Nicola Valente

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Nicola Valente
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Zevio, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Siracusa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2015 Legnago 144 (32)
2015–2016 Pordenone 18 (1)
2016–2017 Siracusa 32 (6)
2017–2018 Sambenedettese 32 (1)
2018–2020 Carrarese 59 (8)
2020–2024 Palermo 103 (15)
2024–2025 Padova 22 (1)
2025– Siracusa 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2025

Nicola Valente (born 6 October 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Serie C Group C club Siracusa. [2]

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Club career

Valente started his career with Serie D club Legnago, with whom he played five seasons as an amateur from 2010 to 2015. In 2015, he moved to Serie C club Pordenone, with whom he made his debut as a professional player.

On 13 August 2020 he joined Palermo. [3] With the Sicilians, he immediately took on a leading role, being a regular in both Serie C seasons, the last of which culminating with promotion to Serie B. He subsequently agreed to extend his contract with Palermo for one more season, thus ensuring himself the opportunity to debut in the Italian second division at 30.

In March 2023, after another season as a regular for the Rosanero on his Serie B debut, Valente agreed upon another one-year contract extension with Palermo. [4]

On 1 February 2024, Valente left Palermo to join Serie C club Padova. [5] He signed a contract with Padova until 30 June 2026. [6]

After winning promotion to Serie B with Padova, on 29 August 2025, Valente returned to Sicily, signing for Serie C club Siracusa. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 February 2024 [8] [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Legnago 2010–11 Serie D 292?0 [10] 29+2
2011–12 1851 [11] 02+ [12] 021+5
2012–13 3291 [13] 0339
2013–14 339?0 [14] 33+9
2014–15 3271 [15] 1338
Total144323+12+0149+33
Pordenone 2015–16 Lega Pro 1812 [16] 03 [a] 0231
Siracusa 2016–17 3262 [17] 01 [a] 0356
Sambenedettese 2017–18 Serie C 3212+2 [18] 1+24 [a] 0404
Carrarese 2018–19 3421+2 [19] 0+14 [a] 1414
2019–20 256212 [a] 1298
Total59852627012
Palermo 2020–21 Serie C3154 [a] 1356
2021–22 3072 [20] 18 [a] 0408
2022–23 Serie B 32310333
2023–24 10010110
Total103154112111917
Career total3886320+728+3436+73
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 All appearance(s) in promotion play-offs.

References

  1. Nicola Valente at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. Nicola Valente at Soccerway
  3. "🦅 Andrea Saraniti e Nicola Valente, benvenuti in #rosanero💪🏻" (in Italian). @palermofficial on Instagram. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. "PROLUNGAMENTO CONTRATTUALE PER VALENTE" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. "VALENTE AL PADOVA" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. "Nicola Valente è un giocatore del Calcio Padova" [Nicola Valente is a player of Calcio Padova] (in Italian). Padova. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. "Nicola Valente ceduto a titolo definitivo al Siracusa" (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  8. "N. Valente". Soccerway.
  9. "VALENTE NICOLA". Tuttocalciatori.net (in Italian).
  10. Coppa Italia Serie D.
  11. Coppa Italia Serie D.
  12. Serie D promotion play-offs.
  13. Coppa Italia Serie D.
  14. Coppa Italia Serie D.
  15. Coppa Italia Serie D.
  16. Coppa Italia Lega Pro.
  17. Coppa Italia Lega Pro.
  18. 2 Coppa Italia + 2 Coppa Italia Serie C.
  19. 1 Coppa Italia + 2 Coppa Italia Serie C.
  20. Coppa Italia Serie C.