Nicola Pozzi (born 30 June 1986) is an Italian professional

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who currently plays as a striker for San Donato.

Club career

Milan

Signed by

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from then-

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Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

in January 2004, he was successively loaned to

Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

and

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

, before being sent on loan to

Empoli F.C. Empoli Football Club, commonly referred to as Empoli, is an Italian football club based in Empoli, Metropolitan City of Florence. Founded in 1920, the side is part of a select group of Italian football clubs that do not belong to a provincial ...

for two consecutive seasons ( 2005–06 and 2006–07).

Empoli

In 2007–08 season, his status was changed to co-owned by both sides, for €750,000 (that season Empoli also signed

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(€1 million),

Lino Marzoratti Lino Marzorati (born 12 October 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender. For most of his career Marzorati's last name had been spelled with two t's, but in early 2007 he announced it was an error and his name is spelled only with ...

(€750,000) and

Ignazio Abate Ignazio Abate (; born 12 November 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back and manager of AC Milan's under-19 side. On early stage deployed as a winger, he was also capable of playing as a wide midfielder or ...

(€900,000) in co-ownership deals), and on 16 June 2008 Empoli got full ownership for €3.25 million (Pozzi) and €1.5 million (Marzoratti )Empoli FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008
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/ref> in exchange of Antonini (€2.75 million) and Abate (€2 million) who returned to AC Milan, effectively made Empoli pay €3.4 million in net for Pozzi and Marzoratti, as well as the special loan of Abate and Antonini. On 9 December 2007, he scored all four goals in Empoli's 4–1 victory over Cagliari. However, he suffered a season-ending knee injury after netting a brace in a 3–1 defeat of Napoli on February 17, and was sidelined for six months, effectively ruling him out of the ''Azzurrini'' squad for the

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. Pozzi also represented Italy at the Under-21 level.

Sampdoria

On 31 August 2009

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announced via their website the loan signing of Pozzi for €180,000Empoli F.C. SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010
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/ref> with the option to make the signing permanent. In June 2010, Sampdoria decided to sign him outright, for €5.2 million on a five-year contract.

Parma

After playing five seasons well at Sampdoria, Pozzi moved to

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side

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

on 31 January 2014, with

Stefano Okaka Stefano Chuka Okaka (; born 9 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Istanbul Basaksehir. He began his career at Roma, debuting shortly after his 16th birthday and being loaned to several other teams f ...

moving in the opposite direction, The deal was a cashless swap, as both Pozzi and Okaka were valued for €2 million. On 2 February 2015, Pozzi joined

A.C. Chievo Verona Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a ...

in a temporary deal.

Vicenza

On 31 August 2015, he was signed by

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

in a two-year deal. He took no.9 shirt from Stefano Pettinari. However, on 25 August 2016 he was released.

References

External links

FIGC
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