotone 7 (0)
2023Lucchese (loan) 16 (5)
2023–Carrarese (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Italy U-17 14 (8)
2014–2015 Italy U-18 3 (0)
2014–2016 Italy U-19 18 (4)
2016–2017 Italy U-20 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Club career edit

Panico is a youth exponent from Genoa. He made his Serie A debut on May 31, 2015, against Sassuolo, where he replaced Maxime Lestienne after 81 minutes; the game ended in a 3–1 away defeat for Genoa.[1]

On June 30, 2016, Panico was loaned to Cesena for a period of two years.[2] He then joined Cittadella on July 13, 2018.[3][4] Continuing his career, Panico signed a contract with Novara on September 1, 2020.[5]

In the following year, he moved to Juve Stabia on August 12, 2021, and later joined Pro Vercelli on January 18, 2022.[6][7]

Panico signed a three-year contract with FC Crotone on July 19, 2022.[8] He was then loaned to Lucchese on January 12, 2023.[9] As of July 11, 2023, Panico has been moved to Carrarese, on loan with an obligation to buy.[10]

International edit

He represented Italy national under-19 football team at the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which Italy was the runner-up and played in every game except the final.

A year later, he played for Italy at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring two goals and the decisive penalty shoot-out kick that brought Italy 3rd place over Uruguay.

References edit

  1. ^ "Sassuolo vs. Genoa - 31 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  2. ^ "Francesco Renzetti ceduto al Genoa" (Press release) (in Italian). A.C. Cesena. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Dal Genoa ecco Panico!" (in Italian). Cittadella. 13 July 2018.
  4. ^ "UFFICIALE: Panico firma con il Cittadella". Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. ^ "GIUSEPPE PANICO È UN NUOVO ATTACCANTE AZZURRO" (Press release) (in Italian). Novara. 1 September 2020.
  6. ^ "S.S. Juve Stabia, ufficiale l'arrivo di Panico" (in Italian). Juve Stabia. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. ^ "BENVENUTO GIUSEPPE PANICO!" (in Italian). Pro Vercelli. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Awua, Panico e Vitale sono rossoblù!" (in Italian). Crotone. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Giuseppe Antonio Panico è un nuovo giocatore della Lucchese" (in Italian). Lucchese. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Panico alla Carrarese" [Panico to Carrarese] (in Italian). Crotone. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

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