Giacomo Corona

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Giacomo Corona
Palermo FC v AC Reggiana 1919, 23 August 2025 - 05 (Giacomo Corona).jpg
Corona playing for Palermo in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 21) [1] [2]
Place of birth Palermo, Italy [2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Palermo
Number 31
Youth career
–2012 Louis Ribolla
2012–2024 Palermo
2022–2023Torino (loan)
2023–2024Empoli (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Palermo 2 (0)
2023–2024Empoli (loan) 1 (0)
2024–2025Pontedera (loan) 35 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 July 2025

Giacomo Corona (born 24 February 2004) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Palermo.

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Club career

A Palermo youth product, Corona made his senior debut for the Rosanero in 2021 during a Serie C league game against Turris. [3] He was successively loaned out to Torino in August 2021, playing exclusively for the Under-19 team before heading back to Palermo by the end of the season. [4]

In August 2023, Corona left Palermo again, this time to join Empoli on another loan deal. [5] He almost exclusively played for the Under-19 team, except for a lone four-minute appearance in a Serie A league game against Hellas Verona on 15 January 2024. [6]

In August 2024, after returning from his Empoli loan, Corona agreed a contract extension until 30 June 2027 with Palermo, and was successively loaned out to Serie C club Pontedera. [7] With Pontedera, Corona finally succeeded in playing regularly and making it to the spotlight, amassing a total ten goals in the regular season plus another one in the promotion playoffs. [8]

After his positive campaign at Pontedera, Palermo, under new head coach Filippo Inzaghi, called back the player to join the pre-season training camp, scoring four goals in the first friendly game. [9]

Personal life

He is the son of former Serie A striker Giorgio Corona. [2]

References

  1. "CORONA GIACOMO" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Giacomo Corona" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  3. "Palermo, debutto da professionista per Giacomo Corona" (in Italian). Stadionews. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. "Palermo, Corona saluta i rosanero: va in prestito al Torino" (in Italian). Stadionews. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. "Primavera, Giacomo Corona è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" (in Italian). OneFootball. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  6. "Il debutto in serie A del palermitano Giacomo Corona, lo manda il papà "re" Giorgio" (in Italian). La Repubblica – Palermo. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  7. "Palermo, Corona rinnova fino al 2027 e va in prestito in C: giocherà col Pontedera" (in Italian). La Repubblica – Palermo. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  8. "Il figlio d'arte non perdona e trascina la squadra ai play off: già doppia cifra di gol alla prima stagione tra i grandi" (in Italian). Sprint e Sport. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  9. "Rosa, nove gol all'esordio: poker Corona e Le Douaron. "Atteggiamento giusto"" (in Italian). La Repubblica – Palermo. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.