Andrea Bonetti
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Taranto
Number 8
Youth career
Accademia Grugliasco
Accademia Intertorino
2017–2022 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Juventus Next Gen 9 (0)
2023– → Taranto (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2018 Italy U15[1] 9 (1)
2018–2019 Italy U16[2] 5 (0)
2019–2020 Italy U17[3] 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:48, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Andrea Bonetti (born 8 August 2003) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group C club Taranto on loan from Juventus.

Club career

Having been born in Turin on 8 August 2003,[4] Bonetti's first career years were at Accademia Grugliasco.[5] He continued at Accademia Intertorino, where he actracted Juventus' attention, which he joined in 2017.[4][5] Playing as a centre-forward,[5] he was the most prolific Juventus U16 player of the 2018–19 season with 16 goals.[6] With time, he moved down the pitch, becoming a midfielder able to play as a regista, a left mezz'ala and as a trequartista.[4] In the 2021–22 season, which he played as a regista for the under-19 side, he scored five goals and gave five assists in 43 appearances in all competitions.[7] On 9 October 2021, Juventus first-team manager Massimiliano Allegri played Bonetti for about 30 minutes, coming on as a substitute for Arthur Melo at the 63rd minute, in a friendly match against Alessandria, which they won 2–1.[8] He made his Juventus Next Gen—the reserve team of Juventus—debut on 3 September 2022, in a 2–0 Serie C win against Trento, coming on as a substitute at the 64th minute for Enzo Barrenechea.[9] His Next Gen debut as a starter came on 17 September, in Renate–Juventus Next Gen 3–2.[9] He came off the pitch after 60 minutes for defender Félix Nzouango, when Next Gen were losing 3–0.[10] On 3 November, he renewed with Juventus until 30 June 2025.[11]

On 24 July 2023, Bonetti joined Taranto in Serie C on a season-long loan.[12]

International career

Bonetti played nine matches with Italy U15.[1] His debut came on 15 February 2018 in a match against Netherlands U15 lost 2–0.[1] On 29 April, he scored the winning goal in Italy–Mexico 1–0.[1] He won five U16 caps between 2018 and 2019[2] and won two U17 caps between 2019 and 2020.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 April 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus Next Gen 2022–23 Serie C 90—0090
Career total 90000090

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "Andrea Bonetti". FIGC U15 profile (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
    2. 1 2 "Andrea Bonetti". FIGC U16 profile (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
    3. 1 2 "Andrea Bonetti". FIGC U17 profile (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
    4. 1 2 3 "Juventus, alla scoperta di un nuovo talento: Bonetti spegne diciannove candeline". tuttojuve24.it. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
    5. 1 2 3 Albanese, Giovanni (16 February 2019). "Andrea Bonetti e la sua voglia di regalare il derby alla Juventus Under 16". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
    6. ↑ JuventusNews24, Redazione (26 May 2019). "Marcatori Juve 2018/2019: Fagioli torna al gol e la Primavera vince". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    7. ↑ Baridon, Marco (4 June 2022). "Bonetti Juve, futuro blindato: il piano del club per il giovane regista". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
    8. ↑ Sport, Sky. "Juve-Alessandria, decide un gol di Chibozo al 93'". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
    9. 1 2 3 Andrea Bonetti at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
    10. ↑ Pranzoni, Carlo (17 September 2022). "Renate Juventus Next Gen 3–2: seconda sconfitta consecutiva per i bianconeri". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
    11. ↑ JuventusNews24, Redazione (3 November 2022). "Bonetti rinnova con la Juventus, è UFFICIALE: i dettagli del nuovo accordo". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    12. ↑ "BONETTI È UFFICIALMENTE ROSSOBLÙ" [BONETTI IS OFFICIALLY ROSSOBLÙ] (in Italian). Taranto. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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