Nicolò Rovella
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| Date of birth | 4 December 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Segrate, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team |
Lazio (on loan from Juventus) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2014 | Accademia Inter | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Alcione | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Genoa | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Genoa | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Juventus | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Genoa (loan) | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Monza (loan) | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | → Lazio (loan) | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Italy U17 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Italy U18 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Italy U19 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Italy U21 | 21 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Nicolò Rovella (born 4 December 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Lazio, on loan from Juventus.
Club career
[edit]Early career and Genoa
[edit]Rovella started playing football at Accademia Inter (an affiliate of Inter Milan), where he won a Gothia Cup, before moving to Alcione in 2014. Then, in the summer of 2017, Rovella joined Genoa, where he immediately won the Carlin's Boys youth tournament.[2][3]
Coming through the youth ranks of the club, Rovella made his professional debut with Genoa on 3 December 2019, replacing Francesco Cassata in the final minutes of a 3–2 Coppa Italia win over Ascoli.[4] He then made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2019, aged 18, as a substitute for Filip Jagiełło in a 4–0 away defeat to Inter Milan.[5] On 25 July 2020, Rovella made his first start for Genoa in a 3–0 home loss against Inter.[6]
Rovella gained more playing time and started during the 2020–21 season, establishing himself in Genoa's central midfield as he helped the rossoblù stay in the Serie A.[7]
Juventus
[edit]Loan to Genoa
[edit]On 29 January 2021, Juventus announced the signing of Rovella on a three-and-a-half-year contract for €18 million, plus a maximum of €20 million in performance-related bonuses.[8] The player remained on loan at Genoa until the end of the 2021–22 season, with Manolo Portanova and Elia Petrelli also being traded to the club in permanent moves.[8] Rovella was part of Genoa's relegation to the Serie B after 15 years in the top-flight.[citation needed]
Return to Juventus
[edit]After returning to Juventus from his loan to Genoa, Rovella made his Bianconeri debut on 15 August 2022, replacing Manuel Locatelli in a home win against Sassuolo in the first matchday of the 2022–23 Serie A.[9]
Loan to Monza
[edit]On 31 August 2022, Rovella joined newly-promoted Serie A side Monza on a one-year dry loan.[10] He made his debut on 5 September, as a starter in a 2–0 league defeat to Atalanta.[11]
Loan to Lazio
[edit]On 16 August 2023, Lazio announced the signing of Rovella from Juventus on a two-year loan with a conditional obligation to buy.[12]
International career
[edit]Rovella has represented Italy at several youth international levels.
He was part of the under-17 national team that finished runners-up at the 2018 European Championship, and then was capped at under-18 and under-19 levels.[citation needed]
On 12 November 2020, Rovella made his debut with the under-21 team, playing as a starter in a European Championship qualifying match against Iceland in Reykjavík, which was won 2–1 by the Azzurrini.[13] He was subsequently included in the squad that took part in the 2021 European Championship in Slovenia and Hungary:[14] However, he got sent off after receiving a double yellow card in the second group stage game against Spain,[15] as Italy was eventually eliminated from the tournament in the quarter-finals, after a 5–3 loss to Portugal.
Rovella was confirmed in the following cycle of the under-21 national team, as he scored his first goal for the Azzurrini on 29 March 2022, netting the lone goal of a 1–0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Championship qualifiers.[16]
Style of play
[edit]Rovella is a well-rounded, right-footed and versatile midfielder, who can play as a mezzala, playmaker or attacking midfielder.[2][17] His biggest strengths are his first touch, his vision, his passing range and his tactical intelligence. Rovella is also regarded for his elegant style of play and his charisma.[2][17]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 18 August 2024[18]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Genoa | 2019–20 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Juventus | 2022–23 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Genoa (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Monza (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Lazio (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 95 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
Honours
[edit]Italy U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2018
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicolò Rovella". TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Rovella, dall'Accademia Inter al derby della Lanterna". La Giovane Italia (in Italian). 3 November 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Eremita, Alessio (29 October 2020). "Rovella oro del Genoa: chi è il classe 2001 che ha stregato Inter e Juventus". Calcio News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Genoa vs. Ascoli - 3 December 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Genoa, Rovella promosso sotto gli occhi dell'Inter. L'esordio, le punizioni, Modric e il mercato che già chiama". Calciomercato.com (in Italian). Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Le pagelle di Genoa-Inter 0-3: Lukaku cecchino, Moses spina nel fianco". Eurosport (in Italian). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Gioventù "bruciante", Rovella si è preso il centrocampo rossoblù". Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b "UFFICIALE | Portanova, Petrelli, Rovella: gli accordi con il Genoa". Juventus.com (in Italian). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Juventus.com (15 August 2022). "MATCH REPORT | JUVE HIT SASSUOLO FOR THREE". Juventus F.C. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Nicolò Rovella è Biancorosso". AC Monza. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Sorrentino, Antonio (5 September 2022). "Le pagelle di Monza - Atalanta 0-2: buon esordio di Rovella, Caprari sprecone, Pessina messo sotto scacco". Monza-News (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "NICOLÒ ROVELLA È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE BIANCOCELESTE" (in Italian). SS Lazio. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Pobega segna una doppietta che vale oro, gli Azzurrini battono l'Islanda e ipotecano il pass per l'Europeo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2019/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS, CZECH REPUBLIC VS ITALY" (PDF). UEFA. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "L'Italia finisce in 9, ma la Spagna non passa: 0-0. Se batte la Slovenia è qualificata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Qualificazioni europee. L'Italia batte la Bosnia ed Erzegovina, scavalca la Svezia e vola in testa al girone". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b Kulig, Jacek; Gualano, Davide (28 August 2021). "Niccolò Rovella – Juve's future regista by Davide Gualano". Football Talent Scout. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Nicolò Rovella at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Profile[dead link] at Lega Serie A
- Profile at A.C. Monza (in Italian)
- Nicolò Rovella FIGC Italy U17 profile (in Italian)
- Nicolò Rovella FIGC Italy U18 profile (in Italian)
- Nicolò Rovella FIGC Italy U19 profile (in Italian)
- Nicolò Rovella FIGC Italy U21 profile (in Italian)
- Nicolò Rovella – UEFA competition record (archive)
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