Simone Padoin

Simone Padoin (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmone padoˈin]; born 18 March 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a wingback or midfielder.

After starting out in the Atalanta youth side, he later also represented Vicenza, before returning to Atalanta to play for the senior side in 2007. He then transferred to Juventus in January 2012, where he remained until 2016, winning five consecutive Serie A titles with the club, among other trophies. In July 2016 he moved to Cagliari Calcio. He joined Ascoli in 2019.

Club Career

Vicenza and Atalanta

A product of Atalanta's fruitful youth academy, Simone joined Vicenza from Atalanta in a co-ownership deal in 2003 which became full-ownership one year later.

At the beginning of the 2007–08 season, he returned to Atalanta for € 1.9 million when the club bought back half of his registration rights from Vicenza (€1M cash plus Brivio). On 4 January 2008, Vicenza signed Zampagna (€1.9M) and Brivio (€0.75M) outright; with the remain 50% registration rights of Padoin was sold from Vicenza for €1.55 million. The overall transaction means Vicenza paid Atalanta €100,000 cash in net, plus Padoin, to acquire Brivio and Zampagna outright.

Padoin added three more years to his contract on 13 May 2009, which took his deal to June 2013.

After the end of the 2009–10 Serie A season, he was borrowed by Juventus for their US tour, along with four other players. He played a few games for Juventus in their post-season tour and then returned to Atalanta for their own preseason work.

Juventus

On 31 January 2012, he permanently moved to Juventus for a fee of €5 million in 4+1⁄2-year contract. On 17 March of the same year, he scored his first goal with Juventus in an away fixture against Fiorentina which ended in a 5–0 victory; he scored the 5th goal of the match.

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