Another one of Torino's hotshots is striker, Ciro Immobile. At only 23 years of age, the Italian has a long and hopefully successful career ahead of him.
His career began in the ranks of the Juventus academy and made his first appearance for the Old Lady as a 90th minute substitute in a 4-1 victory against Bologna. Although that was his only appearance during the 2008/09 season he made a further 4 substitute appearances the following season.
For the first half of the 2010/11 season, Immobile spent it at Serie B team Siena. The striker never nailed himself a place in the first team and only made 5 appearances out of 11 possible matches. In those 5 appearances he netted 2 goals against Portsumagga and Lecce. After the spell at Siena he was loaned to Grosseto where he made 11 appearances, scoring 1 goal.
Ciro Immobile announced himself on the professional scene with a terrific loan spell at Pescara in 2011/2012 season. In 31 appearances, he bagged 30 goals, and failing to score in only 8 matches. With Pescara, he achieved the Serie B title, Serie B Player of the Year and Serie B Top Scorer. Genoa was the next destination for Immobile before Torino bought Genoa's rights for the player. As of this season, he has made 16 appearances scoring 9 goals.
On the international stage, it could be only a matter of time before he makes his full international debut, but as of last summer, he travelled to the UEFA U21 championship with Italy. Throughout the tournament, he guided the Italians to the Final making 4 appearances in the process and scored their 4-2 defeat, to Spain.
Although no confirmed reports yet, a transfer away from Torino could produce opportunities for Immobile to play in Europe and bolster his chances of a call up for the approaching World Cup. He is definitely an Italian star for the future and could turn into one of the best attackers in the world.
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