Riccardo Improta
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-12-19) 19 December 1993
Place of birth Pozzuoli, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Benevento
Number 16
Youth career
Puteolana
2010–2011 Lanciano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Lanciano 10 (2)
2012 → Genoa (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2014 Genoa 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Juve Stabia (loan) 27 (6)
2013–2014 → Chievo (loan) 3 (0)
2014 Chievo 0 (0)
2014 → Padova (loan) 18 (7)
2014–2018 Genoa 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Bologna (loan) 16 (1)
2015–2016 → Cesena (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Salernitana (loan) 31 (2)
2017–2018 → Bari (loan) 36 (8)
2018– Benevento 70 (8)
International career
2012 Italy U19 6 (2)
2012–2014 Italy U20 7 (3)
2012–2014 Italy U21 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:22, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Riccardo Improta (born 19 December 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Benevento.

His elder brothers Umberto and Giancarlo Improta are also professional footballers.[1]

Club career

Born in Pozzuoli, The Province of Naples, Campania, Riccardo Improta started his career at hometown club Puteolana. He was the member of Giovanissimi U15 team in 2007–08 season.[2] In 2008–09 season he was the member of Allievi Fascia B U16 team.[3] In 2009–10 season Improta promoted to Allievi U17 team.[4] All 3 teams competed in Campania regional youth league.

In 2010 Improta left for the reserve of Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Lanciano.

Lanciano

On 2 May 2011, Improta made his first team debut against Lucchese. Riccardo replaced Alessandro Volpe at half-time, while his brother, Umberto Improta was replaced by Mario Titone.[5] He was promoted to the first team in the 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, while Umberto left the club. Improta made a total of 10 appearances, seven of which were starts. On 18 January 2012, he left for Serie A club Genoa in a temporary deal.[6]

Genoa

Improta played for the Genoa reserve team in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera. He played 9 games and scored 1 goal in the second half of the 2011–12 season. He also played in the first round of the play-offs, losing to Fiorentina.

On 22 June 2012, Genoa excised the option to sign Improta outright, for €150,000.[7] He left for Gubbio's pre-season camp.[8] However, he was allowed to join Juve Stabia on 4 August 2012.[9]

On 2 July 2013, Improta left for Chievo on loan, with an option to buy.[10] In January 2014, Chievo bought him in a co-ownership deal for a peppercorn of €500.[11] However, he left for Padova immediately.[12]

In June 2014, Improta returned to Genoa for an undisclosed fee.[13]

On 1 September 2014, Improta left for Bologna.[14][15]

On 18 July 2015, Improta was signed by Cesena on a temporary basis.[16] On 19 August 2016, Improta left for Salernitana in another loan.[17] Before he left Genoa, he was assigned the number 16 shirt.[18]

On 11 July 2017, Improta was signed by Bari.[19]

On 1 July 2018, Improta signed for Serie B club Benevento.[20]

International career

Improta was capped for Italy national under-19 football team in the second half of the 2011–12 season. He scored twice in 3 games of 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification. Along with Francesco Zampano, they scored a goal against U19 team when they represented Italy Lega Pro representative teams in December 2011.[21][22] After the game they both entered U19 team.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 November 2020[23]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Virtus Lanciano 2010–11 Lega Pro 10–––10
2011–12 10210––112
Total 112100000122
Juve Stabia 2012–13 Serie B 27610––286
Chievo 2013–14 Serie A 3020––50
Padova 2013–14 Serie B 18700––187
Bologna 2014–15 16100––161
Cesena 2015–16 2000––20
Salernitana 2016–17 31200––312
Bari 2017–18 36820––388
Benevento 2018–19 30331––334
2019–20 33410––344
2020–21 Serie A 7110––81
Total 708510000759
Career total 21434111000022535

Honours

Club

Lanciano (youth)

Individual

Genoa (youth)

References

  1. ↑ "Improta: a Lanciano sarei tornato volentieri". Il Centro (in Italian). 7 November 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°58 (2007–08)" (Microsoft Word). Comitato Regionale Campania, Settore Giovanile e Scolastico (SGS) (in Italian). FIGC. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°17 (2008–09)" (Microsoft Word). SGS Campania (in Italian). FIGC. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°26 (2009–10)" (PDF). SGS Campania (in Italian). FIGC. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Lucchese-Virtus Lanciano 2-0" (in Italian). SS Virtus Lanciano 1924. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Riccardo Improta al Genoa" (in Italian). SS Virtus Lanciano 1924. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Genoa C.F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2012 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  8. ↑ "I convocati per il ritiro" (in Italian). AS Gubbio 1910. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "Riccardo Improta è un calciatore della Juve Stabia" (in Italian). S.S. Juve Stabia. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Mercato: arriva al ChievoVerona Riccardo Improta" (Press release) (in Italian). A.C. ChievoVerona. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Genoa C.F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2014 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  12. ↑ "RICCARDO IMPROTA È UN GIOCATORE DEL PADOVA, PRESENTAZIONE ALLO STADIO EUGANEO ALLE ORE 15.00" (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "MERCATO ACCORDI PARTECIPAZIONE" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Improta al Bologna" (Press release) (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 1 September 2014 [re-published in 2016]. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "ALTRE OPERAZIONI CALCIO MERCATO" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Riccardo Improta è un giocatore del Cesena" (Press release) (in Italian). A.C. Cesena. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Riccardo Improta è un giocatore della Salernitana" (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "NUMERAZIONE MAGLIE STAGIONE 2016/17" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Masi, Capradossi, Improta e De Lucia in biancorosso" (Press release) (in Italian). F.C. Bari 1908. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Improta signed with Benevento". Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  21. ↑ "GOALS AND GOOD PLAY BY THE U.19 IN COVERCIANO UNDER WATCHFUL EYE OF PRANDELLI" (in Italian). FIGC. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Italia Lega Pro - Under 19 2-4 davanti a Prandelli | Lega Pro".
  23. ↑ "Riccardo Improta".
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