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Promoted in July 2023 at Juventus Youth, Riccardo Radu also has teammates in Primavera two junior international Romanians, extreme Lorenzo Biliboc and goalkeeper Alessio Marcu, and the third, midfielder Andrei Florea, has now returned to Turin after a loan season to Estoril.

“The holder broke a hand and as I was the highest …”

Born in Turin, the goalkeeper returned to the age of only six months in the country, in Galati, where his father had found a service, and still commute between Italy and Romania. Most of his childhood lived it in the peninsula, and at five and a half years he got football, being admitted to Sisport, an academy of Juventus,

Riccardo Radu (Juventus), in a match with Inter from the Primavera / Photo championship: Imago

Because he was tall and liked to mark, Riccardo wanted to become an attacker and so was a good time. Until an unhappy event for the goalkeeper in his team turned into an event that radically changed his career.

45The matches played Riccardo Radu last season at Juventus U17, Primavera and U19 (it was also reserved in C at Next Gen). Received 51 goals and closed the gate in 17 games

“I was on a tour and our goalkeeper broke his hand. As I was the highest of the remaining, they sent me to defend. I was playing derby in the semifinals of the Cup with Turin and I reached the breaking blows, where I managed to defend three penalties!”, Radu Andrei's story in December 2024, in an interview.

“My liver ached and that's why I couldn't run much”

The U18 international, who was integrally in two friendly matches under the command of Adrian Dulcea, 1-0 with Slovakia In November 2024 and 1-3 with Switzerland in March 2025, he also revealed that “after the match, an observer came to us in the locker room. Juventus And he asked my coach to let me go to give some evidence.

But when I returned home, my dad didn't even want to hear. I prayed for him for a month until he allowed me. That's how I got to be a porter out of the blue, from nothing! Here it has been eight years since I played goalkeeper at Juventus ”.

Riccardo Radu was among the best from Juventus in the match with RB Leipzig in Youth League / Photo: Imago

The gloves with the gloves confessed then that he is the admirer of the German school and has as idols on Andre Ter Stegen and Manuel Neuerfrom which it is inspired in the foot game and in the exits between the goals at the air balls.

Igor Tudor wants to take him as his third goalkeeper at Juventus!

I do not regret at all that I was not an attacker: “I had a problem with the liver and because of this I could not run too much, it hurt. That was my footballer's fate! I want to get to defend Barcelona.

I am glad that last year I am in the federation's attention and that I had good benefits at Juventus in Youth League, especially in matches with Aston Villa and with Leipzig”. In the parties to which he refers, Riccardo Raduclosed the gate, and again Juventus He defeated 3-0, respectively with 2-0, both disputed.

Riccardo Radu proved this season to Juventus's bosses that he deserves to remain in the Bianconers gate / Photo: Imago

In the five games in which he was integralist in the UEFA Youth League, the Bianconers goalkeeper received only two goals and not lost than against Trabzonspor (0-1)! His very good evolutions were also noted by Igor Tudor, who also renewed his commitment until 2027.

The Italians have announced that the Croatian technician wants to call him in the summer training and promote him as the third porter for series A next season, after Michele Di Gregorio (27 years old) and Mattia Perin (32).