Juri Toppan (born 20 January 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender; he is capable of playing either as a

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Career

Club career

Youth career

Born in

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, Veneto, Toppan started his career at

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side

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

, he was a member of Udinese ''Giovanissimi Nazionali'' team in 2004–05 season. At the start of 2005–06 season he once returned to Sandonà after the loan expired but signed outright by Udinese on 31 August 2005. He was in the Udinese's ''Primavera'' under-20 squad that lost to Inter ''Primavera'' in the League playoffs round semi–final in 2007–08 season. He then left for

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side

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and on 30 January 2009 signed by

Internazionale 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 ...

. He made his debut for ''Primavera'' team on the next day. That half season he made 7 appearances.

Lega Pro clubs

In August 2009, he was loaned to Villacidrese of ''

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'' along with Inter teammate

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. Toppan made his professional debut with Villacidrese, but on 1 February 2010 loaned to Serie A side

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for their ''Primavera'' team, with a handful appearances. On 29 June 2010, he was sold to newly promoted ''Prima Divisione'' side

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in co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of €500. He was the understudy of Daniele Pedrelli, also an Inter youth product. He failed to play any league matches due to injury. In June 2011 Inter gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Spezia. On 4 August he terminated his contract in order to join fellow third division club

U.S. Foggia Calcio Foggia 1920, commonly referred to as Foggia, is an Italian football club based in Foggia, Apulia. It currently plays in Serie C, having last been in the top level Serie A in 1995. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian ...

on free transfer. After Foggia's bankruptcy, Toppan was signed by his hometown club

, rejoining Inter teammate

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and Antonio Esposito. Toppan made his debut in a friendly match.

International career

Toppan received a call-up from Italy U17 team for

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in November 2006, but not selected to any match, even as unused substitute. He also received a call-up on 2 January (for training camp and against local teams) and against Republic of Ireland U17 on 23 and 25 January to prepare for the elite round. On 6 September 2007, he received a call-up from Italy U18 (for training camp) and again on 27 September. On 24 April 2008, he received his last call-up, against

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(), where he made his debut in the second half, substituted

Daniele Mori Daniele Mori (born 28 June 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie D club Gavorrano. He wore the number 25 shirt since the end of the 2008–09 Serie B season. He later changed to the number 34 for Brescia dur ...

References

External links

Profile at Football.it
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