Tommaso Bianchi

Tommaso Bianchi (born 1 November 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Novara. He is a former Italy U21 international.

Club Career

Piacenza

After starting his career at Follonica. The following year he arrived in the youth team of Piacenza with whom he made his debut in Serie B, on 19 March 2006 against Ternana. On 29 August 2009 scored the first two goals in a 3–2 defeat to Lecce.

On 1 February 2010, he joined Serie A side Chievo on loan, with the option to buy half of his ownership at the end of the deal, however he failed to play a single game for Chievo and returned to Piacenza at the end of the season.

In the first match after returning to Piacenza, the second round of the Italian Cup against Virtus Lanciano, he scored the 4th goal in a 5–3 victory. At the end of the season, he'd made 37 appearances in the league, 2 in the play-off and 2 in the Italian Cup with 4 goals in the league and 1 in the Italian Cup, making him the most picked player, along with Mario Cassano in the season, however the season ended with Piacenza being relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Playing the next season as a starter in the cup matches against Pontedera and Empoli.

Sassuolo

On 31 August, the last day before the end of the transfer window, he was sold in co-ownership to Sassuolo for €300,000. Making his debut on September in a 2–0 win against the Citadella. After a season as a starter, with 29 league appearances, he helped Sassuolo to a 3rd-place finish in Serie B, however Sassuolo missed out on promotion via the Serie B playoffs after being knocked out 3–2 on aggregate by the eventual winners Sampdoria.

On 20 June 2012, after impressing in his first season, his ownership was made permanent at Sassuolo. His first goal came on 15 December 2012, in a 3–1 win away to Calcio Padova. On 18 May 2013, Sassuolo won promotion from Serie B as Champions, which saw them reach an extraordinary feat in that this