Raffaele Palladino

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Raffaele Palladino
Personal information
Date of birth April 17, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth    Mugnano, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Juventus F.C.
Number 20
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-02
2002-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-
Benevento Calcio
Juventus F.C.
Salernitana Calcio 1919 (loan)
A.S. Livorno Calcio (loan)
Juventus
8 (1)
0 (0)
39 (15)
21 (2)
16 (8)   
National team2
2003
2003-04
2005-
Italy U-19
Italy U-20
Italy U-21
4 (3)
2 (0)
7 (4)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of ?.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of July 17, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Raffaele Palladino (born 17 April 1984 in Mugnano, Province of Naples) is an Italian football striker.

Palladino scored 41 goals in 61 games for Juventus F.C. youth team, between 2002 to 2004.

During a loan spell with Salernitana Calcio 1919, he scored 15 goals, becoming the team's topscorer, 7 goals behind Serie B topscorer Gionatha Spinesi of A.C. Arezzo. Overall Palladino finished 7th topscorer in Serie B that season.

Recently Palladino has been drafted into the team due to injuries, and started justifying his place with two goals. On March 19th he scored a hat-trick in a Serie B match against Triestina.

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