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Italy national under-16 football team

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Italy
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDaniel Zoratto
CaptainMattia Sandri
Most caps
Top scorerArturo Lupoli (11)[1]
FIFA codeITA
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Second colours
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The Italy national U-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team was known as Italy national under-15 football team prior 2001, to reflect the age limit at the start of season instead of currently end of season.

The Italy under-16 football team is a feeder team of the Italy under-17 team.

The under-16 team was known as the under-15 team prior to 2001; before 2001, the UEFA European Under-17 Championship was known as UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (the under-19 Championship was similarly known as the under-18 tournament) due to the name referring to the age limit at the start of a new season. Since the 2002 Tournament, the age in the name of the tournament has referred to the age limit at the end of season. The current manager is Daniel Zoratto,. They play the majority of their home matches at the Stadio Comunale "Filippo Pirani" in Grottammare, Marche.

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Italian Football Federation

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Daniele Zoratto

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Grottammare

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Grottammare is a town and comune on Italy's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region.

Marche

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History

The team regularly competes in the Montaigu Tournament, winning on two occasions (1999, 2003), finishing runner-up on four occasions (1982, 2000, 2004, 2006), and third place on a further two occasions (1994, 1995).[2]

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Matteo Soncin (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 21) 2 0 Italy Milan
1GK Matteo Cardinali (2001-06-28) 28 June 2001 (age 21) 3 0 Italy Roma

2DF Giacomo Siniega (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 22) 2 0 Italy Fiorentina
2DF Francesco Semeraro (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 22) 6 0 Italy Roma
2DF Antony Angileri (2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 21) 6 1 Italy Palermo
2DF Nicoló Armini (2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 21) 5 1 Italy Lazio
2DF Gabriel Basani (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 21) 5 0 Italy Milan

3MF Sebastiano Finardi (2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 21) 7 0 Italy Atalanta
3MF Davide Ghislandi (2001-06-16) 16 June 2001 (age 21) 7 1 Italy Atalanta
3MF Alberto Barazzetta (2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 21) 5 0 Italy Milan
3MF Emmanuel Gyabuaa (2001-09-21) 21 September 2001 (age 21) 7 0 Italy Atalanta
3MF Giuseppe Iglio (2001-02-24) 24 February 2001 (age 21) 3 0 Italy Milan
3MF Mattia Sandri (captain) (2001-04-04) 4 April 2001 (age 21) 6 0 Italy Torino

4FW Riccardo Tonin (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 22) 4 1 Italy Milan
4FW Roberto Piccoli (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 22) 7 2 Italy Atalanta
4FW Elia Petrelli (2001-08-15) 15 August 2001 (age 21) 1 0 Italy Juventus
4FW Eric Lirussi (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 21) 7 0 Italy Udinese
4FW Edoardo Vergnani (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 22) 7 4 Italy Internazionale

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Source: "Italy national under-16 football team", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 2nd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_under-16_football_team.

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