Flavio Bianchi
Italian footballer (born 2000)
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Flavio Junior Bianchi (born 24 January 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Empoli.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Flavio Junior Bianchi | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Asti, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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) |
| 2022–2025 | Brescia | 95 | (12) |
| 2025– | Empoli | 8 | (0) |
| 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 as of 13 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals 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.[5]
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.[6]
Personal life
Born in Asti, he grew up in Diano Marina.[7][8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 August 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lucchese (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 13 | ||
| Genoa | 2021–22 | Serie A | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Brescia (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie B | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| Brescia | 2022–23 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2023–24 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 39 | 4 | |||
| Total | 80 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 88 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 128 | 23 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 137 | 25 | |||
- Includes Coppa Italia
- Appearance(s) in Serie B play-off
- Appearance(s) in Serie B play-out
