Felice Natalino
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 March 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Lamezia Terme, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Right back, centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crotone | |||
| 2008–2009 | Genoa | ||
| 2008–2009 | → Internazionale (loan) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2012 | Internazionale | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Verona (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Crotone (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 3 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Italy U16[2] | 9 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Italy U17[2][3] | 21 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Felice Natalino (born 24 March 1992) is a former Italian footballer.
Club career
Natalino arrived Internazionale's youth system in August 2008 from Crotone, via Genoa, which The Griffin signed him from Crotone weeks earlier.[4][5] Since 2009–10 season he was co-contracted by the two clubs, as Genoa sold half of the registration rights for €75,000.[6] Before joined Crotone, he also played a season for Virtus Sambiase, which the club eligible to receive €18,000 from Inter after Natalino made his Serie A debut.[7][8]
Natalino was included into the first team during the 2010–11 Serie A season due to an injury crisis. Natalino then made his competitive debut for the first team on 28 November 2010, aged 18 years and 8 months, coming on for Davide Santon in the half-time break of a home league match against Parma, then ended in a 5-2 win for Inter. Natalino was successively featured in the starting line-up by head coach Rafael Benítez in the next match against Lazio, that ended in a 3-1 defeat for the Nerazzurri. In 7 December, Natalino made his UEFA Champions League debut against Werder Bremen, coming on in the second half for the captain Javier Zanetti who suffered a knock, the game was ended by a 3-0 defeat to Bremen.[9]
Natalino went on loan in 2011–12 season, as Inter youth product often left the under-20 team a year earlier for senior football. However Natalino only played once. In June 2012 Genoa transferred the remain 50% registration rights to Inter for free.[10]
On October 2013, Natalino was forced to retire from football at the age of 21 due to continuing heart problems.[11]
International career
Natalino was a member of the Italy U-16 national team in 2007–08 season. He also played for U17, U18 and U19 team. However after he turned to play senior football he did not receive any call-up. Natalino was a member of 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification which he played twice.
Statistics
As of 03 December 2010[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[13] | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Internazionale | 2010-11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ Profile, goal.com. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FIGC
- ↑ UEFA.com Archive FIGC Archive missed the qualification matches
- ↑ "Italy U16 international joins Inter". FC Internazionale Milano (www.inter.it). 5 August 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ↑ "IL GENOA INVESTE SU UN ALTRO GIOVANE". Genoa CFC (in Italian). 11 July 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ↑ "FC Internazionale Milano Spa 2009–10 Bilancio". FC Internazionale Milano (in Italian) (Registro Imprese & C.C.I.A.A.). ca. January 2011.
- ↑ "Article 99 bis of NOIF". FIGC (in Italian). Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ↑ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 27/D". Commissione Vertenze Economiche, FIGC (in Italian). 27 May 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ↑ Lazio-Inter: the official line-ups, inter.it. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ↑ Genoa CFC SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2012 (Italian)
- ↑ "Inter Milan youngster forced into retirement aged 21 due to heart condition". inside World Soccer. 1 November 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ↑ Includes Coppa Italia
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