Samuele Ricci
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| Full name | Samuele Ricci | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 August 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pontedera, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Empoli | ||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| Empoli | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2019– | Empoli | 68 | (3) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Italy U17 | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Italy U18 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Italy U19 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2020– | Italy U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:19, 26 September 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:50, 16 November 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
Samuele Ricci (born 21 August 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as central midfielder or defensive midfielder for Serie A 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.
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.
Personal life[]
On 9 September 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[4]
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.
- ^ "Empoli calcio, Samuele Ricci positivo al covid 19" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links[]
- Samuele Ricci at Soccerway
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- People from Pontedera
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