Together with his Groningen he achieved qualification for the next Eredivisie championship. Let’s get to know this Italian talent better!
After taking a direct flight to Latvia to tell you about Zakaria Sdaigui, today we move to Holland to delve deeper into the story of another Italian who plays in championships abroad. We are talking about Luciano Valente, class of ’03, who after playing in the youth team of GVAV-Rapiditas then wore only the jersey of Groningen.
Born in Holland but from an Italian father, from Rome to be precise, who passed on to him the love for food (inevitable when talking about Italy…) and the passion for a particular team: the LazioThis year he played in the second division, making 34 appearances and scoring 7 goals, as well as winning the title together with his teammates. promotion to the Eredivisie. In fact, the victory on the last day against Roda was decisive, which thus confirmed the definitive overtaking in the standings. In the top Dutch championship, they can already boast 20 matches played; to be mentioned above all debut at the Johan Cruijff ArenA against Ajax: in the 79th minute he enters the field to replace Laros Duarte. On the field during that match two acquaintances of our Serie A: Ngonge (author of Groningen’s only goal) and Suslovwith whom he grew up in the youth team and also won the Under 17 championship.
The presences with ours stand out National. Nunziata called him up for three matches of the Italy Under 19, while his last appearance for the national team was on November 27, 2022, again with Nunziata as coach but in the Under 20: the match was against Switzerland, won by Italy thanks to goals by Montevago, Fabbian and De Nipoti.
The curiosity would clearly be to see him again in action with the national team, or as another hypothesis a transfer to our country, but one thing remains certain: whether in Holland, Italy or elsewhere, we will always be ready to tell you about the exploits and goals achieved by Luciano Valente.