Camillo Tavernelli

Camillo Tavernelli, another young player in the Cittadella team, is entering his second season with Citta. Making his Serie B debut only last year, Camillo has had a great journey to get to this point.

The striker was born on July 10th, 1999 in Città di Castello. At only 16 years old, he was playing in Serie D for Sansepolcro. His first season at the senior level saw Camillo play 13 games in the season. Sansepolcro was relegated to the firth tier after finishing in 16th place.

He signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2016 for Gubbio, at 17 years old. His big moment came on October 8th, 2016 against Forlì. Camillo came on in the 86th minute to mark his pro debut. While mostly playing for Gubbio’s Primavera that season, the young striker made four more appearances for the club in Serie C that season.

Playing as a youth player the next season, Camillo made his way back to the first team in 2018. Making 11 appearances in Gubbio’s 18/19 season, Camillo was still looking for his first professional goal. The season before the pandemic, he finally broke out onto the stage. Making 26 appearances in 2019/20, his first pro goal came on August 4th, 2019 in a Coppa Italia match against Fano. He got more playing time in the league before it came to a stop in March 2020. Despite being not far from the drop zone, Gubbio managed to stay up in Serie C.

The strikers time at the club ended in the summer of 2020. Cittadella signed Camillo for free before the 2020/21 season. Many people did not approve the signing, as people were criticizing that Camillo had low numbers and stats for a striker.

Despite all this, Camillo proved them all wrong. He scored his first Serie B goal four matches in against Pordenone. A great strike to make it 2-0, the goal sent Cittadella on top of Serie B. It was a huge moment for the striker, and a huge milestone. It turned out to be a very good season for the young player, as he played in 22 more league matches. Mostly coming off the bench, Camillo provided much needed energy up top towards the end of matches. He is no doubly an attacking threat and is dangerous in the box. We hope Camillo can have another great year!