Roberto Inglese (; born 12 November 1991) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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

Club career

Pescara

Born in

Lucera Lucera ( Lucerino: ) is an Italian city of 34,243 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in the region of Apulia, and the seat of the Diocese of Lucera-Troia. Located upon a flat knoll in the Tavoliere Plains, near the foot of Daunian Mount ...

, Apulia, Inglese started his professional career at Abruzzo club

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 ...

. At young age, Inglese had played for Pescara under-18 reserve B team at Berretti League in 2006–07 season. The Reserve B team merged with Reserve A team as the Pescara first team was relegated from

in the 2006–07 season, thus the club's reserve team was no longer eligible to compete in the National Youth "Primavera" League. Inglese was a member of the youth teams and the reserve side until 2010. Inglese also made 6 league appearances in the Italian third division. Pescara won promotion back to the second division as the winners of the 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione Group B playoffs. Inglese made his Serie B debut in the first round of 2010–11 Serie B season.

Chievo

On 28 August 2010,

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

signed Inglese for €600,000Delfino Pescara 1936 S.r.l. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 and

Francesco Dettori Francesco Dettori (born 2 March 1983) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He made his Serie B debut on 7 September 2008, whilst playing for Avellino, in a 3–1 defeat away to Triestina. Career Early career Born in Sassa ...

for €50,000 in co-ownership deal.AC Chievo-Verona srl Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 Co-currently Chievo sold Luca Ariatti to Pescara for €650,000 Thus made the deal a pure swap. On 31 August 2010, Inglese left for

Lumezzane Lumezzane (Brescian: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 () it is one of the largest towns in the province of Brescia. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a side val ...

in temporary deal, re-joining Chievo teammate Lucas Finazzi. In June 2011 Chievo signed Dettori outright for free and Inglese for €129,000. (That season Chievo paid €29,000 in net to Pescara as the club sold Andrea Mengoni to Pescara in July 2010) In July 2011 the temporary deal was renewed and again on 16 July 2012.

Carpi (loan)

On 2 September 2013, Inglese was signed by Carpi. Inglese scored his first goal for Carpi in the 2–0 victory away to

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on 7 September 2013. Inglese made 21 appearances for Carpi as they went on to finish 12th in Serie B.

Carpi (second loan)

In July 2014, Inglese once again re-joined Carpi on loan, until 30 June 2015. Inglese scored his first goals of his second loan spell on 15 November 2014, a brace in a 5–2 win against

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. Inglese followed up his goals against Cittadella with two late goals against

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...

seven days later to earn, nine man Carpi, a 3–3 draw.

Return to Chievo

After two years on loan at Carpi, Inglese returned to Chievo and made his first appearance for the club as well as his

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debut on 20 September 2015 in the 0–1 home defeat to

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. He opened his scoring account later on 2 November where he scored his team's only goal in the 1–1 draw against

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

, which was followed by two goals in the next two matches, the first against his former side Carpi and the second against

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 ...

, striking from 25 metres in an eventual 2–3 home loss. He finished the 2015–16 season by making 26 league appearances, scoring three times in the process, as Chievo finished Serie A in a comfortable 9th place. On 13 May 2016, Inglese agreed a contract extension that would keep him at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi until 30 June 2020. Later on 29 November, he scored a brace in Chievo's 3–0 home defeat of

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in the fourth round of 2016–17 Coppa Italia. He kicked off 2017 by playing in the 1–0 away defeat to

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, and scored his first goal on 28 January, a last-minute winner against

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. On 12 February 2017, Inglese scored his first Serie A hat-trick in Chievo's 3–1 away win over

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label= Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known f ...

, also missing a penalty during the same match, becoming only the fourth player in Chievo's history to reach this feat. On 22 October 2017, Inglese scored two goals in a 3–2 victory over fierce rivals

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in the Verona derby.

Parma

Despite being acquired by Napoli in 2017, Inglese never played for gli Azzurri and, on 16 July 2019, he returned at

on loan with an obligation to buy after the 2018–19 season.

International career

He was called up to the senior

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squad for World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and

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in October 2017.

Career statistics

References

External links

Football.it Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglese, Roberto 1991 births Living people People from Lucera Men's association football forwards Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Delfino Pescara 1936 players AC ChievoVerona players FC Lumezzane SSD players AC Carpi players SSC Napoli players Parma Calcio 1913 players Footballers from the Province of Foggia