Michele Cerofolini

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Michele Cerofolini
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Arezzo, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2018 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Fiorentina 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Cosenza (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → Bisceglie (loan) 13 (0)
2020 → Casertana (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 → Reggiana (loan) 19 (0)
National team‡
2017 Italy U18 4 (0)
2017–2018 Italy U19 6 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 5 (0)
2020– Italy U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:40, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Michele Cerofolini (born 4 January 1999) is an Italian football player. He plays for Fiorentina.

Club career[]

Fiorentina[]

He is a product of Fiorentina youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season at the age of 17.[1] He started making bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad in the 2016–17 Serie A season.[2] On 23 August 2017, he made his first appearance for Fiorentina's senior squad, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Bartłomiej Drągowski (becoming Fiorentina's third goalkeeper of the game) in a friendly Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu matchup against Real Madrid.[3] In 2017–18 season, he appeared on the bench in most of the Serie A games for Fiorentina, but did not play in any, remaining a backup to Marco Sportiello and Dragowski.

Loan to Cosenza and Bisceglie[]

On 13 July 2018, Cerofolini joined Serie B club Cosenza on a season-long loan.[4] He made his professional debut in Serie B for Cosenza on 26 September 2018 in a 2–0 away defeat against Cremonese.[5] One month later, on 30 October, he played his second match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against Pescara.[6] However, in January 2019, his loan was interrupted and he returned to Fiorentina leaving Cosenza with only these 2 appearances, remaining an unused substitute for 17 times during the loan, here he was the third goalkeeper after Pietro Perina and Umberto Saracco.[7]

On 25 January 2019, Cerofolini moved on another loan, to Serie C club Bisceglie.[8] Two days later, on 27 January, he made his debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Viterbese Castrense.[9] Two weeks later, on 10 February, he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 0–0 home draw against Trapani and two more weeks later, on 24 February, he kept his second in a 0–0 away draw against Paganese.[10][11] He became Bisceglie's first-choice in the second part of the season. Cerofolini ended his 6-month loan to Bisceglie with 13 appearances, 11 goals conceded and 6 clean sheets.[7]

Loan to Casertana[]

After appearing on the bench 3 times for Fiorentina in November/December 2019, on 9 January 2020 he joined Serie C club Casertana on loan.[12] Three days later, on 12 January, he made his debut for the club in a 2–2 away draw against Rende.[13] Ten more days later, on 22 January, Cerofolini kept his first clean sheet for Casertana in a 0–0 home draw against Potenza.[14] On 9 February he kept his second clean sheet in a 0–0 home draw against Bisceglie.[15] Cerofolini ended his 6-month loan to Casertana with 8 appearances, 8 goals conceded and 2 clean sheet.[7]

Loan to Reggiana[]

On 20 August 2020, Cerofolini was loaned to newly promoted Serie B club Reggiana on loan for the 2020–21 season.[16]

International career[]

Cerofolini was first chosen to represent his country when he was called up to Italy national under-18 football team for a series of friendlies in February 2017.[17]

Later in the same year he began to be called up to the Under-19 squad, and eventually was included in Italy's roster for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which Italy was the runner-up to Portugal. He did not make any appearances at the tournament, serving as back-up to Alessandro Plizzari.[18]

In the fall of 2018 he was included in Italy's Under-20 squad and played in 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League games.[19]

On 13 October 2020 he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against Republic of Ireland in Pisa.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 8 July 2020
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cosenza (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Bisceglie (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 13 0 — — — 13 0
Casertana (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 8 0 — — — 8 0
Career total 23 0 0 0 — — 23 0

Honours[]

International[]

Italy U19

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Fiorentina v. Genoa Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Real Madrid 2-1 Fiorentina: Cristiano Ronaldo put domestic ban behind him to score winner". Sky Sports. 23 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Michele Cerofolini è un Giocatore Rossoblù" (in Italian). Cosenza. 13 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Cosenza vs. Pescara - 30 October 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  7. ^ a b c "Italy - M. Cerofolini - Profile with news, career statistics and history". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  8. ^ "Calciomercato: Ufficializzati Luca Mosti e Michele Cerofolini" [Market:Luca Mosti and Michele Cerofolini join] (in Italian). Bisceglie. 25 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Bisceglie vs. Viterbese Castrense - 27 January 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  10. ^ "Bisceglie vs. Trapani - 10 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  11. ^ "Paganese vs. Bisceglie - 24 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  12. ^ "CEROFOLINI SUBITO A DISPOSIZIONE DI MISTER GINESTRA" (Press release) (in Italian). Casertana. 9 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Rende vs. Casertana - 12 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  14. ^ "Casertana vs. Potenza Calcio - 22 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  15. ^ "Casertana vs. Bisceglie - 9 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  16. ^ "Tra i pali arriva il portiere Michele Cerofolini". reggianacalcio.it (in Italian). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Cerofolini U-18 statistics by the Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Cerofolini U-19 statistics by the Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Cerofolini U-20 statistics by the Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

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