Nicola Leali

Nicola Leali (born 17 February 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Ascoli.

Club Career

Brescia

Born in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy, Leali began his youth career with Brescia Calcio and played for the Brescia Primavera from 2009 to 2011. During the 2009–10 Serie B season, Sergio Viotti trained with first team instead and did not play for the reserve, but in the 2010–11 season, it was Leali who earned promotion to the first team. Michal Hrivnak was the first choice of the reserve (12 games) while Leali played 9 games. He also began his professional career with Brescia, after being called up to the first team for the first time in 2010. Initially, Leali was the club's third-choice goalkeeper for the 2010–11 Serie A season, behind veterans Matteo Sereni, and Michele Arcari, and was called up to the bench 17 times following an injury to Sereni, who terminated his contract with Bresica after failing to regain his place in the team following his return from injury. Leali made his Serie A debut for the club on 15 May 2011 in a 1–0 loss versus Cesena. He officially was promoted to the first team in July 2011, ahead of the 2011–12 Serie B campaign after the club's relegation from Serie A in 2011. He began the new season as the club's first choice goalkeeper, ahead of the aforementioned Arcari and fellow Brescia youth product Andrea Caroppo, although he eventually lost his place. In the second half of season Michele Arcari became the first choice after Leali was heavily linked with a transfer to other Italian teams.

Juventus and loans

In June 2012 Leali traveled to Turin to have a medical in Clinica Fornaca di Sessant and the Istituto di Medicina dello Sport in order to formalize a possible transfer to Juventus. The deal was officially completed on 3 July 2012, for a fee of €3.8 million. He spent 6 seasons with the Old Lady, but mostly on loan to other clubs.

On 30 August 2012,

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