Gianluca Lapadula is an Italian footballer who plays for Parma

Parma F.C.

Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

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Biography

Born in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, Piedmont, Lapadula started his career with Juventus FC from 1996 to 2004. Then he played in RivoliCollegno, which located in Rivoli

Rivoli

Rivoli may refer to:*Rivoli, Piedmont, , a town near Turin in Italy*Rivoli Veronese, a community in the Italian province of Verona*Battle of Rivoli, a battle that took place near Rivoli Veronese*The Rivoli, a restaurant/club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

, the Province of Turin

Province of Turin

The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

. He then left on loan to Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

 side Treviso

Treviso F.B.C. 1993

Football Club Treviso is an Italian football club based in Treviso. The club was formed in 1909, and refounded in 1993 and in 2009. The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Treviso's official colours are light blue and white.-History:...

, then returned to Piedmont for Serie C2 side Pro Vercelli

U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio

Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892, commonly known as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian association football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. The team currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione....

. In 2008–09 season, he left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (ex–Serie C2) side Ivrea

U.S. Ivrea Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Montalto Ivrea commonly referred to as A.S.D. Montalto Ivrea or simply Montalto Ivrea is an Italian association football club, based in Ivrea, Piedmont that plays in the regional Promozione....

, and was selected to 2nd Div. A representative team for Lega Pro Quadrangular Tournament and scored a goal against 2nd Div. C representative team in the third place match. Eventually Group A finished as the third.

In August 2009 he was scouted by Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 side Parma

Parma F.C.

Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

. He spent a season at their Primavera team. In July 2010, he left for Atletico Roma along with Alessio Tombesi

Alessio Tombesi

Alessio Tombesi is an Italian footballer. He plays for Triestina.-Career:Tombesi started his career at Viterbese of Serie B. He then played for Frosinone of Serie D and won promotion in summer 2001....

 (co–ownership), Abdou Doumbia

Abdou Doumbia

Abdou Doumbia is a French footballer who plays for Como Calcio on loan from Parma.-Biography:Born in France with French father and Malian mother, Doumbia spent most of his youth career in the subrub of Paris...

 (loan) and Abel Gigli

Abel Gigli

Abel Gigli resident in Fagnano Olona, is an Italian professional football player of Italian and Somalian origin currently under contract with Parma F.C....

 (loan), as part of the deal that Parma signed Lega Pro 2nd Div. top-scorer Daniel Ciofani

Daniel Ciofani

Daniel Ciofani is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Gubbio, on loan from Parma.A right footed striker, Ciofani had spent 3½ seasons in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , scoring 50 goals, and additional 2 in playoffs...

 in co–ownership

Co-ownership (football)

Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

 deal.

Lapadula made his debut on 8 August 2010, the opening match of the season. He replaced Babú

Anderson Rodney de Oliveira

Babù real name Anderson Rodney de Oliveira is a Brazilian football striker who currently plays for Cisco Roma.-Early career:...

 in the extra time, which Atletico Roma lost 1–2 to Cremonese

U.S. Cremonese

Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...

 in the Coppa Italia

2010–11 Coppa Italia

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 match.

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