Samuele Ricci
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuele Ricci | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Pontedera, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Empoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Empoli | 21 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Italy U17 | 12 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Italy U18 | 6 | (1) |
| 2019– | Italy U19 | 11 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 January 2020 | |||
Samuele Ricci (born 21 August 2001) is an Italian football player. He plays as central midfielder or defensive midfielder for Serie B club Empoli.
Club career
Empoli
He was raised in the Empoli youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2018–19 season.[1] He was called up to the senior squad for the first time in April 2019, but remained on the bench on that occasion.
He made his professional Serie B debut for Empoli on 21 September 2019 in a game against Cittadella. He substituted Leo Štulac in the 67th minute.[2]
International career
He was first called-up to represent his country in December 2017 for an Under-17 squad friendly against France.[3]
He was included in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad and played in 5 out of 6 games, including 4 as a starter. He started the final game and scored Italy's first goal in a 2–2 draw, but was substituted before Italy lost to Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out and finished as runners-up.
At the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, he started all three games as Italy was eliminated at group stage.
References
- ^ Samuele Ricci at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- ^ "Empoli v Cittadella game report". Soccerway. 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Ricci Italy U17 profile by FIGC" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
External links
- Samuele Ricci at Soccerway
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