Andrea Fulignati

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Andrea Fulignati
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Empoli, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Cremonese
(on loan from Catanzaro)
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2011 Sestese
2012–2015 Palermo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Sestese 32 (0)
2012–2017 Palermo 9 (0)
2013Sestese (loan)
2015–2016Trapani (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 Cesena 36 (0)
2018–2019 Empoli 0 (0)
2019–2021 Ascoli 0 (0)
2019SPAL (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021Perugia (loan) 33 (0)
2021–2022 Perugia 0 (0)
2022– Catanzaro 72 (0)
2024–Cremonese (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2013 Italy U-19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Andrea Fulignati (born 31 October 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Cremonese, on loan from Catanzaro.

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Career

Born in Empoli, and a youth product of small Tuscan team Sestese, he was scouted by Palermo and signed for the Under-19 youth team in 2012. He successively became third-choice keeper for the first time in the following years.

In 2015 he was loaned out to Serie B club Trapani to get more first-team experience, [1] but ended up playing only three games during the season, as Nícolas became the first choice.

He successively returned to Palermo in 2016 to be the reserve of Josip Posavec for the Serie A club. He made his debut in the Italian top flight on 12 March 2017 in a home match against Roma, lost with the result of 0–3. [2] He successively managed to break into the starting lineup for the last remaining league games, eventually overtaking Posavec as first choice and playing a total eight games throughout the entire season.

On 27 July 2018, Fulignati joined to Serie A team Empoli a 3-years contract. [3]

After only 6-month Fulignati joined to Ascoli until 30 June 2021. [4]

On 31 January 2019, Fulignati joined to SPAL on loan until 30 June 2019. [5]

On 2 September 2019, he joined Perugia on loan until 30 June 2021, [6] with Nicola Leali moved to opposite direction. [7] On 23 February 2021, he signed a new contract with Perugia until 30 June 2024. [8]

On 28 June 2022, Fulignati signed a two-year contract with Catanzaro. [9]

On 4 July 2024, Fulignati joined Cremonese on loan with an obligation to buy. [10]

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References

  1. "UFFICIALE: Palermo, Fulignati in prestito con diritto di riscatto al Trapani" [Fulignati on loan at Trapani Calcio]. Tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 20 July 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. "Palermo-Roma 0-3, gol di El Shaarawy, Dzeko e Bruno Peres" [Palermo-Roma 0-3 with goals of El Shaarawy, Dzeko and B.Peres]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). 12 March 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. "UFFICIALE: Empoli, il portiere Fulignati ha firmato un triennale" . Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. "UFFICIALE: Ascoli, dall'Empoli arriva a titolo definitivo Fulignati" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. "UFFICIALE: SPAL, dall'Ascoli arriva il portiere Fulignati" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. "BENVENUTO ANDREA FULIGNATI" (Press release) (in Italian). Perugia. 2 September 2019.
  7. "Calciomercato: Fulignati al Perugia. Arriva Leali" (Press release) (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. "UFFICIALE: prolungato contratto di Fulignati" (in Italian). Perugia. 23 February 2021.
  9. "ANDREA FULIGNATI È IL NUOVO PORTIERE DELLE AQUILE" (in Italian). Catanzaro. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. "Andrea Fulignati nuovo giocatore della Cremonese" [Andrea Fulignati new player for Cremonese] (in Italian). Cremonese. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.