Nicola Sansone
Sansone playing with Italy in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nicola Domenico Sansone | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Villarreal | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2002 | SV Neuperlach | ||
| 2002–2010 | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Bayern Munich II | 32 | (2) |
| 2011–2014 | Parma | 43 | (8) |
| 2011–2012 | → Crotone (loan) | 35 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Sassuolo | 84 | (17) |
| 2016– | Villarreal | 21 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Italy U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Italy U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2012 | Italy U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Italy U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015– | Italy | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Nicola Domenico Sansone (born 10 September 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Villarreal CF and the Italian national team.
Sansone was born in Munich in Germany and his first club was SV Neuperlach. At the age of 10, he transferred to Bayern Munich, where he progressed through the Junior Team. He made his debut for Bayern's reserve team in January 2010, in a 3. Liga match against Dynamo Dresden. He made three more appearances in the 2009–10 season, and was a regular in the team during the 2010–11 season. In October 2010, he was named on the substitutes bench for the first-team in a Bundesliga match against SC Freiburg. He was released in June 2011 after Bayern's reserves were relegated from the 3. Liga.
On 21 January 2014, Sansone along with teammates Pedro Mendes and Aleandro Rosi joined Sassuolo from fellow Serie A club Parma. Sansone and Mendes both signed co-ownership deals, for €2.5 million and €500,000 respectively. Rosi however made a loan switch from Parma to Sassuolo, as part of the swap with Jonathan Rossini also in temporary deal.
In June 2014 Raman Chibsah and Sansone joined Sassuolo outright for an additional €5.75 million from Parma, as well as Parma bought back Mendes for €2.5 million.
On 7 August 2016, Sansone signed with Villarreal on a five-year contract reported to be in the region of €13 million. He made his club debut in a 1–1 away draw against Granada in La Liga, on 20 August, and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 away win over Málaga in La Liga, on 10 September.
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