Personal information | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Paolo Gozzi Iweru | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 25 April 2001 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Turin, Italy | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Red Star | |||||||||||||
Number | 5 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
–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) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Cosenza (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023 | → Pescara (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023– | → Red Star (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Italy U16 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
2017 | Italy U17 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
2018 | Italy U19 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 April 2019 |
Paolo Gozzi Iweru (born 25 April 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championnat National club Red Star, on loan from Serie A club Genoa.
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] The loan was terminated early on 31 January 2023.[8] On the same day, Gozzi was loaned to Pescara.[9] On 17 July 2023, Gozzi joined Championnat National club Red Star on loan.[10]
Gozzi was born in Italy and is of Nigerian descent; he is a youth international for Italy.[11]
With the Italy U19 team, he took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Juventus | 2018–19 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Juventus U23 | 2020–21 | Serie C | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Fuenlabrada (loan) | 2021–22 | Segunda Divsión | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Cosenza | 2022–23 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Pescara | 2022–23 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Red Star | 2023–24 | Championnat National | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Career total | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 0 |