Simone Santarelli

Simone Santarelli
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Lazio 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Gallipoli (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.[permanent dead link‍]