Andrea Padula
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 April 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Mendrisio, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC U Craiova | ||
Number | 72 | ||
Youth career | |||
AP Campionese | |||
–2014 | Team Ticino | ||
2014–2016 | Lugano | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Lugano | 0 | (0) |
2016–2018 | → Chiasso (loan) | 42 | (2) |
2018 |
→ Monza (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Chiasso | 44 | (5) |
2020 | Wil | 18 | (4) |
2020–2022 | Basel | 16 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Bellinzona | 5 | (0) |
2023– | FC U Craiova | 24 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2024 |
Andrea Padula (born 4 April 1996) is a Swiss-born Italian professional
Club career
Andrea Padula started with his youth football playing for AP Campionese in the Italian
Sforza was hired as head coach by
Sforza was sacked by Basel in April 2021 and Patrick Rahmen took over the job as head coach ad-interim for the rest of the season and he was then engaged by the club as head coach for the following 2021–22 season. Rahmen and Padula decided that they would part company and the contract was mutually dissolved. During his time with the club, Padula played a total of 28 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 16 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the UEFA Europa League and eight were friendly games.[6]
On 1 September 2022, Padula moved to Bellinzona.[7]
On 3 July 2023, Padula moved to Romanian side FC U Craiova 1948. He signed a contract valid until the summer of next year, but it has an option to extend it for another edition.[8]
Personal life
Born in Switzerland, Padula is of Italian and Romanian descent.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 April 2024[11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chiasso | 2016–17 | Challenge League | 31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||||
2019–20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Total | 86 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 91 | 10 | ||||
Monza (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Wil | 2019–20 | Challenge League | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||
Basel | 2020–21 | Super League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
Bellinzona | 2022–23 | Challenge League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
FC U Craiova | 2023–24 | Liga I | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
Career total | 151 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 15 |
- ^ Includes Swiss Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in play-off
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Conference League
References
- ^ a b "Padula setzt Karriere in Italien fort". SwissFootballLeague.
- ^ "Carrarese vs. Monza - 4 February 2018 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (11 September 2020). "Andrea Padula wechselt zum FCB". Andrea Padula transfers to FCB (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (17 September 2020). "NK Osijek - FC Basel 1:2 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (20 September 2020). "FC Basel - FC Vaduz 2:2 (2:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Andrea Padula - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ "BENVENUTO ANDREA PADULA" (in Italian). Bellinzona. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "De ce a ales-o Andrea Padula pe FC U Craiova: "Sunt pe jumătate român"" [Why did Andrea Padula choose FC U Craiova: "I'm half Romanian".] (in Romanian). fanatik.ro. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "EEXCLUSIV Gazeta a descoperit la FC Basel jucătorul care poate rezolva problema naționalei! Mesaj pentru Rădoi și Federație: "Vreau să joc pentru România!"" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 7 January 2021.
- ^ Cazul ciudat al italianului care joacă la Basel și visează să reprezinte echipa națională: ”Mă simt român, pe cuvânt!”
- ^ Andrea Padula at Soccerway
External links
- Andrea Padula at Soccerway
- SFL Profile