Andrea Bonetti (born 8 August 2003) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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for club

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on loan from

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Club career

Having been born in Turin on 8 August 2003, Bonetti's first career years were at Accademia Grugliasco. He continued at Accademia Intertorino, where he actracted

' attention, which he joined in 2017. Playing as a centre-forward, he was the most prolific Juventus U16 player of the 2018–19 season with 16 goals. With time, he moved down the pitch, becoming a midfielder able to play as a ''

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'', a left ''mezz'ala'' and as a ''trequartista''. In the 2021–22 season, which he played as a ''regista'' for the under-19 side, he scored five goals and gave five assists in 43 appearances in all competitions. On 9 October 2021,

first-team manager

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played Bonetti for about 30 minutes, coming on as a substitute for

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at the 63rd minute, in a friendly match against

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, which they won 2–1. He made his

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—the reserve team of Juventus—debut on 3 September 2022, in a 2–0

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win against

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, coming on as a substitute at the 64th minute for Enzo Barrenechea. His Next Gen debut as a starter came on 17 September, in Renate–Juventus Next Gen 3–2. He came off the pitch after 60 minutes for defender Félix Nzouango, when Next Gen were losing 3–0. On 3 November, he renewed with Juventus until 30 June 2025. On 24 July 2023, Bonetti joined

on a season-long loan.

International career

Bonetti played nine matches with Italy U15. His debut came on 15 February 2018 in a match against Netherlands U15 lost 2–0. On 29 April, he scored the winning goal in Italy–

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1–0. He won five U16 caps between 2018 and 2019 and won two U17 caps between 2019 and 2020.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonetti, Andrea 2003 births Living people Juventus FC players Juventus Next Gen players Taranto FC 1927 players Serie C players Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Turin Italy men's youth international footballers