footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...
.
Club career
Youth career
Born in
Verbania
Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ab ...
, Piedmont, Bavena left for
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...
in January 2005 from
Lombardy
The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
club Pro Patria. He played for ''Allievi Regionali'' in 2005–06 season to ''Allievi Nazionali'' under-17 team in 2006–07 season. As the ''Primavera'' team of the club had
Enrico Alfonso
Enrico Alfonso (born 4 May 1988) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for club Virtus Verona.
Club career
Early career
Aged only 6 years old, Alfonso began hi ...
,
Vid Belec
Vid Belec (; born 6 June 1990) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot First Division club APOEL.
Club career
Internazionale
Signed by Internazionale along with Rene Krhin at the age of 16, Belec spent three ...
,
Paolo Tornaghi
Paolo Tornaghi (born 21 June 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Youth career
Born in Garbagnate Milanese, the Province of Milan, Tornaghi started his career with Inter Milan. Tornaghi had played for Inter f ...
and
Paolo Branduani
Paolo Branduani (born 9 March 1989) is an Italian Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Sammarinese club ASD Victor San Marino, San Marino in Italian Serie D.
Career
A youth product of ...
as keepers, as well as Inter closed its own Berretti u-18 team, he left for Pro Sesto along with teammates Samuele Beretta,
Nicolò De Cesare
Nicolò De Cesare (born 31 January 1990) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Grottammare.
Career
Born in Ascoli Piceno, Marche, De Cesare started his career with Internazionale in 2004. He played for the team from '' ...
, Mattia Dell'Aera and Davide Tremolada. Bavena was a member of Berretti under-20 team, the ''
Lega Pro
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'' version of ''Primavera'' League. That season Pro Sesto also signed
Cristiano Biraghi
Cristiano Biraghi (; born 1 September 1992) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back for Serie A club Torino FC, Torino, on loan from ACF Fiorentina, Fiorenti ...
Simone Fautario
Simone Fautario (born 12 February 1987) is an Italian football and former left-back, currently in charge of the Under-15 team of Inter Milan.
Career
He joined Inter since 1998 from U.S. Nuovo Calcio Milano. He played a few pre-season friendly ...
(until January), Fabio Perissinotto (since January) and Luca Profeta (since January) for its youth teams and first team.
Since returned from loan, he became a member of ''Primavera'' (literally Spring) under-20 team, as second keeper behind Belec, ahead Luca Stocchi. However, as both Bavena and Belec were ineligible to List B of
UEFA Champions League
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, Stocchi was named in List B instead, as fourth keeper of the first team in
2008–09 UEFA Champions League
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.
Portogruaro
On 30 June 2010 he was sold to
Portogruaro
Portogruaro (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city is the centre of a district, made up of 11 ''comuni'', which form the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Piave district.
History ...
in co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €500, rejoining Inter teammate
Gabriele Puccio
Gabriele Puccio (born 3 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for S.C. Caronnese A.S.D.
Career FC Internazionale
Puccio worked his way up from Inter's Pulcini A (Under-11) team and has since worked his wa ...
and
Riccardo Bocalon
Riccardo Bocalon (born 3 March 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Renate.
Career
Treviso
Born in Venice, Veneto, Bocalon started his career with Treviso. In January 2008, he was signed by Internazio ...
. However, he remained in ''Primavera'' team as overage player. Bavena made his ''
Serie B
The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...
'' debut in the last round, as the club certainly relegated.
In June 2011 Inter gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Portogruaro.
In the next season he was the starting keeper, ahead Francesco Rossi and Michele Mion. However, in
2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
The 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-fifth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.
It was divided into two phas ...
, Bavena became the backup of Andrea Tozzo.
In January 2013 Bavena left for
Mantova
Mantua ( ; ; Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the eponymous province.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2017, it was named as the "European C ...
.
International career
Bavena made his under-16 debut on 24 January 2006, against Portugal. In April, he received call-up to a youth tournament in
Montaigu, Vendée
Montaigu () is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Montaigu-Vendée.Sergio Viotti in that tournament, finished as the runner-up. He played his first and last match for Italy U-17 team on 25 September. He was dropped from the squad before the start of the qualification.
He returned to the youth system in February 2011, which he received a call-up from
Italy under-21 Serie B representative team
Italy national under-21 football B team is the Italy national football team that represents Serie B at competitions and is controlled by the Lega B. Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was credited as Under-21 Serie B TIM until 2010.
They are t ...
Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti
Campionato Primavera 3, formerly Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti (or simply ''Campionato Berretti''), is an Italian football competition played by youth teams (under 19) organized by the Lega Pro, and mainly composed by Serie C clubs but also ...