Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 June 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Marsciano, Italy | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Spezia | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2008 | Pontevecchio | ||
2007–2008 | → Inter Milan (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Pontevecchio | 32 | (4) |
2009–2010 | Sassuolo | 1 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Foligno | 29 | (5) |
2011–2018 | Sassuolo | 49 | (4) |
2012 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2012–2014 | → Lanciano (loan) | 73 | (9) |
2014–2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 39 | (14) |
2016–2017 | → Crotone (loan) | 35 | (13) |
2018 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2018–2022 | Bologna | 21 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Perugia (loan) | 25 | (3) |
2020–2021 | → Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 23 | (9) |
2022–2024 | Modena | 50 | (8) |
2024– | Spezia | 16 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Italy B | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2020 |
Diego Falcinelli (born 26 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Spezia.
Born in Marsciano, in the Province of Perugia, Falcinelli started his career at Ponte San Giovanni (a frazione of Perugia) based club Pontevecchio. He was loaned to Inter Milan in June 2007. [1] He played one friendly for the first team in February 2008. [2] He also won the Campionato Nazionale Allievi with Inter U17 youth team. [3]
On 1 July 2008, he returned to Perugia, making his Serie D debut.
On 2 July 2009, Falcinelli was signed by Sassuolo for the youth team. He also awarded no.26 shirt of the first team, which he made his Serie B debut on 28 November 2009, replacing Gianluigi Bianco in the 82nd minute and assisting Alessandro Noselli for the equalising goal a minute later as Sassuolo drew 2–2 with Ancona. [4]
On 26 July 2010, Falcinelli left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foligno in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of one hundred euro. [5] [6] He made his debut on 8 August 2010, in 2010–11 Coppa Italia first round. [7] Since the cup second round, he partnered with Matteo Cavagna and Stefano Giacomelli in a 4–3–3 formation, only missing rounds 6 and 7 of the league.
In June 2011 Sassuolo re-signed Falcinelli on a three-year contract, for a transfer fee of €25,000. [8] In January 2012 he was signed by Juve Stabia in a temporary deal.
Falcinelli spent two seasons on loan to Serie B club Lanciano, scoring nine goals from 2012 to 2014.
During the 2014 summer transfer window, he joined newly promoted Serie B club Perugia. He scored a career high of 14 goals for the hometown club in 2014–15 Serie B, making him secure a place for Sassuolo in 2015–16 Serie A season.
Falcinelli picked no.9 shirt in 2015–16 season. On 14 January 2016, he signed a 4+1⁄2-year contract. [9]
On 31 August 2016, Falcinelli left for Serie A newcomer Crotone on loan. He scored three goals against Empoli on 29 January 2017. He also scored once on 28 May (round 38), a 3–1 win against Lazio; Crotone secured three points to survive from relegation as well as ranked higher than Empoli for the second time of the season (the team ranked higher than Empoli in round 2; from round 2 to 37 Crotone was in the relegation zone)
Falcinelli signed a new five-year contract with Sassuolo on 25 August 2017. [10]
In January 2018, Falcinelli joined Fiorentina on loan until 30 June 2018 as part of swap deal, in which Khouma Babacar moved the other way. Fiorentina also secured an option to sign Falcinelli permanently from Sassuolo. [11] [12]
On 4 July 2018, Falcinelli joined Bologna on a four-year contract. [13] [14]
On 2 September 2019, he returned to Perugia on a season-long loan. [15]
Coach Siniša Mihajlović, was aware that his former club, Red Star Belgrade, were searching for an experienced striker. Dejan Stanković, having been recently promoted to coach, accepted Mihajlović's suggestion on Falcinelli. Falcinelli and Red Star signed a year-long loan agreement. [16] [17]
On 6 July 2022, Falcinelli joined Modena on a two-year contract, with an option for a third year. [18]
On 24 January 2024, Falcinelli signed a contract with Serie B club Spezia until 30 June 2025. [19]
Falcinelli received a call-up to Italy under-20 Lega Pro representative team in September 2010. [20] He also received a call-up to Italy Amateur U18 team [21] and Italy U19 team. [22]
He played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in 2011–12 season. [23]
On 31 May 2017, he debuted for the Italy national team in a non-FIFA sanctioned friendly game against San Marino, which ended in a 8–0 win for Italy. [24]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sassuolo | 2009–10 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Foligno | 2010–11 | Lega Pro | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 33 | 7 | |
Sassuolo | 2011–12 | Serie B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | Serie A | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 3 | |||
2016–17 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Serie A | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 3 | |||
Total | 49 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||
Juve Stabia (loan) | 2011–12 | Serie B | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
Virtus Lanciano (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 5 | ||
2013–14 | Serie B | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 4 | |||
Total | 73 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | |||||
Perugia (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie B | 38 | 14 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 42 | 15 | |
Crotone (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 13 | ||
Fiorentina (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
Bologna | 2018–19 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||||
Perugia (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 37 | 13 | |
Career total | 321 | 58 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 361 | 68 |
Red Star Belgrade
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