Gabriel Meli

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Gabriel Meli
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Manuel Meli
Date of birth (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Bagno a Ripoli, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Südtirol
(on loan from Empoli)
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2012 Prato
2012–2018 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Empoli 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Pistoiese (loan) 21 (0)
2020 → Rimini (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Fano (loan) 17 (0)
2021– → Südtirol (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Italy U17 2 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U18 5 (0)
2017 Italy U19 1 (0)
2018 Italy U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 August 2018

Gabriel Manuel Meli (born 5 February 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie C Group A club Südtirol, on loan from Empoli.

Club career[]

Empoli[]

Meli is a youth product of Empoli youth system. He made his first appearance for the team as an un-used substitute for the last matches of the 2015–16 season, he made also other bench appearances in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, but he never appeared on the field. Meli also won the 2017–18 Serie B title.

Loan to Pistoiese[]

On 18 July 2018, Meli was loaned to Serie C club Pistoiese on a 2-year loan deal.[1] On 26 September he made his professional debut in Serie C debut for Pistoiese in a 3–3 away draw against Pro Piacenza.[2] On 3 November he kept his first clean sheet for Pistoiese in a 0–0 home draw against Alessandria.[3] He became Pistoiese's first-choice early in the season. Eight days later, he kept his second consecutive clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Cuneo.[4] One week later, on 18 November, he kept his third clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over Piacenza.[5] However he became the second goalkeeper behind in the second part of the season. Meli ended his season-long loan to Pistoiese with 21 appearances, 5 clean sheets and 27 goals conceded.[6] Empoli recalled him from loan early, at the end of the first season.[7]

Loan to Rimini[]

After remaining an unused goalkeeper in the first part of the season, on 21 January 2020, Meli was loaned to Serie C club Rimini on loan until the end of the season.[8] Five days later, on 26 January, Meli made his debut for Rimini in a 3–1 home defeat against Vicenza Virtus.[9] He became Rimini's first-choice goalkeeper in the second part season. Three weeks later, on 15 February, he kept his first clean sheet for the club in a 2–0 home win over Modena and one more week later, on 22 February, he kept his second clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Virtus Verona.[10][11] Meli ended his 6-month loan to Rimini with only 5 appearances, 6 goals conceded and 2 clean sheet, however at the end of the season Rimini was relegated in Serie D.[6]

Loan to Fano[]

On 21 August 2020, Meli was signed by Serie C club Alma Juventus Fano on a season-long loan deal.[12] On 27 September he made his league debut for the club in a 2–2 away draw against Perugia.[13] Ten days later, on 7 October, Meli kept his first clean sheet for the club in a 0–0 away draw against Carpi.[14] On 11 November he kept his second clean sheet for the club in a 0–0 away draw against Fermana and four weeks later his third clean sheet with another 0–0 away draw against Vis Pesaro.[15][16] He lost the role of starting goalkeeper to in the second half of the season. Meli ended his season-long loan to Fano with 17 appearances, all in the first part of the season, 23 goals conceded and 4 clean sheet.[6]

Loan to Südtirol[]

On 27 July 2021, he was loaned to Serie C club Südtirol.[17]

International career[]

Meli was part of the Italy squad at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, but stayed on the bench in all games behind the first-choice goalkeeper Alessandro Plizzari.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 18 July 2021
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pistoiese (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 21 0 0 0 — — 21 0
Rimini (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 5 0 — — — 5 0
Fano (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
Career total 43 0 0 0 — — 43 0

Honours[]

Club[]

Empoli

References[]

  1. ^ "UFFICIALE: Pistoiese, in prestito biennale arriva Meli - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Pistoiese vs. Alessandria - 3 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  4. ^ "Cuneo vs. Pistoiese - 11 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  5. ^ "Pistoiese vs. Piacenza - 18 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  6. ^ a b c Gabriel Meli at Soccerway
  7. ^ "È arancione il centrocampista Alessandro Bordin. Il portiere Meli torna all'Empoli" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 30 June 2019.
  8. ^ "GABRIEL MELI IN BIANCOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Rimini. 21 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Rimini vs. Vicenza Virtus - 26 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  10. ^ "Rimini vs. Modena - 15 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  11. ^ "Virtus Verona vs. Rimini - 22 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  12. ^ "UFFICIALE - Fano, in porta ecco Gabriel Meli". www.tuttoc.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  13. ^ "Perugia vs. Fano - 27 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  14. ^ "Perugia vs. Fano - 27 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  15. ^ "Fermana vs. Fano - 11 November 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  16. ^ "Vis Pesaro vs. Fano - 6 December 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  17. ^ Redazione (27 July 2021). "FC Südtirol: dall'Empoli arriva il portiere Gabriel Meli". La voce di Bolzano (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2021.

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