Diego Falcinelli

Diego Falcinelli
Falcinelli in action with Perugia in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Marsciano, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Spezia
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2008 Pontevecchio
2007–2008 → Inter Milan (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Pontevecchio 32 (4)
2009–2010 Sassuolo 1 (0)
2010–2011 Foligno 29 (5)
2011–2018 Sassuolo 49 (4)
2012 → Juve Stabia (loan) 12 (1)
2012–2014 → Lanciano (loan) 73 (9)
2014–2015 → Perugia (loan) 39 (14)
2016–2017 → Crotone (loan) 35 (13)
2018 → Fiorentina (loan) 12 (1)
2018–2022 Bologna 21 (0)
2019–2020 → Perugia (loan) 25 (3)
2020–2021 → Red Star Belgrade (loan) 23 (9)
2022–2024 Modena 50 (8)
2024– Spezia 16 (0)
International career‡
2017 Italy B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2020

Diego Falcinelli (born 26 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Spezia.

Club career

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 Inter Milan 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, Falcinelli was signed by Sassuolo for the 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 and assisting Alessandro Noselli for the equalising goal a minute later as Sassuolo drew 2–2 with Ancona.[4]

Foligno

On 26 July 2010, Falcinelli left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foligno in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of one hundred euro.[5][6] He 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, only missing rounds 6 and 7 of the league.

Return to Sassuolo

In June 2011 Sassuolo re-signed Falcinelli on a three-year contract, for a transfer fee of €25,000.[8] In January 2012 he was signed by Juve Stabia in a temporary deal.

Lanciano and Perugia loans

Falcinelli spent two seasons on loan to Serie B club Lanciano, scoring nine goals from 2012 to 2014.

During the 2014 summer transfer window, he joined newly promoted Serie B club Perugia. 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.

2015–16 season at Sassuolo

Falcinelli picked no.9 shirt in 2015–16 season. On 14 January 2016, he signed a 4+1⁄2-year contract.[9]

Crotone (loan)

On 31 August 2016, Falcinelli left for Serie A newcomer Crotone on loan. He scored three goals against Empoli on 29 January 2017. He also scored once on 28 May (round 38), a 3–1 win against Lazio; Crotone secured three points to survive from relegation as well as ranked higher than Empoli for the second time of the season (the team ranked higher than Empoli in round 2; from round 2 to 37 Crotone was in the relegation zone)

Falcinelli signed a new five-year contract with Sassuolo on 25 August 2017.[10]

Fiorentina (loan)

In January 2018, Falcinelli joined Fiorentina on loan until 30 June 2018 as part of swap deal, in which Khouma Babacar moved the other way. Fiorentina also secured an option to sign Falcinelli permanently from Sassuolo.[11][12]

Bologna

On 4 July 2018, Falcinelli joined Bologna on a four-year contract.[13][14]

Return to Perugia

On 2 September 2019, he returned to Perugia on a season-long loan.[15]

Loan to Red Star Belgrade

Coach Siniša Mihajlović, was aware that his former club, Red Star Belgrade, were searching for an experienced striker. Dejan Stanković, having been recently promoted to coach, accepted Mihajlović's suggestion on Falcinelli. Falcinelli and Red Star signed a year-long loan agreement.[16][17]

Modena

On 6 July 2022, Falcinelli joined Modena on a two-year contract, with an option for a third year.[18]

Spezia

On 24 January 2024, Falcinelli signed a contract with Serie B club Spezia until 30 June 2025.[19]

International career

Falcinelli received a call-up to Italy under-20 Lega Pro representative team in September 2010.[20] He also received a call-up to Italy Amateur U18 team[21] and Italy U19 team.[22]

He played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in 2011–12 season.[23]

On 31 May 2017, he debuted for the Italy national team in a non-FIFA sanctioned friendly game against San Marino, which ended in a 8–0 win for Italy.[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2021—22 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sassuolo 2009–10 Serie B 1 0 1 0 – 0 0 2 0
Foligno 2010–11 Lega Pro 29 5 2 1 – 2 1 33 7
Sassuolo 2011–12 Serie B 3 0 1 0 – – 4 0
2012–13 Serie B 0 0 2 0 – – 2 0
2015–16 Serie A 25 2 2 1 – – 27 3
2016–17 Serie A 1 0 0 0 4 0 – 5 0
2017–18 Serie A 20 2 3 1 – – 23 3
Total 49 4 8 2 4 0 – 61 6
Juve Stabia (loan) 2011–12 Serie B 12 1 0 0 – – 12 1
Virtus Lanciano (loan) 2012–13 Serie B 39 5 0 0 – – 39 5
2013–14 Serie B 34 4 1 0 – – 35 4
Total 73 9 1 0 – – 74 9
Perugia (loan) 2014–15 Serie B 38 14 3 1 – 1 0 42 15
Crotone (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 35 13 0 0 – – 35 13
Fiorentina (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 12 0 0 0 – – 12 0
Bologna 2018–19 Serie A 16 0 2 1 – – 18 1
2021–22 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
Total 22 0 2 1 – – 24 1
Perugia (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 27 3 2 0 – 0 0 29 3
Red Star Belgrade (loan) 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 23 9 4 2 10 2 — 37 13
Career total 321 58 23 7 14 2 3 1 361 68

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

References

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  3. ^ "Photos: Inter's Under-17 champions". FC Internazionale Milano. inter.it. 19 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  4. ^ Imparato, Gaetano (29 November 2009). "Mastronunzio illude l' Ancona". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 19 October 2010.
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  7. ^ Leone, Valter; Campitello, Salvatore (9 August 2010). "ALTRE PARTITE". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 19 October 2010.
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  15. ^ "FALCINELLI È BIANCOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Perugia. 2 September 2019.
  16. ^ POTPISAO ZA ZVEZDU, PA GOVORIO I O SUZAMA I TUZI: Deo mene je umro te proklete večeri! at mondo.rs, 11 September 2020, Retrieved 23 December 2020
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  18. ^ "DIEGO FALCINELLI E' GIALLOBLU'" (in Italian). Modena. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  19. ^ "OFFICIAL | DIEGO FALCINELLI IS A NEW SPEZIA PLAYER". Spezia. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  20. ^ "CONVOCAZIONI ALLENAMENTO DI SELEZIONE 2010–11". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
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  22. ^ "Training in La Borghesiana from Dec.6–9, Piscedda calls 10 new players". FIGC. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  23. ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA N. 39 (2011–12 season): B Italia espugna anche la Russia" (PDF). Lega Serie B (in Italian). 15 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  24. ^ Diego Falcinelli at National-Football-Teams.com
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