Wisdom Amey
Quick Facts
Biography
Wisdom Amey (born 11 August 2005) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Bologna.
Career
Amey is a youth product of Bassano Virtus and Vicenza Virtus, before moving to the youth academy of Bologna in 2019. He made his professional debut with Bologna in a 2–0 Serie A loss to Genoa on 12 May 2021, coming on as a late substitute in the 89th minute. At the age of 15 years and 274 days, Amey became the youngest debutant in Serie A history.
International career
Amey was born in Italy in 2005 to a Togolese father and Nigerian mother, being, thus, eligible for all of these 3 countries' national football teams. On 17 March 2023 he accepted the call from Togo Under-23 but was not able to debut due to an injury.
On 5 October 2023, after obtaining Italian citizenship on his 18th birthday, Amey accepted a call-up from the Italian U-19 team.
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 June 2022
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bologna | 2020–21 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2021–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |