{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Samuel Giovane | full_name = Samuel Giovane<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce89/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Italy (ITA) |publisher=FIFA |page=14 |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|3|28|df=yes}}<ref name="FIFA" /> | birth_place = Ravenna, Italy<ref name="TuttoC">{{TuttoCalciatori|Giovane_Samuel}}</ref> | image = Uruguay 1 Italia 0 a Italia - Uruguay campeón Mundial Sub 20 2023 230611-4475-jikatu (52989024797) (Samuel Giovane).jpg | caption = Giovane playing for Italy U20 in 2023 | height = 1.78 m<ref name="FIFA" /> | position = Midfielder / Left-back | currentclub = Palermo<br/>(on loan from Atalanta) | clubnumber = 17 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017 | youthclubs1 = Cesena | youthyears2 = 2017–2022 | youthclubs2 = Atalanta | years1 = 2022– | clubs1 = Atalanta | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2022–2023 | clubs2 = → Ascoli (loan) | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = → Ascoli (loan) | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2024–2025 | clubs4 = → Carrarese (loan) | caps4 = 31 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = → Palermo (loan) | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2018 | nationalteam1 = Italy U15 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2018 | nationalteam2 = Italy U16 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2019–2020 | nationalteam3 = Italy U17 | nationalcaps3 = 15 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2019–2021 | nationalteam4 = Italy U18 | nationalcaps4 = 4 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam5 = Italy U19 | nationalcaps5 = 9 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | nationalyears6 = 2022–2023 | nationalteam6 = Italy U20 | nationalcaps6 = 12 | nationalgoals6 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|ITA}}}} {{Medal|Comp|FIFA U-20 World Cup}} {{Medal|RU|2023 Argentina|}} | club-update = 12 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 8 June 2023 }} '''Samuel Giovane''' (born 28 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left-back for {{Italian football updater|Palermo}} club Palermo, on loan from Atalanta.
==Club career== Giovane switched from the youth system of Cesena to Atalanta before the 2017–18 season.<ref name="TuttoC" /> He received his first call-up to Atalanta's senior squad in January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/01/22/italy/serie-a/ss-lazio-roma/atalanta-bergamo/3558463/|title=Lazio v Atalanta game report|date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
On 4 August 2022, Giovane moved to Ascoli in Serie B on a season-long loan.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ascoli|url=https://www.ascolicalcio1898.it/calciomercato-giovane-in-prestito-dallatalanta/|title=#CALCIOMERCATO: GIOVANE IN PRESTITO DALL'ATALANTA.|date=4 August 2022|access-date=15 September 2022|language=it}}</ref> He made his Serie B debut for Ascoli on 3 September 2022 in a game against Cittadella.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/09/03/italy/serie-b/ascoli-calcio/as-cittadella/3870413/|title=Ascoli v Cittadella game report|date=3 September 2022}}</ref> In August 2023, he returned to the club on a further season-long loan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascolicalcio1898.it/calciomercato-samuel-giovane-torna-ad-ascoli-rinnovato-il-prestito-con-latalanta/|title= SAMUEL GIOVANE TORNA AD ASCOLI. RINNOVATO IL PRESTITO CON L'ATALANTA.|trans-title=SAMUEL GIOVANE RETURNS TO ASCOLI. THE LOAN WITH ATALANTA HAS BEEN RENEWED.|language=Italian|website=www.ascolicalcio1898.it|date=2 August 2023|accessdate=2 August 2023}}</ref>
On 17 August 2024, Giovane was loaned by Carrarese.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Carrarese|url=https://www.carraresecalcio1908.it/2024/08/17/dallatalanta-ecco-%f0%9d%97%a6%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%ba%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%97%b9-%f0%9d%97%9a%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%bc%f0%9d%98%83%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%97%b2/|title=Dall'Atalanta ecco Samuel Giovane|trans-title=From Atalanta here is Samuel Giovane|date=17 August 2024|access-date=17 August 2024|language=it}}</ref>
On 30 August 2025, Giovane moved on loan to Serie B club Palermo, with an option/obligation to buy under specific conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.palermofc.com/en/news/giovane-is-rosanero/ |publisher=Palermo FC|date=2025-08-30 |accessdate=2025-08-30 |title=Giovane is rosanero}}</ref>
==International career== Giovane was first called up to represent his country in February 2018 for the Under-15 squad friendlies.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Italian Football Federation|url=https://figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/?calciatoreId=46589&squadraId=17|title=Giovane Italy U15 profile|access-date=15 September 2022|language=it}}</ref>
He then represented Italy at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship where they reached the final,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2027448--netherlands-vs-italy/|title=Netherlands U17 v Italy U17 game report|date=19 May 2019|access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/11/01/world/u17-world-cup/mexico-under-17/italy-under-17/3070669/|title=Mexico U17 v Italy U17 game report|date=1 November 2019}}</ref> and the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Giovane was the team's captain as Italy reached the semi-final.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2034797--england-vs-italy/events/|title=England U19 v Italy U19 game report|date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
In May 2023, he was included in the Italian squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina,<ref>{{cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Ufficializzata la lista dei 21 convocati per il Mondiale in Argentina |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/ufficializzata-la-lista-dei-21-convocati-per-il-mondiale-in-argentina/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=FIGC |language=it-IT}}</ref> where the ''Azzurrini'' finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final match.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=11 June 2023 |title=Returning Rodriguez snatches Uruguay maiden title |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/uruguay-italy-review-report-u20-world-cup-argentina-2023 |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=FIFA}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Di Chiaro |first=Michael |date=11 June 2023 |title=Uruguay-Italia Under 20 1-0: Luciano Rodriguez stende gli Azzurrini, sudamericani Campioni del Mondo |url=https://www.goal.com/it/liste/uruguay-italia-under-20-tabellino-risultato-marcatori/bltef477535962b31a2 |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=Goal.com |language=it-IT}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Italy U20''' * FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2023<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|samuel-giovane/601197}}
{{Palermo FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giovane, Samuel}} Category:2003 births Category:Footballers from Ravenna Category:Living people Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Italy men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Serie B players Category:Atalanta BC players Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Category:Carrarese Calcio 1908 players Category:Palermo FC players Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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