Leonardo Pavoletti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Livorno, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Napoli | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Gruppo Sportivo CNFO | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Armando Picchi | 59 | (16) |
| 2008–2009 | Viareggio | 26 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | Pavia | 28 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | Juve Stabia | 7 | (0) |
| 2011 | Casale | 11 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Virtus Lanciano | 36 | (16) |
| 2012–2015 | Sassuolo | 44 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | → Varese (loan) | 33 | (24) |
| 2015–2017 | Genoa | 44 | (23) |
| 2017– | Napoli | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2016– | Italy | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:00, 3 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Leonardo Pavoletti is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli.
Known to friends as 'Pavoloso', Pavoletti played tennis up until the age of ten, when he began playing football. His father Paolo is a tennis coach. He also owns a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig called Mou.
Born in Livorno. He started playing in the youth ranks of Gruppo Sportivo CNFO (Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando), he started his career at Armando Picchi. Then had spells at Viareggio, A.C. Pavia, S.S. Juve Stabia and Casale showing good goal scoring form. He then went to Virtus Lanciano and was awarded the title of top scorer in 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, contributing to the promotion of the team with 16 goals.
In the summer 2012, he joined Sassuolo, scoring 5 goals in the first 4 league appearances for the Serie B side. However, during the season, he suffered a suspension of 40 days for doping, resulting in positive tests of tuaminoheptane after 26 December 2012 game against Livorno, Sassuolo lodged an appeal against the ban due to the assumption of Rinoflumicil, found in a nasal decongestant. Pavoletti returned to help Sassuolo earn promotion to Serie A for the first time in the history, after playing 33 matches and scoring 11 goals
After two appearances in Serie A for Sassuolo on 2 September 2013, the last day of the Italian transfer window, Pavoletti joined Serie B side Varese on loan.
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