Simone Santarelli
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Lazio 0 (0)
2007–2008Gallipoli (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2011 Foggia 20 (0)
International career
2004–2005 Italy U-17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simone Santarelli (born 7 September 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Rome, Lazio, Santarelli is a supporter of S.S. Lazio and started his career in its youth teams. In 2007–08 season he moved to Gallipoli[1] along with Lucas Correa, Daniele Greco and Matteo Merini. He was the understudy of Generoso Rossi along with Joachim Spina. He played twice in Serie C1 and played a few matches in Coppa Italia Serie C.[2][3] He returned to Lazio on 1 July 2008 and later frozen by the club. He unable to train along with the first team and the club demanded a high transfer fee.[4] On 5 August 2010 he signed a 1+1 contract with Prima Divisione team Foggia.[5] Half of the matches was played by Santarelli, shared with Mihail Ivanov.

International career

Santarelli became an emergency third keeper for the Italy Under-17 side at 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He replaced injured Paolo Tornaghi (himself replaced suspended Enrico Alfonso) to play for Bronze match, beaten the original third keeper Alberto Frison[6] who also injured.[7] He also selected to 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

References

  1. "Di Napoli a Salerno Muzzi rifiuta Padova". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 25 July 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. "coppa italia: il gallipoli espugna crotone". lecceprima.it (in Italian). 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. "Gautieri illude il Sorrento". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 22 November 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. "Lazio, Santarelli: "Mi stanno rovinando la vita"". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 24 December 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. "Ufficiale: Simone Santarelli firma con il Foggia". US Foggia (in Italian). 5 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. "Comunicati Stampa" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 22 April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  7. "Italy savour last-gasp victory". UEFA.com. 14 May 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
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