Frabotta playing for Frosinone in 2022
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Cosenza (on loan from Juventus) | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2012 | Consalvo | ||
| 2012–2015 | Savio | ||
| 2015–2018 | Bologna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Renate (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Pordenone (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019– | Juventus | 16 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Juventus U23 | 18 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Lecce (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Frosinone (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Bari (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Cosenza (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Italy U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Italy U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Italy U20 | 5 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Italy U21 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021 | |||
Gianluca Frabotta (born 24 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie B club Cosenza on loan from Juventus.
Coming through the youth system, Frabotta began his career at Bologna, who loaned him to Renate in 2018 and Pordenone in 2019. He joined Juventus in 2019, playing for their second team Juventus U23, before being made part of the first team in 2020.
Frabotta had represented Italy at youth level since 2017.
Frabottta received a few call-ups to the bench in Bologna's in Serie A games for the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons; however, did not make any appearances for the side.
On 21 June 2018, Frabotta was signed by Serie C side Renate on a season-long loan deal.[2] On 29 July he made his debut for Renate as a substitute replacing Giacomo Caccin in the 63rd minute of a 2–0 home defeat against Rezzato in the first round of Coppa Italia.[3] On 16 September he made his Serie C debut as a starter in a 2–0 away win over Sambenedettese, he was replaced by Lorenzo Saporetti in the 72nd minute.[4] One week later he played his first entire match for Renate, a 2–1 away defeat against Pordenone.[5] In January 2019, Frabotta was re-called to Bologna leaving Renate with 13 appearances and 2 assists.[6]
On 11 January 2019, Frabotta was loaned to Serie C club Pordenone on a 6-month loan deal.[7] On 26 January he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Michele De Agostini in the 69th minute of a 2–1 home defeat against Rimini.[8] On 24 May he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–1 away draw against Ternana.[9] Frabotta ended his 6-month loan to Pordenone with 7 appearances, including only 2 as a starter.[6]
On 6 August 2019, Frabotta joined to Serie C club Juventus U23.[10] He made his professional senior debut for Juventus, as well as his Serie A debut, on 1 August 2020, in a 3–1 home defeat to Roma.[11] On 20 September, in Juventus's opening match of the 2020–21 season, Frabotta played as a starter against Sampdoria; Juventus won 3–0 at home.[12] On 4 November, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming on as a second–half substitute for Juan Cuadrado in a 4–1 away win over Ferencváros in the group stage.[13] Frabotta scored his first goal for Juventus on 27 January 2021, scoring his team's second goal in a 4–0 Coppa Italia win over SPAL in the quarter-finals.[14]
On 30 July 2021, Frabotta moved to Hellas Verona on loan.[15]
On 27 June 2022, Frabotta was loaned to Lecce.[16] Frabotta remained on the bench for Lecce in the first four games of the 2022–23 Serie A season. On 1 September 2022, he moved on a new loan to Frosinone with the consent of Lecce and Juventus.[17]
On 27 August 2023, Frabotta joined BariinSerie B on loan.[18] On 11 January 2024, after making just seven appearances for the club, Frabotta left Bari and joined fellow Serie B side Cosenza on loan until the end of the season.[19][20]
Frabotta represented Italy at under-18, under-19, and under-21 levels. On 8 February 2017 he made his U18 debut in a 1–1 away draw against France; he was replaced by Luca Ranieri after 83 minutes. On 9 August 2017, Frabotta made his U19 debut as a substitute replacing Alessandro Tripaldelli in the 67th minute of a 2–0 away win over Croatia.
On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with Italy U21 playing as a starter in a 2021 UEFA European Championship qualification match against the Republic of Ireland, which ended in a 2–0 win.[21]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bologna | 2016–17 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Renate (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Pordenone (loan) | 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Juventus U23 (res.) | 2019–20 | 18 | 0 | — | — | 8[d] | 1 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Juventus | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lecce (loan) | 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frosinone (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie B | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 67 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 82 | 2 | ||
Pordenone[22]
Juventus U23[22]
Juventus[22]
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Cosenza Calcio – current squad
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