Nick Woltemade Scores First Serie A Goal for Juventus

Nick Woltemade did not just open his Serie A account on Sunday. He announced himself.

On a tense afternoon at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, the German forward struck his first league goal for Juventus in a 2-2 draw with Fiorentina, a sharp finish that underlined why the club pushed to bring him in on loan for this season.

The move came in the first half in Florence. Randal Kolo Muani sliced through the Fiorentina back line, gliding past defender Viery with ease. His cut-back into the box rolled into a pocket of space that seemed almost too generous at this level. Woltemade had read it early. One touch, right foot, and the ball was in. Composed, clinical, exactly what Juventus needed.

The equaliser steadied Juventus after a shaky start and shifted the mood inside the Franchi. Suddenly, the visitors had a focal point. Woltemade pressed, dropped deep, and kept asking questions of a Fiorentina defence that never quite worked him out.

The pressure nearly brought a second. Minutes after his opener, Woltemade found himself in a near-identical position, again freed inside the area. Same movement, same timing, same right-footed strike. This time, David De Gea refused to play along, springing across his line to block what looked destined to be the German’s brace.

For Woltemade, the breakthrough had been coming. He arrived in Turin already in rhythm, with three goals in four Europa League outings for Juventus, but the wait for a Serie A strike stretched into November. The dam finally broke in Florence, in a fixture that rarely offers visiting forwards any comfort.

This is a loan spell loaded with intrigue. Woltemade belongs to Newcastle, with Juventus borrowing him for the 2026-27 campaign and no option to buy written into the deal. Every sharp touch, every goal, every night like this only deepens the sense that his time in Italy may be fleeting.

For now, though, Juventus are happy to ride the wave. A first Serie A goal in black and white, carved out at one of the most unforgiving grounds in the league, is a marker. If Woltemade keeps striking with this kind of conviction, the real battle may come in the summer, when he has to decide where this surge in form will carry him next.