Nicola Ventola

Nicola Ventola

Ventola in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-05-24) 24 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Grumo Appula, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Bari
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Bari	44	(12)
1998–1999	Inter Milan	21	(6)
1999–2000	Bologna	14	(0)
2000–2005	Inter Milan	16	(4)
2000–2001	→ Atalanta (loan)	28	(10)
2003–2004	→ Siena (loan)	28	(4)
2004–2005	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	3	(1)
2005–2007	Atalanta	64	(23)
2007–2009	Torino	35	(6)
2009–2011	Novara	26	(4)
Total		279	(70)
International career
1994	Italy U-17	2	(1)
1995	Italy U-18	4	(2)
1995–1996	Italy U-19	18	(14)
1996–2000	Italy U-21 / Olympic	25	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicola Ventola (born 24 May 1978) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Ventola played for several clubs in Italy throughout his career, and also had a loan spell with English side Crystal Palace. At international level, he was a member of the Italian under-23 squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; he received his only senior call-up for Italy in 1998, although he did not come off the bench. At youth level, he also represented the Italy under-21 side, and was a member of the team that won the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, also winning a gold medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games with the under-23 side. He retired from football in February 2011.^[1]