Paolo Gozzi Iweru (born 25 April 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Cosenza, on loan from Genoa.
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| Full name | Paolo Gozzi Iweru | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 21) | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||
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Current team |
Cosenza (on loan from Genoa) | ||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| 0000–2018 | Juventus | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Juventus U23 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Juventus | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2022– | Genoa | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2022– | → Cosenza (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Italy U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Italy U17 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Italy U19 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 April 2019 | |||||||||||||
On 13 April 2019, Gozzi made his Juventus debut in a 2–1 away loss against SPAL in the Serie A.[1]
Gozzi's first game for Juventus U23, the reserve team of Juventus, came on 28 October 2020, in a 2–1 Serie C defeat against Como.[2]
On 21 July 2021, Gozzi moved to Segunda División side Fuenlabrada on a season-long loan.[3][4]
He played his first game for the Spanish side on 21 August, starting in a 2-0 away win against AD Alcorcón.[5]
On 19 August 2022, Juventus announced to have sold Gozzi to Genoa on a permanent move.[6] Shortly afterwards, Serie B club Cosenza announced to have signed him on loan from Genoa.[7]
Gozzi was born in Italy and is of Nigerian descent; he is a youth international for Italy.[8]
With the Italy U19 team, he took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[9]
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