Gabriele Boloca (born 31 March 2001) is a Romanian

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Chieri Chieri (; pms, Cher) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont (Italy), located about southeast of Turin, by rail and by road. It borders the following municipalities: Baldissero Torinese, Pavarolo, Montaldo Torine ...

Club career

A youth product of

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

, Boloca was first called-up by Juventus U23 – the

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of Juventus – on 10 February 2019, for a match against

Arzachena Arzachena (; sdn, Alzachèna; sc, Altzaghèna) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, the second largest island off the coast of Italy. Arzachena lies half way between the original Costa Smeralda resort and Port ...

. Boloca was eventually called-up six times at the end of the season, without debuting. Boloca was sent on loan to the under-19 teams of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

and

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

, in the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons respectively. On 25 January 2020, Boloca was called-up by

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional Footballer, football player and Football coach (association football), manager. During his career as a football ...

to Bologna's senior squad, for their game against

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, since ...

; he was an unused substitute. In January 2021, Juventus announced Boloca's loan to Monza had been interrputed prematurely. After being benched 21 times during the season, Boloca made his professional debut for Juventus U23 on 24 April 2022, as a starter in a

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

game against Legnago Salus, helping his side win 3–2. In 2022, he joined

club

Seregno Seregno (; lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Seregn ) is a town and ''comune'' of the new Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region of Lombardy. Seregno received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 26 January 1979. It is ser ...

International career

In 2018, Boloca was called up to represent the Romania national under-17 team.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Daniel Boloca who also plays football for

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

Style of play

Boloca is a defender who mainly plays as a

, and can also play as a

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on occasion.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boloca, Gabriele 2001 births Living people People from Chieri Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Turin Romanian men's footballers Romania men's youth international footballers Men's association football central defenders Juventus Next Gen players US 1913 Seregno Calcio players Serie C players Serie D players