Davide Merola

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Personal information
Full name Davide Merola
Date of birth (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward / Winger
Team information
Current team
Pescara
Number 10
2011–2012 Capua
2012–2019 Inter Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2024 Empoli 4 (0)
2020–2021Arezzo (loan) 7 (0)
2021Grosseto (loan) 13 (0)
2021–2022Foggia (loan) 27 (9)
2022–2023Cosenza (loan) 14 (1)
2023–2024Pescara (loan) 50 (24)
2024– Pescara 16 (6)
International career
2015 Italy U15 8 (2)
2015–2016 Italy U16 9 (5)
2016–2017 Italy U17 17 (8)
2017–2019 Italy U18 12 (8)
2018–2019 Italy U19 13 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 July 2019

Davide Merola (born 27 March 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Serie B club Pescara.

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Club career

He began playing football in 2005, at the age of five, for Juve Sammaritana. Later, he managed to get noticed by Capua by various observers from all over Italy. After having done several auditions, 2014 is bought by Inter. [1] On 2 July 2017, he signed a youth registration contract to stay at Inter Milan until 2020. He debuted with Primavera on 10 September 2017 in a Campionato Primavera 1 against Udinese and marked the occasion by scoring a goal. With the Inter Milan youth sector he was twice the top scorer and also won the Supercoppa Primavera, Primavera Championship and Torneo Viareggio. On 11 March 2019, he was summoned to play in the first team and debuted three days later, on the occasion of the UEFA Europa League, against Eintracht Frankfurt. [2]

On 20 August 2019 it was announced that Merola moved to Empoli. [3]

On 4 October 2020, he was loaned to Arezzo. [4] On 14 January 2021, he was sent on a new loan to Grosseto. [5]

On 18 August 2022, Merola moved on loan to Serie B side Cosenza. [6]

On 31 January 2023, Merola joined Serie C side Pescara on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. [7] On 5 February, he scored a brace on his debut for the club, contributing to a 5–0 league win over Potenza. [8] [9]

International career

With the Italy U17 team he took part in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and with the Italy U19 team in took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Style of play

Merola has been described as a classic striker who mainly operates inside the penalty area. Equipped with a powerful and precise shot, he is known for his lethal eye for goal, and has become highly regarded for his goalscoring ability since the beginning of his career. Despite his diminutive stature and slender physique, he is also known for having a penchant for scoring goals with his head, thanks to his quick execution. A highly technically gifted player, Merola is left-footed and is also known for his ability on set pieces, often scoring from free kicks. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Milan 2018–19 Serie A 00001 [a] 010
Empoli 2019–20 Serie B 401050
2020–21 Serie B001212
Total4022000062
Arezzo (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 7070
Grosseto (loan) 2020–21 Serie C1302 [b] 2152
Foggia (loan) 2021–22 Serie C279114 [b] 13211
Cosenza (loan) 2022–23 Serie B14100141
Pescara (loan) 2022–23 Serie C1376 [b] 1198
2023–24 Serie C3717412 [b] 04318
Pescara 2024–25 Serie C500050
Total552441816726
Career total12034741014414242

Honours

Club

Inter Milan

Individual

References

  1. "Gianluca Di Marzio :: Il nuovo che avanza. Raiola racconta il talento Davide Merola: "Destinato al grande salto"". gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "Inter, Merola ed Esposito: esordio dei due baby campani nella terribile notte di Europa League". AreaNapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. "Davide Merola joins Empoli" (Press release). inter.it. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. "Davide Merola è un nuovo calciatore del Cavallino" (in Italian). Arezzo. 4 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  5. "Davide Merola in prestito al Grosseto" (in Italian). Empoli. 14 January 2021.
  6. "Davide Merola al Cosenza" (in Italian). Empoli. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  7. "DAVIDE MEROLA E' BIANCAZZURRO" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. "Tonfo del Potenza, 5-0 in casa del Pescara", RaiNews (in Italian), 5 February 2023, retrieved 6 February 2023
  9. Giancarli, Enrico (5 February 2023). "Serie C Pescara Potenza, show e cinquina biancazzurra (5-0)". Rete8 (in Italian). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  10. Grandoni, Alessandro. "Davide Merola, Attaccante, Inter - La scheda tecnica". www.calcionazionale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  11. "Davide Merola". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 March 2019.