Flavio Bianchi
Personal information
Full name Flavio Junior Bianchi
Date of birth (2000-01-24) 24 January 2000
Place of birth Asti, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brescia
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2020 Genoa
2017–2018 → Torino (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Genoa 7 (1)
2020–2021 → Lucchese (loan) 32 (13)
2022 → Brescia (loan) 8 (1)
2022– Brescia 53 (6)
International career‡
2015 Italy U15 7 (1)
2015 Italy U16 2 (1)
2017 Italy U17 1 (0)
2017 Italy U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2017

Flavio Junior Bianchi (born 24 January 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Brescia.

Club career

He made his debut for the senior squad of Genoa on 13 August 2021 in a Coppa Italia game against Perugia. He made his Serie A debut for Genoa on 21 August 2021 in a game against Inter Milan. He substituted Hernani at half-time of a 0–4 away loss.[1] He made his first start on 2 October 2021 against Salernitana. On 5 November 2021, he scored his first Serie A goal in Empoli-Genoa 2-2 at the 89'.[2]

On 28 January 2022, he joined Serie B club Brescia on loan.[3]

International career

He was first called up to represent Italy in 2015 for under-15 friendlies.[4]

He was on the Italy's squad at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and made one appearance, Italy did not advance from the group stage.[5]

Personal life

Born in Asti, he grew up in Diano Marina.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Inter Milan v Genoa game report". Soccerway. 21 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Pegoraro, Paolo (5 November 2021). "Empoli-Genoa 2-2, pagelle: Zurkowski show, Bianchi decide. Caicedo in ombra" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Flavio Bianchi è un nuovo calciatore del Brescia" (Press release) (in Italian). Brescia. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bianchi Italy U15 profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Italy U17 v Turkey U17 game report". UEFA. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Diano Marina: Flavio Bianchi nuovo Golden Boy del calcio italiano, miglior giocatore al 'Viareggio' "Cresciuto tra Golfo Dianese e Genoa, sogno l'esordio al Ferraris" (Intervista)" (in Italian). sanremonews.it. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Pegoraro, Paolo (6 November 2021). "Calcio, Serie A Chi è Flavio Bianchi, il golden boy salva-Genoa a Empoli" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 21 November 2021.


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