Salvatore D'Elia (born 10 February 1989) is an Italian

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who plays as a left-back for

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in the Italian

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Club career

Juventus

D'Elia started his career working his way through the Juventus youth ranks since , before he made his way to the ''Primavera'' youth squad in 2007. After being promoted from the youth sector of the Turin-based club, D'Elia was sent out on loan the following season.

Loan Stints

He never managed a senior team debut with Juventus, but after graduating the youth team in July 2009, he was loaned out to third-tier club, A.S. Figline, along with teammates, Marco Duravia,

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, and Alessandro D'Antoni. He made 18 appearances in his first season with the club, and returned to

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on 2 July 2010. D'Elia was then sent out again on loan to newly promoted

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, ahead of the

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campaign, where he went on to make just 12 league appearances. On 30 June 2011, D'Elia returned to Juventus, and spent the entire

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campaign training and playing with the youth sector. Prior to the

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season, however, he was farmed out on loan to

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Vicenza

On 31 January 2013 he was officially sold to

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(for €400,000) along with Nicolò Corticchia (for €600,000), as part of the deal that saw

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transfer to Juventus for €1 million. D'Elia remained on loan at Venezia until 30 June 2013. D'Elia signed a -year contract with Vicenza. D'Elia was assigned number 3 shirt in 2014–15 season. However, in 2015–16 season the club assigned a new shirt number (number 6) to D'Elia, as the no.3 shirt was retired for former Vicenza footballer and coach, late

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. On 8 June 2015 D'Elia signed a new three-year contract. On 22 December 2016 D'Elia signed a new contract again with Vicenza, which would last until 30 June 2020.

Ascoli

On 9 August 2018 he joined

club

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on a 3-year contract.

Frosinone

On 14 January 2020 he signed with

club

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Chieri

On 3 October 2022, D'Elia moved to

Career statistics

References

External links

Football.it Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Elia, Salvatore Italian men's footballers Juventus FC players Portogruaro Calcio ASD players Venezia FC players LR Vicenza players SSC Bari players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Frosinone Calcio players ASD Chieri players Serie B players Serie D players Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Naples 1989 births Living people