Antonio Palumbo (born 6 August 1996) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a midfielder for club

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Club career

Palumbo started his career at Amici di Mugnano youth academy. Palumbo and teammate

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were signed by Umbrian side

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in 2011. Palumbo made his professional debut in the first match of Ternana in the second round of

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. He also played 12 times in

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season. On 6 July 2018, he joined Serie B club Salernitana on a season-long loan. Salernitana held an option to buy him out at the end of the season, which would turn into an obligation to buy if Salernitana got promoted into Serie A. After making only five appearances for Salernitana in the first half of the season, he was recalled from loan. On 25 January 2019, he rejoined

on another loan until the end of 2018–19 season. On 3 August 2019, he returned on loan at Ternana until 30 June 2020 with an option to buy. Upon his return from this loan, he made his Serie A debut for Sampdoria on 2 October 2020 in a game against Fiorentina, he substituted

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in the 84th minute of a 2–1 away victory. On 5 October 2020, he returned to Ternana for his third loan. On 15 June 2021, Ternana exercised their option to purchase his rights and he signed a four-year contract with the club. On 18 July 2023, Palumbo moved to

International career

Palumbo received his first Italy U-20 team call-up in November 2015, replacing midfielders Lorenzo Pellegrini and Luca Mazzitelli who injured,

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who left for the U21 team. Palumbo was an unused bench against Germany on 12 November. On 13 November Mazzitelli was returned from injury, but

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the coach still kept Palumbo in the squad, as well as adding

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to the call-up. On 17 November Palumbo was featured as a bench warmer again.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palumbo, Antonio 1996 births Footballers from Naples Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ternana Calcio players SSD FC Trapani 1905 players US Salernitana 1919 players UC Sampdoria players Modena FC 2018 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players