Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | December 30, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Triestina | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1995 | SV Mülheim-Nord | ||
1995–1999 | Porz-Eil | ||
1999–2004 | SC Fortuna Köln | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2004 | Salemi | 0 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Campobello di Mazara | ? | (9) |
2005–2011 | Palermo | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Sambenedettese (loan) | 29 | (9) |
2008–2009 | → Vicenza (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2009 | → Ravenna (loan) | 9 | (8) |
2009–2010 | → Cittadella (loan) | 20 | (3) |
2010–2011 | → Crotone (loan) | 22 | (4) |
2011– | Triestina | 12 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2008[1] | Italy U-20 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
Davis Curiale (born December 30, 1987 in Cologne, Germany) is an Italian association football player currently playing for Triestina.
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Davis Curiale is son of Sicilian parents originary from Campobello di Mazara who emigrated to Germany in the 1980s.[2] He started playing football at the age of 5 for local Cologne team SV Mülheim-Nord. Noted in 2004 by former Palermo and Udinese star Giovanni Montalbano, head coach of Eccellenza club Salemi at the time, during a summer beach soccer tournament in Campobello, he accepted to sign for the club, but left it soon after to join Campobello, another Eccellenza team, in November 2004.[2] He scored nine goals for Campobello, helping them to win Eccellenza Sicily and ensure a historical first promotion to Serie D. From 2005 to 2007, he played for Palermo Primavera, notably scoring 28 goals in the 2006–07 season with the Under-20 team, being instrumental in helping the rosanero youth team to reach the Campionato Primavera semi-final, then lost to Internazionale.[3]
On June 5, 2007 Palermo loaned him out to Sambenedettese of Serie C1 in order to let him achieve some first team experience.[3] With Samb, Curiale played a total of 29 matches, scoring nine goals, and being instrumental in the team's escape from relegation.
Following his impressive experience with Sambenedettese, Curiale received some interest from a number of Serie B teams. On July 2008, Palermo and Vicenza agreed a one-year loan for the young striker.[4] As he did not manage to gain a regular first team place with Vicenza (only playing three games in the first half of the season),[5] he returned to Palermo in January 2009 in order to be loaned to another team, Ravenna Calcio of Lega Pro Prima Divisione, for the remainder of the season.[6] Curiale started impressively his second playing experience in the Italian third tier, becoming instrumental in Ravenna's rise in the league table by scoring eight goals in eight matches before suffering a muscle injury that will keep him out for two months.[7]
Curiale then spent the 2009–10 season on loan to Serie B club Cittadella;[8] he made a total 20 appearances during the regular season, scoring three goals.[9]
On July 2010 he was sent out on loan again, this time to Serie B club Crotone; the club will also have an option to buy half of the player's registration rights at the end of the season.[10]
On 31 August 2011 he moved to Triestina.
Curiale played three games with the Italian under-20 team in March and April 2008.[1]
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