Simone Villanova
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 November 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Valdobbiadene, Italy | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Cittadella | |||
2003–2004 | → Internazionale (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2011 | Cittadella | 58 | (0) |
2004–2006 | → Bassano (loan) | 62 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Simone Villanova (born 22 November 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He played in Serie B for Cittadella.
Career
Born in Valdobbiadene, Veneto, Villanova started his career at Veneto club Cittadella. In 2003–04 season, he was loaned to Internazionale, ahead Nathan Coe, Alex Cordaz (promoted to first team) and Giacomo Bindi (promoted from Allievi Nazionali U-17 team) as first choice goalkeeper of Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team).[1]
In summer 2004, he left for Bassano Virtus of Serie D, helped the non-professional side promoted to Serie C2. In the next season, Villanova played 31 matches for the newcomer and survived from relegation.
He then returned to Cittadella and played as Andrea Pierobon's backup. In 2009–10 season, he became the first choice goalkeeper. Despite played 32 out of possible 42 Serie B in 2010–11 Serie B. He left the club as free agent in 2011.
References
- ^ "INTER PRIMAVERA 2003/04: GOALKEEPERS". inter.it. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
External links
- Profile at Cittadella (in Italian)
- Profile at aic.football.it (in Italian)
- Simone Villanova at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from January 2020
- BLP articles lacking sources from January 2010
- All BLP articles lacking sources
- Articles with Italian-language sources (it)
- Italian men's footballers
- Serie B players
- AS Cittadella players
- Inter Milan players
- Bassano Virtus 55 ST players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- People from Valdobbiadene
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the Province of Treviso