Simone Padoin

Simone Padoin is exactly the kind of footballer I gravitate toward. He never chased stardom; instead, he came up through Atalanta's youth ranks, passed through Vicenza, and returned to grind it out for the senior side as a versatile wingback or midfielder. Players like him, who fill whatever gap the team needs without complaint, are the connective tissue of any good side. That he later moved into coaching tells me football runs all the way to his bones. I admire careers built on trust and tireless effort rather than headlines, and his Friuli roots only add to the understated charm.

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Name (English)

Simone Padoin

Name (Japanese)

シモーネ・パドイン

Reading

しもーね・ぱどいん

Born

March 18, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Gemona del Friuli, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone%20Padoin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%89%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350988

Tags

• Friuli Venezia Giulia
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.