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Nicolò Rovella

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Nicolò Rovella
Rovella with Italy in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Segrate, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 6
Youth career
2005–2014 Accademia Inter
2014–2017 Alcione
2017–2020 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Genoa 11 (0)
2021–2025 Juventus 3 (0)
2021–2022 → Genoa (loan) 32 (0)
2022–2023 → Monza (loan) 25 (1)
2023–2025 → Lazio (loan) 56 (0)
2025– Lazio 11 (0)
International career‡
2018 Italy U17 6 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U18 9 (0)
2019–2020 Italy U19 10 (0)
2020–2023 Italy U21 21 (3)
2024– Italy 4 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2018 England
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2025

Nicolò Rovella (born 4 December 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Lazio and the Italy national team.

Club career

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Early career and Genoa

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Rovella started playing football at Accademia Inter (an affiliate of Inter Milan), where he won a Gothia Cup, before moving to Alcione in 2014. In summer 2017, Rovella joined Genoa, where he immediately won the Carlin's Boys youth tournament.[2][3]

Coming through the youth ranks of the club, Rovella made his professional debut with Genoa on 3 December 2019, replacing Francesco Cassata in the final minutes of a 3–2 Coppa Italia victory against Ascoli.[4] He made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2019, aged 18, as a substitute for Filip Jagiełło in a 4–0 away defeat against Inter Milan.[5] On 25 July 2020, Rovella made his first start for Genoa in a 3–0 home defeat against Inter.[6]

Rovella gained more playing time and started during the 2020–21 season, establishing himself in Genoa's central midfield as he helped the Rossoblù stay in the Serie A.[7]

Later career

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On 29 January 2021, Juventus announced the signing of Rovella on a three-and-a-half-year contract for €18 million, plus a maximum of €20 million in performance-related bonuses.[8] He remained in Genoa on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season, with Manolo Portanova and Elia Petrelli being traded by the club in permanent moves as well.[8] After returning to Juventus from his loan to Genoa, Rovella made his Bianconeri debut on 15 August 2022, replacing Manuel Locatelli in a home victory against Sassuolo in the first matchday of the 2022–23 Serie A.[9]

On 31 August 2022, Rovella joined newly-promoted Serie A club Monza on a-year loan.[10] He made his debut on 5 September, starting in a 2–0 league defeat against Atalanta.[11] On 16 August 2023, Lazio announced the signing of Rovella from Juventus on a two-year loan with a conditional obligation to buy.[12]

International career

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Youth

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On 12 November 2020, Rovella debuted for the under-21 team, playing as a starter in a European Championship qualifying match against Iceland in Reykjavík, in which Azzurrini won 2–1. [13] He was subsequently included in the squad that took part in the 2021 European Championship in Slovenia and Hungary.[14] However, Rovella got sent off after receiving a double yellow card in the second group stage match against Spain,[15] as Italy was eventually eliminated from the tournament in the quarter-finals, after a 5–3 loss to Portugal.

Rovella was confirmed in the following cycle of the under-21 national team, as he scored his first goal for the Azzurrini on 29 March 2022, netting the lone goal of a 1–0 victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[16]

Senior

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On 8 November 2024, coach Luciano Spalletti included Rovella in the Italy first team squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures against Belgium and France.[citation needed] The same year on 14 November, he debuted in a 1–0 victory against the former opponent by playing 79 minutes.[17]

Style of play

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Rovella is a right-footed midfielder, who can play as a mezzala, playmaker, or attacking midfielder.[2][18] He has been noted for his first touch, his vision, his passing range and tactical awareness. Rovella is also regarded for his elegant style of play and his charisma.[2][18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 17 May 2026[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genoa 2019–20 Serie A 2010——30
2020–21[a] Serie A 20020——220
2021–22[b] Serie A 21010——220
Total 43040——470
Juventus 2022–23 Serie A 30———30
Monza (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 25120——271
Lazio (loan) 2023–24 Serie A 230303[c]01[d]0300
2024–25 Serie A 330209[e]0—440
Lazio 2025–26 Serie A 11020——130
Lazio total 6707012010870
Career total 1381130120101641
  1. ↑ Part of this season spent on loan from Juventus
  2. ↑ On loan from Juventus
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 6 June 2025[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202420
202520
Total40

Honours

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Lazio

Italy U17

References

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  1. ↑ "Nicolò Rovella". TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rovella, dall'Accademia Inter al derby della Lanterna". La Giovane Italia (in Italian). 3 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Eremita, Alessio (29 October 2020). "Rovella oro del Genoa: chi è il classe 2001 che ha stregato Inter e Juventus". Calcio News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Genoa vs. Ascoli". Soccerway. Platform Group. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Genoa, Rovella promosso sotto gli occhi dell'Inter. L'esordio, le punizioni, Modric e il mercato che già chiama". Calcio Mercato (in Italian). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Silvestri, Stefano (25 July 2020). "Le pagelle di Genoa-Inter 0-3: Lukaku cecchino, Moses spina nel fianco". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gioventù "bruciante", Rovella si è preso il centrocampo rossoblù". Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Ufficiale | Portanova, Petrelli, Rovella: gli accordi con il Genoa". Juventus (in Italian). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Match Report | Juve Hit Sassuolo for Three". Juventus F.C. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Nicolò Rovella è Biancorosso". AC Monza (in Italian). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Sorrentino, Antonio (5 September 2022). "Le pagelle di Monza - Atalanta 0-2: buon esordio di Rovella, Caprari sprecone, Pessina messo sotto scacco". Monza-News (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Nicolò Rovella È Un Nuovo Calciatore Biancoceleste". SS Lazio (in Italian). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Pobega segna una doppietta che vale oro, gli Azzurrini battono l'Islanda e ipotecano il pass per l'Europeo" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Under-21 Championship | 2019/21 season match press kits | Czech Republic vs. Italy" (PDF). UEFA. 1 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "L'Italia finisce in 9, ma la Spagna non passa: 0-0. Se batte la Slovenia è qualificata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Qualificazioni europee. L'Italia batte la Bosnia ed Erzegovina, scavalca la Svezia e vola in testa al girone". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  17. ↑ Campanale, Susy (14 November 2024). "Rovella "forever grateful" to Spalletti for Italy debut". Football Italia. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  18. 1 2 Kulig, Jacek; Gualano, Davide (28 August 2021). "Niccolò Rovella – Juve's future regista by Davide Gualano". Football Talent Scout. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  19. ↑ Nicolò Rovella at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  20. ↑ "Nicolò Rovella". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "Inter, è doblete! Un autogol e Lautaro stendono la Lazio, la Coppa Italia è nerazzurra". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
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