Simone Padoin

Simone Padoin

Padoin playing for Juventus (2012)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 (age 32)
Place of birth	Gemona del Friuli, Italy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Wingback
Club information
Current team	Cagliari
Number	20
Youth career
	Atalanta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Vicenza	126	(6)
2007–2012	Atalanta	156	(10)
2012–2016	Juventus	84	(3)
2016–	Cagliari	17	(1)
National team
2002–2003	Italy U-19	9	(0)
2003–2004	Italy U-20	6	(1)
2006–2007	Italy U-21	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2016.

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

Grown in the youth of Atalanta, he also represented Vicenza, before moving to Juventus in January 2012, where he remained until 2016, winning five consecutive Serie A titles with the club. In July 2016 he moved to Cagliari.

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 4 other players. He played a few games for Juventus in their post-season tour and then returned to Atalanta for their own preseason work.