Samuele Dalla Bona

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Personal information
Sam Dalla Bona
Full name	Samuele Dalla Bona
Date of birth	February 6, 1981
Place of birth	San Donà di Piave, Italy
Height	185 cm
Nickname	Sam
Position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	S.S.C. Napoli
Youth clubs
1996-98 1998-99	Atalanta Chelsea
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1999-2002 2002-06 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-	Chelsea A.C. Milan → Bologna (on loan) → Lecce (on loan) → Sampdoria (on loan) Napoli	55 (7) 4 (0) 18 (3) 36 (6) 29 (0)
National team**
2002-03 1999-2000 1996-98 1996	Italy U21 Italy U18 Italy U16 Italy U15	9 (0) 10 (2) ? 7 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2005. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 08:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC).

Samuele "Sam" Dalla Bona (born February 6, 1981 in San Donà di Piave, Venice) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for S.S.C. Napoli.

Dalla Bona was signed as a highly promising 17 year-old by Chelsea from Atalanta's youth side in October 1998. He won the club golden boot in 1998/99.[1]He made his debut for the club against Feyenoord in the Champions League a year later. With the departure of older midfielders Dennis Wise and Gustavo Poyet in 2001 and some impressive performances, Dalla Bona got an extended run in the side, making 32 appearances in that season and scoring 2 goals. The following season, he refused to sign a contract extension and was placed on the transfer list. He moved to A.C. Milan for around £1million in July 2002 [2], having played 73 games for Chelsea and scored 6 goals.

Facing competition from a star-studded AC Milan midfield containing the likes of Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf and Andrea Pirlo, Dalla Bona's opportunities at the club were limited and he spent a year on loan at Bologna. [3]The following season he moved to Lecce [4]having made just a handful of appearances for Milan and in 2005 moved to Sampdoria for a season. [5] At the end of the championship he returned to A.C. Milan but after a few weeks he was bought by S.S.C. Napoli, in the Italian Serie B.

He received a Champions League winners medal for his part in AC Milan's victory in 2003.

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(Italian) National Team stats at FIGC official site

S.S.C. Napoli - Current Squad
1 Iezzo \| 2 Grava \| 3 Montesanto \| 4 Montervino \| 5 Gatti \| 6 Maldonado \| 7 Trotta \| 8 Inácio Piá \| 9 Sosa \| 11 Calaiò \| 12 Del Giudice \| 14 Romito \| 16 Cupi \| 17 Capparella \| 18 Bogliancino \| 20 De Zerbi \| 21 Amodio \| 22 Gianello \| 23 Giubilato \| 24 Dalla Bona \| 25 Vitale \| 26 Domizzi \| 28 Cannavaro \| 29 Bucchi \| 31 Giglio