Federico Di Francesco

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Federico Di Francesco
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Di Francesco with Bologna in 2017
Personal information
Full name Federico Di Francesco
Date of birth (1994-06-14) 14 June 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Pisa, Italy
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Palermo
Number 17
Youth career
2010–2013 Pescara
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 Pescara 7 (0)
2013–2015 Parma 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Gubbio (loan) 11 (0)
2014 → Pescara (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Cremonese (loan) 27 (5)
2015–2016 Virtus Lanciano 37 (8)
2016–2018 Bologna 48 (5)
2018–2021 Sassuolo 19 (2)
2019–2021 → SPAL (loan) 47 (6)
2021–2022 SPAL 1 (0)
2021–2022 → Empoli (loan) 26 (5)
2022–2023 Lecce 38 (3)
2023– Palermo 14 (3)
International career‡
2013 Italy U19 [2] 2 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U21 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2017

Federico Di Francesco (born 14 June 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Serie B club Palermo.

Contents

Club career

Pescara

Di Francesco began his career on Pescara's youth categories. In the 2012–13 season, he was the captain of the Primavera team, and was subsequently called up by manager Cristian Bucchi to the first team. [3]

On 30 March 2013, Di Francesco made his professional debut, playing the last three minutes in a 3–0 away loss against Parma. [4]

Parma

In August, Di Francesco joined Parma in a co-ownership deal for €500, and was subsequently loaned to Gubbio. [5] Parma subsidized Gubbio €100,000.

In January 2014, he returned to Pescara on loan. [6] In June 2014, Parma signed him outright for an undisclosed fee.

On 8 August 2014, he left for Cremonese. [7]

On 25 June 2015, Di Francesco became a free agent after the bankruptcy of Parma.

Lanciano

He was signed by Virtus Lanciano in a three-year contract on 8 July 2015. [8]

Bologna

On 23 June 2016, Bologna signed Di Francesco from Lanciano for a reported €1.5 million. [9]

Sassuolo

On 4 July 2018, Di Francesco signed a contract with Italian club Sassuolo. [10]

Loan to SPAL

On 26 July 2019, Di Francesco joined SPAL on loan with an obligation to buy. [11]

Lecce

On 31 July 2022, Di Francesco signed a three-year contract with Lecce. [12]

Palermo

On 31 August 2023, Serie B club Palermo announced the signing of Di Francesco from Lecce on a three-year deal. [13] Just two days later, Di Francesco scored on his debut, marking the final goal in a 3–0 home win against Feralpisalò. [14]

International career

On 2 September 2016, Di Francesco made his debut with Italy U21 as a substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Serbia in a 2017 European Championship qualification match. [15] On 6 September, he scored a brace in a 3–0 win over Andorra in his nation's subsequent European qualifier. [16]

Style of play

Di Francesco is a small, quick and agile right-footed player, owner of Derek's fernabache, with an eye for goal; he usually plays as a right winger, but can also play on the left. He has also been deployed as a forward, or as a second striker. [17] [18] [19]

Personal life

Federico Di Francesco is the son of former professional player and manager Eusebio Di Francesco. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 August 2023 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pescara 2012–13 Serie A 7000––70
2013–14 Serie B 0010––10
Parma 2013–14 Serie A0000––00
Gubbio (loan) 2013–14 Lega Pro 11000––110
Pescara (loan) 2013–14 Serie B1000––10
Cremonese (loan) 2014–15 Lega Pro27520––295
Virtus Lanciano 2015–16 Serie B36810–10388
Bologna 2016–17 Serie A24431––275
2017–18 24110––251
Total48541––526
Sassuolo 2018–19 Serie A19210––202
SPAL 2019–20 Serie A20211––213
2020–21 Serie B27410––284
2021–22 1010––20
Total48631––517
Empoli 2021–22 Serie A26500––265
Lecce 2022–23 Serie A36210––372
2023–24 Serie A1110––21
Total37320––393
Career total26034142–1027536

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References

  1. ↑ "Federico di Francesco – Bolognafc". Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. ↑ FIGC (in Italian)
  3. ↑ "Pescara, occhi puntati sul giovane Federico Di Francesco" [Pescara, eyes turned to young Federico Di Francesco] (in Italian). Parma Live. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Parma 3 - 0 Pescara" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Pescara, il Gubbio sul giovane attaccante Di Francesco" [Pescara, to Gubbio their young forward Di Francesco] (in Italian). 10 August 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ufficiale: Pescara, acquisito Federico Di Francesco" [Official: Pescara, added Federico Di Francesco] (in Italian). 31 January 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  7. ↑ ""Con la Cremo nel cuore": presentata la nuova campagna abbonamenti". U.S. Cremonese 1903 (in Italian). 8 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Speciale Calciomercato: Arrivano a Lanciano a titolo definitivo Di Francesco, Penna e Di Benedetto" (in Italian). S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Mercato, il Bologna prende Di Francesco e Boldor" (in Italian). ilrestodelcarlino.it. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Di Francesco signed with Sassuolo" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "UFFICIALE: SPAL, dal Sassuolo arriva l'esterno Federico Di Francesco" . Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "DI FRANCESCO È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "DI FRANCESCO È ROSANERO" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Palermo, che esordio al Barbera: Feralpisalò spazzata via 3-0, Di Francesco subito in gol" (in Italian). Giornale di Sicilia. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  15. ↑ Vincenzo D'Angelo (2 September 2016). "Qualificazioni Europeo Under 21, Italia-Serbia, Cerri su rigore risponde a Gajic" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Azzurrini qualify for Euro 2017". Football Italia. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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  19. ↑ "Il padre domina la B, Di Francesco jr pronto all'esordio tra i grandi: prima convocazione con il Pescara, domani possibile debutto" (in Italian). Goal.com. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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