Samuel Giovane

Samuel Giovane
Giovane playing for Italy U20 in 2023
Personal information
Full name Samuel Giovane
Date of birth (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Ravenna, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Catanzaro
Number 14
Youth career
–2017 Cesena
2017–2022 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2026 Atalanta 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Ascoli (loan) 23 (0)
2023–2024 → Ascoli (loan) 32 (0)
2024–2025 → Carrarese (loan) 31 (1)
2025–2026 → Palermo (loan) 16 (0)
2026– Catanzaro 1 (0)
International career‡
2018 Italy U15 9 (0)
2018 Italy U16 4 (1)
2019–2020 Italy U17 15 (1)
2019–2021 Italy U18 4 (0)
2021–2022 Italy U19 9 (0)
2022–2023 Italy U20 12 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Runner-up2023 Argentina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2023

Samuel Giovane (born 28 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left-back for Serie B club Catanzaro.

Club career

Giovane switched from the youth system of Cesena to Atalanta before the 2017–18 season. He received his first call-up to Atalanta's senior squad in January 2022.

On 4 August 2022, Giovane moved to Ascoli in Serie B on a season-long loan. He made his Serie B debut for Ascoli on 3 September 2022 in a game against Cittadella. In August 2023, he returned to the club on a further season-long loan.

On 17 August 2024, Giovane was loaned by Carrarese.

On 30 August 2025, Giovane moved on loan to Serie B club Palermo, with an option/obligation to buy under specific conditions.

International career

Giovane was first called up to represent his country in February 2018 for the Under-15 squad friendlies.

He then represented Italy at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship where they reached the final, 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Giovane was the team's captain as Italy reached the semi-final.

In May 2023, he was included in the Italian squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, where the Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final match.

Honours

Italy U20

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Italy (ITA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 14. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Samuel Giovane at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  3. ↑ "Lazio v Atalanta game report". Soccerway. 22 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "#CALCIOMERCATO: GIOVANE IN PRESTITO DALL'ATALANTA" (in Italian). Ascoli. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ascoli v Cittadella game report". Soccerway. 3 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "SAMUEL GIOVANE TORNA AD ASCOLI. RINNOVATO IL PRESTITO CON L'ATALANTA" [SAMUEL GIOVANE RETURNS TO ASCOLI. THE LOAN WITH ATALANTA HAS BEEN RENEWED.]. www.ascolicalcio1898.it (in Italian). 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Dall'Atalanta ecco Samuel Giovane" [From Atalanta here is Samuel Giovane] (in Italian). Carrarese. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Giovane is rosanero". Palermo FC. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Giovane Italy U15 profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Netherlands U17 v Italy U17 game report". UEFA. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Mexico U17 v Italy U17 game report". Soccerway. 1 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "England U19 v Italy U19 game report". UEFA. 28 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ufficializzata la lista dei 21 convocati per il Mondiale in Argentina" (in Italian). FIGC. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Returning Rodriguez snatches Uruguay maiden title". FIFA. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  15. 1 2 Di Chiaro, Michael (11 June 2023). "Uruguay-Italia Under 20 1-0: Luciano Rodriguez stende gli Azzurrini, sudamericani Campioni del Mondo". Goal.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.