Antonio Arena
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| Full name | Antonio Arena | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 February 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Roma | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| M&U Football Academy | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Pescara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Roma | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Pescara | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Roma | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Australia U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Italy U16 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Italy U17 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Antonio Arena (born 10 February 2009) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Roma. Born in Australia, he has represented both Australia and Italy at youth international level.
Career
[edit | edit source]Arena is a youth product of the Australians clubs M&U Football Academy and Western Sydney Wanderers, before moving to Pescara in 2022 to finish his development.[2] On 15 February 2025, he signed his first professional contract until 2028.[3] He made his senior and professional debut with Pescara in a 4–1 Serie C win over Lucchese, and scored his side's fourth goal. At 16 years and 25 days old, he became the first 2009-born player to score in professional football in Italy, and also the youngest ever goalscorer for Pescara, beating the record of Marco Verratti.[4]
On 23 July 2025, Arena signed for Serie A club Roma.[5]
International career
[edit | edit source]Born in Australia, Arena is of Italian descent through his grandparents from Reggio Calabria.[6] He holds dual Australian-Italian citizenship.[4] He debuted with the Australia U16s in a friendly 4–3 win over the Switzerland U16s on 16 April 2024.[7] In January 2025, he was called up to the Italy U16s for a set of friendlies.[2]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Italy U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2025[8]
References
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External links
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- Tuttocalciatori Profile
- 2009 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Italian men's footballers
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Australian men's soccer players
- Australia men's youth international soccer players
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Delfino Pescara 1936 players
- AS Roma players
- Serie C players
- Men's association football forwards
- Australian people of Calabrian descent