Diego Falcinelli
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Marsciano, Italy | ||
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| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Sassuolo | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Pontevecchio | ||
| 2007–2008 | → Internazionale (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Pontevecchio | 32 | (4) |
| 2009– | Sassuolo | 28 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | → Foligno (loan) | 29 | (5) |
| 2012 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | → Lanciano (loan) | 73 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 38 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2016 | |||
Diego Falcinelli (born 26 June 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Sassuolo.
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Biography
Pontevecchio
Born in Marsciano, in the Province of Perugia, Falcinelli started his career at Ponte San Giovanni (a frazione of Perugia) based club Pontevecchio. He was loaned to Internazionale in June 2007.[1] He played one friendly for the first team in February 2008.[2] He also won the Campionato Nazionale Allievi with Inter U17 youth team.[3]
On 1 July 2008, he returned to Perugia, making his Serie D debut.
Sassuolo
On 2 July 2009, he was signed by Sassuolo youth team. He also awarded no.26 shirt of the first team, which he made his Serie B debut on 28 November 2009, replacing Gianluigi Bianco in the 82nd minute. Alessandro Noselli scored the equalizing goal a minute later for Sassuolo, and assisted by Falcinelli. Eventually Sassuolo 2–2 draw with Ancona.[4]
On 26 July 2010, he left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foligno in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of one hundred euro.[5][6] Falcinelli made his debut on 8 August 2010, in 2010–11 Coppa Italia first round.[7] Since the cup second round, he partnered with Matteo Cavagna and Stefano Giacomelli in a 4–3–3 formation, except missed round 6 and 7 of the league. In June 2011 Sassuolo bought back Falcinelli in a 3-year contract, for twenty-five thousand euro transfer fee.[8] In January 2012 he was signed by Juve Stabia in a temporary deal.
He then spent two seasons on loan to Serie B club Lanciano, scoring nine goals from 2012 to 2014. He joined newly-promoted Serie B club Perugia during the summer 2014 market.
He scored a career high of 14 goals for the hometown club in 2014–15 Serie B, making him secure a place for Sassuolo in 2015–16 Serie A season. Falcinelli picked no.9 shirt. On 14 January 2016 he signed a 4½year contract.[9]
International career
He received a call-up to Italy under-20 Lega Pro representative team in September 2010.[10] He also received a call-up to Italy Amateur U18 team[11] and Italy U19 team.[12]
He played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in 2011–12 season.[13]
References
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External links
- Diego Falcinelli at Soccerway
- Football.it Profile (Italian)
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- Pages with broken file links
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- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Italian footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Inter Milan players
- U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players
- Foligno Calcio players
- S.S. Juve Stabia players
- S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 players
- A.C. Perugia Calcio players
- Association football forwards
- People from the Province of Perugia
- Sportspeople from Umbria
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