Niccolò Corrado (born 19 March 2000) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for team

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Club career

Inter

He joined Inter youth teams in the summer of 2016 from

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. From the 2017–18 season he started to play for Inter's Under-19 squad.

Loan to Arezzo

On 21 August 2019, Corrado was loaned to

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club

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on a season-long loan deal. Ten days later, on 31 August, he made his professional debut in Serie C for Arezzo in a 1–0 away defeat against Pianese, he was replaced by Samuele Sereni after 55 minutes. Three more weeks later, on 19 October, he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 25 November, Corrado scored his first professional goal in the 55th minute of a 3–1 home win over

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. Corrado ended his season-long loan to Arezzo with 20 appearances, all as a starter, and 1 goal. Arezzo reach the play-off, however the club was elibimated by

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in the first round but he had not been called up for the match.

Loan to Palermo

On 3 September 2020, Corrado was loaned to

club

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on a season-long loan deal. Three weeks later, on 27 September, he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Roberto Crivello in the 63rd minute of a 2–0 away defeat against

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. On 9 November he played his first entire match for Palermo, a 1–1 home draw against

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. Corrado ended his season-long loan to Palermo with only 7 appearances, 4 of them as a starter, all in the first part of the loan, during the season he remained an unused substitute 11 times. Corrado also helped the club to reach the play-off, however Palermo was eliminated by

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1–1 on aggregate in the round of 16, he remained on the bench for both matches.

Loan to FeralpiSalò

On 21 July 2021, Corrado was signed by

side FeralpiSalò on a season-long loan deal.

Ternana

On 5 July 2022, Corrado joined

on a permanent deal.

International career

He was first called up to represent his country in 2016 for Under-17 squad friendlies. He was selected for the

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (68th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth footb ...

squad and made two late substitute appearances as Italy was eliminated at group stage.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Inter Primavera *

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: 2017–18 * Supercoppa Primavera: 2018 *

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: 2018

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* 2000 births Living people Footballers from Florence Italian footballers Association football defenders Serie B players Serie C players Inter Milan players S.S. Arezzo players Palermo F.C. players FeralpiSalò players Ternana Calcio players Italy youth international footballers {{Italy-footy-defender-2000s-stub