Francesco Grandolfo

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Francesco Grandolfo
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-26) 26 July 1992 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Castellana Grotte, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Monopoli
Number 39
Youth career
Bari
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Bari 9 (3)
2011–2012 → Chievo (loan) 2 (0)
2013 → Tritium (loan) 13 (1)
2013–2014 → Savona (loan) 14 (1)
2014–2015 Correggese 37 (22)
2015–2016 Fidelis Andria 29 (6)
2016–2018 Bassano Virtus 45 (10)
2018–2019 Virtus Verona 35 (4)
2019–2020 Vis Pesaro 18 (2)
2020 Sambenedettese 7 (1)
2020–2021 Legnago 38 (8)
2021–2022 Monopoli 32 (8)
2022–2024 Arzignano 51 (10)
2024– Monopoli 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 January 2024

Francesco Grandolfo (born 26 July 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group C club Monopoli.

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Career

A Bari youth system trainee, he made his debut in Serie A on 7 May 2011 in an away fixture against Palermo. In his third appearance of the season, the last day of the season, he scored a hat-trick against Bologna in a match that finished 4–0 to Bari. With this feat, he became the first ever Bari player to score a hat-trick in an away game in Serie A for the club.

Later during the summer, he was loaned out to Chievo on deadline day. After mostly spending the whole season playing with the Primavera under-19 team, Grandolfo made his first team debut on 22 May 2011, in a game against Bologna when he came on as a substitute. He made only one other appearance that season and so finished the season with two appearances and zero goals. As a consequence, Chievo decided not to retain him after his loan expired and so he returned to Bari, who were now in Serie B.

In the first half of the 2012–13 Serie B season, Grandolfo made six appearances for Bari, but form evaded him and he was unable to score in any of those games. Due to lack of minutes at Bari, he went on loan to third division club Tritium where he made thirteen appearances and scored one goal, but once again, this spell proved largely unsuccessful.

He once again returned to Bari at the completion of his loan spell at Tritium but was once again sent out on loan, this time to another third division side, Savona, for the entire 2013–14 season. At Savona his performance did not improve either, as he played only a total fourteen games with a spare goal, and was released for free by Bari at the end of the season.

On 5 September 2014, it was announced Grandolfo had signed a contract with Serie D amateurs Correggese, with whom he had already training during the whole pre-season. [2]

On 12 July 2015, Grandolfo signed a 2-years contract with the Lega Pro side Fidelis Andria. [3]

In August 2016, Grandolfo signed for Serie C club Bassano. [4]

He successively joined newly promoted Serie C club Virtus Verona for the 2018–19 season.

On 10 July 2019 he signed a one-year contract with second-year extension option with Vis Pesaro. [5]

On 9 January 2020 he moved to another Serie C club Sambenedettese. [6]

On 7 September 2020 he joined Legnago. [7]

On 31 July 2021, Grandolfo joined to Monopoli. [8]

On 14 July 2022, he moved to Arzignano. [9]

On 1 February 2024, Grandolfo returned to Monopoli on a 1.5-year deal. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scheda anagrafica di Francesco Grandolfo" (in Italian). AIC Football. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Correggese, arrivano Fedi e Grandolfo" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Grandolfo è della Fidelis" (in Italian). Fidelis Andria. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ufficiale: un altro colpo per il Bassano Virtus. Arriva Francesco Grandolfo dalla Fidelis Andria" (in Italian). Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "FRANCESCO GRANDOLFO E' UN GIOCATORE DELLA VIS PESARO!" (Press release) (in Italian). Vis Pesaro. 10 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Francesco Grandolfo firma per la Samb" (Press release) (in Italian). Sambenedettese. 9 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Non c'è due senza tre…ufficiale anche Francesco Grandolfo!" (Press release) (in Italian). Legnago. 7 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Redazione (31 July 2021). "Francesco Grandolfo è un nuovo calciatore del Monopoli". CalcioWebPuglia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Che colpo per l'Arzignano! Preso l'ex Bassano Francesco Grandolfo in avanti". www.tuttocampo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Monopoli Calcio, ufficiale il ritorno di Francesco Grandolfo" [Monopoli Calcio, the return of Francesco Grandolfo is official] (in Italian). Monopoli. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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