Samuele Ricci

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Samuele Ricci
Personal information
Full name Samuele Ricci
Date of birth (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Pontedera, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 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)
* 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[]

  1. ^ Samuele Ricci at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Empoli v Cittadella game report". Soccerway. 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Ricci Italy U17 profile by FIGC" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Empoli calcio, Samuele Ricci positivo al covid 19" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

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