Juri Toppan (born 20 January 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender; he is capable of playing either as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Career

Club career

Youth career

Born in

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

, Veneto, Toppan started his career at

Friuli Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giulia ...

side

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a fo ...

, he was a member of Udinese ''Giovanissimi Nazionali'' team in 2004–05 season. At the start of 2005–06 season he once returned to Sandonà after the loan expired but signed outright by Udinese on 31 August 2005. He was in the Udinese's ''Primavera'' under-20 squad that lost to Inter ''Primavera'' in the League playoffs round semi–final in 2007–08 season. He then left for

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...

side

La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city loc ...

and on 30 January 2009 signed by

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

. He made his debut for ''Primavera'' team on the next day. That half season he made 7 appearances.

Lega Pro clubs

In August 2009, he was loaned to Villacidrese of ''

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

'' along with Inter teammate

Matteo Lombardo Matteo Lombardo (born 6 March 1985) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Sesto San Giovanni, a ''comune'' within Milan metropolitan area, Lombardo started his career at hometown club Pro Sesto. He joined In ...

. Toppan made his professional debut with Villacidrese, but on 1 February 2010 loaned to Serie A side

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

for their ''Primavera'' team, with a handful appearances. On 29 June 2010, he was sold to newly promoted ''Prima Divisione'' side

Spezia La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second largest city ...

in co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of €500. He was the understudy of Daniele Pedrelli, also an Inter youth product. He failed to play any league matches due to injury. In June 2011 Inter gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Spezia. On 4 August he terminated his contract in order to join fellow third division club

U.S. Foggia Calcio Foggia 1920, commonly referred to as Foggia, is an Italian football club based in Foggia, Apulia. It currently plays in Serie C, having last been in the top level Serie A in 1995. The team gained nationwide popularity as Foggia Calcio ...

on free transfer. After Foggia's bankruptcy, Toppan was signed by his hometown club

, rejoining Inter teammate

Jacopo Fortunato Jacopo Fortunato (born 31 January 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for San Donà. Career Internazionale Fortunato joined Lombard club Internazionale along with Riccardo Bocalon in January 2008 from Veneto club Treviso f ...

and Antonio Esposito. Toppan made his debut in a friendly match.

International career

Toppan received a call-up from Italy U17 team for 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification in November 2006, but not selected to any match, even as unused substitute. He also received a call-up on 2 January (for training camp and against local teams) and against Republic of Ireland U17 on 23 and 25 January to prepare for the elite round. On 6 September 2007, he received a call-up from Italy U18 (for training camp) and again on 27 September. On 24 April 2008, he received his last call-up, against Serbia U18 ( sr, Млађе омладинске селекције Србије), where he made his debut in the second half, substituted

Daniele Mori Daniele Mori (born 28 June 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie D club Gavorrano. He wore the number 25 shirt since the end of the 2008–09 Serie B season. He later changed to the number 34 for Brescia duri ...

References

External links

Profile at Football.it
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