Felice Natalino

Felice Natalino (born 24 March 1992) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.

Felice Natalino
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992
Place of birth Lamezia Terme, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back, Centre-back
Youth career
Crotone
2008–2009 Genoa
2008–2009 → Internazionale (loan)
2009–2011 Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Internazionale 2 (0)
2011–2012 → Verona (loan) 0 (0)
2012 → Crotone (loan) 1 (0)
Total 3 (0)
International career
2008 Italy U16[2] 9 (0)
2008–2009 Italy U17[2][3] 21 (0)
2009–2010 Italy U18 6 (0)
2010–2011 Italy U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Natalino arrived Internazionale's youth system in August 2008 from Crotone via Genoa, il Grifone having signed him from Crotone just weeks earlier, for a cost of 628,293 €.[4][5][6] From the 2009–10 season he was co-contracted by the two clubs, as Genoa sold half of the registration rights for €75,000.[7] Before joining Crotone, he had also played a season for Virtus Sambiase, with the club eligible to receive 18,000 € from Inter after Natalino made his Serie A début.[8][9]

Natalino was only included in the first team during the 2010–11 Serie A season due to an injury crisis. Natalino then made his competitive début for the first team on 28 November 2010, aged 18 years and 8 months, coming on for Davide Santon at half-time during a home league match against Parma, ended in a 5–2 win for Inter. Natalino was then inserted in the starting line-up by head coach Rafael Benítez in the next match against Lazio, that ended in a 3–1 defeat for the Nerazzurri. On 7 December, Natalino made his UEFA Champions League début against Werder Bremen, coming on in the second half for the captain Javier Zanetti who had suffered a knock. The game ended in a 3–0 defeat to Bremen.[10]

Natalino went on loan during the 2011–12 season, as Inter youths often left the under-20 team a year earlier for senior football. However, Natalino only played once. In June 2012 Genoa transferred the remaining 50% registration rights to Inter for free.[11]

In February 2013, Natalino underwent emergency surgery after suffering a heart attack. He had previously been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat. In October of that year, he confirmed his retirement from football, having chosen not to risk putting undue strain on his heart by returning to the life of a professional sportsman.[12][13]

International career

Natalino was a member of the Italy U-16 national team in 2007–08 season. He also played for U17, U18 and U19 team. However, after he turned to play senior football he did not receive any call-up. Natalino was a member of 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification which he played twice.

Career statistics
Natalino's autograph
As of 8 December 2010[14]
Club Season League Cup[15] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Internazionale 2010–11 20001030
Career total 20001030

References
  1. Profile, Goal (website). Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. FIGC
  3. UEFA.com Archive FIGC Archive missed the qualification matches
  4. Genoa CFC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2008, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)
  5. "Italy U16 international joins Inter". FC Internazionale Milano. inter.it. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  6. "IL GENOA INVESTE SU UN ALTRO GIOVANE". Genoa CFC (in Italian). 11 July 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  7. FC Internazionale Milano Spa 2009–10 Bilancio. January 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. "Article 99 bis of NOIF" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  9. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 27/D" (PDF). Commissione Vertenze Economiche, FIGC (in Italian). 27 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  10. Lazio-Inter: the official line-ups, inter.it. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  11. Genoa CFC SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2012 (in Italian)
  12. Digby, Adam (11 February 2013). "Heart surgery may force Natalino to quit". ESPN FC. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  13. Russo, Alessandro (31 October 2013). "Natalino deve dire stop: 'Addio calcio ma conta vivere'" [Natalino has to say stop: 'Goodbye football but life is what matters]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  14. "Statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  15. Includes Coppa Italia
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