Giuseppe Panico

Giuseppe Antonio Panico (born 10 May 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Avellino.

Giuseppe Panico

Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Antonio Panico
Date of birth	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Ottaviano, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Avellino
Number	91
Youth career
0000–2015	Genoa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2018	Genoa	2	(0)
2016–2018	→ Cesena (loan)	24	(0)
2018	→ Teramo (loan)	8	(0)
2018–2020	Cittadella	47	(7)
2020–2021	Novara	35	(5)
2021–2022	Juve Stabia	20	(1)
2022	Pro Vercelli	18	(4)
2022–2024	Crotone	7	(0)
2023	→ Lucchese (loan)	16	(5)
2023–2024	→ Carrarese (loan)	35	(10)
2024–2025	Carrarese	15	(0)
2025	→ Avellino (loan)	14	(1)
2025–	Avellino	0	(0)
International career‡
2013–2014	Italy U-17	14	(8)
2014–2015	Italy U-18	3	(0)
2014–2016	Italy U-19	18	(4)
2016–2017	Italy U-20	16	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2017

Club career

Panico is a youth exponent from Genoa. He made his Serie A debut on 31 May 2015 against Sassuolo, where he replaced Maxime Lestienne after 81 minutes; the game ended in a 3–1 away defeat for Genoa.^[1]

On 30 June 2016 Panico was loaned to Cesena for a period of two years.^[2] He then joined Cittadella on 13 July 2018.^[3][4] Continuing his career, Panico signed a contract with Novara on 1 September 2020.^[5]

In the following year, he moved to Juve Stabia on 12 August 2021, and later joined Pro Vercelli on 18 January 2022.^[6][7]

Panico signed a three-year contract with FC Crotone on 19 July 2022.^[8] He was then loaned to Lucchese on 12 January 2023.^[9] As of 11 July 2023, Panico has been moved to Carrarese, on loan with an obligation to buy.^[10]

On 7 January 2025, Panico moved to Avellino on loan with an obligation to buy in case of promotion to Serie B.^[11]

International

He represented Italy national under-19 football team at the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which Italy was the runner-up and played in every game except the final.

A year later, he played for Italy at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring two goals and the decisive penalty shoot-out kick that brought Italy 3rd place over Uruguay.