Antonio Arena

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Antonio Arena
Personal information
Full name Antonio Arena
Date of birth (2009-02-10) 10 February 2009 (age 16)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 68
Youth career
M&U Football Academy
Western Sydney Wanderers
2022–2025 Pescara
2025– Roma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025 Pescara 4 (1)
2025– Roma 0 (0)
International career‡
2024 Australia U16 1 (0)
2025– Italy U16 2 (1)
2025– Italy U17 4 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal icon.svg 2025 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 April 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 May 2025

Antonio Arena (born 10 February 2009) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Roma. Born in Australia, he has represented both Australia and Italy at youth international level.

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Career

Arena is a youth product of the Australians clubs M&U Football Academy and Western Sydney Wanderers, before moving to Pescara in 2022 to finish his development. [2] On 15 February 2025, he signed his first professional contract until 2028. [3] He made his senior and professional debut with Pescara in a 4–1 Serie C win over Lucchese, and scored his side's fourth goal. At 16 years and 25 days old, he became the first 2009-born player to score in professional football in Italy, and also the youngest ever goalscorer for Pescara, beating the record of Marco Verratti. [4]

On 23 July 2025, Arena signed for Serie A club Roma. [5]

International career

Born in Australia, Arena is of Italian descent through his grandparents from Reggio Calabria. [6] He holds dual Australian-Italian citizenship. [4] He debuted with the Australia U16s in a friendly 4–3 win over the Switzerland U16s on 16 April 2024. [7] In January 2025, he was called up to the Italy U16s for a set of friendlies. [2]

Honours

Italy U17

References

  1. ↑ "L'Entella vola a +7. Pescara, 4-1 alla Lucchese: esordio e gol per il 2009 Antonio Arena e a luglio arriva il salto di qualità trasferendosi alla Roma per 1 milione". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  2. 1 2 "Pescara Calcio, in rampa di lancio c'è il 16enne Antonio Arena". IlPescara.
  3. ↑ "Pescara, il giovane Antonio Arena ha firmato il suo primo contratto da professionista - TUTTO mercato WEB". www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
  4. 1 2 https://www.eurosport.it/calcio/serie-c-girone-b/2024-2025/antonio-arena-da-record-a-16-anni-e-il-primo-2009-a-segnare-tra-i-professionisti-nel-4-1-del-pescara-alla-lucchese_sto20134561/story.shtml
  5. ↑ "Roma, ecco il giovane Antonio Arena: il classe 2009 arriva dal Pescara" (in Italian). Tuttomercatoweb. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Antonio Arena, il centravanti dei record cresciuto a Sydney: "Onorato di giocare per l'Italia" - FIGC". www.figc.it.
  7. ↑ "Subway Joeys seal 4-3 friendly win over Switzerland U-16 | Socceroos". www.socceroos.com.au. 11 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Longoni saves bag Italy bronze". fifa.com. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
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