Filippo Distefano

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Filippo Distefano
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Camaiore, Italy
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Frosinone
(on loan from Fiorentina)
Number 28
Youth career
2010–2014Ninfea Torrelaghese
2014–2017 Livorno
2017–2021 Fiorentina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Fiorentina 1 (0)
2023–2024 → Ternana (loan) 31 (7)
2024– → Frosinone (loan) 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2025

Filippo Distefano (born 28 August 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie B club Frosinone, on loan from Fiorentina. [1]

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Early life

Filippo Distefano was born in Camaiore, a town in the Tuscan Province of Lucca, where he started to play football, at the club of Torre del Lago. [2] [3]

Club career

Distefano first joined US Livorno – that was then playing in Serie A under Davide Nicola – where he spent 3 years, before joining the youth sector of ACF Fiorentina. [3] First playing with the Primavera team, he was part of the squads who won the Coppa Italia Primavera in 2020 and 2021. [2] [3] [4]

Having first been called to the first team by Vincenzo Italiano for the 20 November 2021 Serie A game against AC Milan, [5] the young forward eventually made his professional debut for Fiorentina 10 days later, replacing José Callejón in the last minutes of a 3–1 Serie A home win against Sampdoria. [6] [7]

On 9 August 2023, Distefano moved on loan to Serie B club Ternana. [8]

On 26 July 2024, Distefano was loaned by Frosinone. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Filippo Distefano at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 Siotto, Paolo (14 September 2021). "Chi è Filippo Distefano, giovane e talentuoso attaccante della Fiorentina". SerieBnews.com (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Collini, Marco (15 July 2021). "Babbo di Stefano: "Filippo dalla ninfea alla coppa Italia sognando Baggio. Il meglio deve arrivare"".
  4. ↑ "La Fiorentina vince la Coppa Italia E c'era molta Versilia in campo". La Nazione (in Italian). 30 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "I convocati viola per Fiorentina vs Milan". ACF Fiorentina . 19 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "La Fiorentina celebra l'esordio in Serie A del giovane Distefano". Viola News (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Dafirbillah, Karim (30 November 2021). "Fiorentina, esordio in Serie A per Distefano". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dalla Fiorentina arriva in prestito l'attaccante Filippo Distefano" [The striker Filippo Distefano arrives on loan from Fiorentina] (in Italian). Ternana. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "DISTEFANO È DEL FROSINONE" [DISTEFANO IS AT FROSINONE] (in Italian). Frosinone. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.


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