Davide Bettella (born 7 April 2000) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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, on loan from

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Club career

Inter

Bettella is a youth product of

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, and started playing for their under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season. He also represented the club in the 2007–18 UEFA Youth League, he missed the last penalty kick in the shootout as Inter was eliminated by

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in the Round of 16.

Atalanta

On 29 June 2018, he signed a contract with

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, with Inter holding option to re-purchase his rights. He made several bench appearances for the squad in the first half of the

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season.

Loan to Pescara

On 14 January 2019, he joined

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club

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on loan until June 2020. He made his Serie B debut for Pescara on 22 April 2019 in a game against

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, as a starter.

Monza

On 11 September 2020, Bettella joined

side

on loan until 30 June 2022, with option and conditional obligation to purchase. He scored his first goals on 19 December, in the form of a

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, against his former club Pescara; despite his two goals, Monza lost 3–2 away from home. Following Monza's Serie A promotion on 29 May 2022, Bettella's obligation for purchase clause was triggered.

Loan to Palermo

On 19 August 2022, newly-promoted Serie B club

announced the signing of Bettella on a loan deal with an option to buy.

International career

He was first called up to represent his country in 2015 for the Under-15 squad. He represented the Under-17 team at the

2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (35th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football champi ...

(Italy did not advance from the group stage). For the Under-19 squad, he scored the goal in the last qualification game that secured a spot for Italy at the

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2018) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (67th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth foot ...

. Italy reached the final at the competition, where they lost to Portugal in a shootout. After the tournament, Bettella continued to be age-eligible for the squad and became its captain, as it qualified for the 2019 edition of the tournament. However he took part in the

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with the Italy U20 squad, reaching the fourth place. He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 14 October 2019, in a qualifying match won 1–0 against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Italy U19 *

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runner-up:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bettella, Davide 2000 births Sportspeople from Padua Footballers from Veneto Living people Italian footballers Association football central defenders Inter Milan players Atalanta B.C. players Delfino Pescara 1936 players A.C. Monza players Palermo F.C. players Serie B players Italy youth international footballers