Flavio Bianchi

Flavio Junior Bianchi (born 24 January 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Brescia.

Flavio Bianchi
Personal information
Full name Flavio Junior Bianchi
Date of birth (2000-01-24) 24 January 2000
Place of birth Asti, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brescia
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2020 Genoa
2017–2018 → Torino (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Genoa 7 (1)
2020–2021 → Lucchese (loan) 32 (13)
2022 → Brescia (loan) 8 (1)
2022– Brescia 34 (4)
International career‡
2015 Italy U15 7 (1)
2015 Italy U16 2 (1)
2017 Italy U17 1 (0)
2017 Italy U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2017

Club career

He made his debut for the senior squad of Genoa on 13 August 2021 in a Coppa Italia game against Perugia. He made his Serie A debut for Genoa on 21 August 2021 in a game against Inter Milan. He substituted Hernani at half-time of a 0–4 away loss.[1] He made his first start on 2 October 2021 against Salernitana. On 5 November 2021, he scored his first Serie A goal in Empoli-Genoa 2-2 at the 89'.[2]

On 28 January 2022, he joined Serie B club Brescia on loan.[3]

International career

He was first called up to represent Italy in 2015 for under-15 friendlies.[4]

He was on the Italy's squad at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and made one appearance, Italy did not advance from the group stage.[5]

Personal life

Born in Asti, he grew up in Diano Marina.[6][7]

References
  1. "Inter Milan v Genoa game report". Soccerway. 21 August 2021.
  2. Pegoraro, Paolo (5 November 2021). "Empoli-Genoa 2-2, pagelle: Zurkowski show, Bianchi decide. Caicedo in ombra" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. "Flavio Bianchi è un nuovo calciatore del Brescia" (Press release) (in Italian). Brescia. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. "Bianchi Italy U15 profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. "Italy U17 v Turkey U17 game report". UEFA. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. "Diano Marina: Flavio Bianchi nuovo Golden Boy del calcio italiano, miglior giocatore al 'Viareggio' "Cresciuto tra Golfo Dianese e Genoa, sogno l'esordio al Ferraris" (Intervista)" (in Italian). sanremonews.it. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. Pegoraro, Paolo (6 November 2021). "Calcio, Serie A Chi è Flavio Bianchi, il golden boy salva-Genoa a Empoli" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 21 November 2021.


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