Veteran Quagliarella Extends Samp stay to 2023
Since joining Samp in 2016 Veteran Quagliarella Extends Samp stay to 2023, Quagliarella has scored 105 goals in 268 games, and he will soon be playing in his 20th season in Italy’s top division.
As Silvio Piola, the league’s all-time leading scorer, is in 10th position with 537 games, he should overtake him in terms of Serie A appearances.
Following Sampdoria’s announcement on Monday that the seasoned striker had signed a one-year contract extension, Fabio Quagliarella will remain in Serie A for the upcoming season.
The 39-year-old ex-forward for Italy “shall continue with the ‘blucerchiato’ until 30 June 2023,” according to a statement from Samp.
Since joining Samp in 2016, Quagliarella has scored 105 goals in 268 games, and he will soon be playing in his 20th season in Italy’s top division.
As Silvio Piola, the league’s all-time leading scorer, is in 10th position with 537 games, he should overtake him in terms of Serie A appearances.
He would surpass legendary goal scorer Gabriel Batistuta in the scoring statistics with four more league goals, giving him 185. He scored just four goals in 2017 as Samp beat his local rival Genoa to achieve Serie A safety.
Quagliarella, who led Serie A in goal scoring in the 2018–19 campaign with 26 goals, has played his whole career in Italy for teams like Juventus, Udinese, and Napoli.
He won three Serie A championships with Juventus from 2010 to 2014. After leaving for city rivals Torino, he returned to Sampdoria in 2016 after a brief absence.
